Table of Contents:
  • Cover13;
  • The Truth About Investment Taxes
  • Capital Gains Rules and Rates
  • The many capital gains rates
  • Keep an eye on Congress
  • How Bad Investments Can Pay Off
  • Determining your basis
  • 8220;Harvesting8221; your losses
  • Timing your sale
  • 0 percent considerations
  • Losses that arent deductible
  • Reporting Investment Income
  • Interest and dividends
  • Distributions only
  • Capital gains
  • Other capital gains
  • Record keeping
  • Wash Sale Rules
  • Wash consequences
  • Defining identical
  • Accounting for the Kiddie Tax
  • The key kiddie tax rules
  • Added earnings mean added taxes
  • Age is important
  • Paying the kiddie tax
  • Look out for unintended consequences