![]() ![]() If you’re in the 24% tax bracket, you’ll have to pay the IRS $120 of your $500 profit. However, you’ll have to pay short term capital gains taxes on those earnings. You’ve made a short-term capital gain of $500. By December, its value has risen to $1,500 and you sell it to buy holiday gifts. Say you purchased $1,000 worth of stock in April. When you do, the tax is owed for the tax year in which you sold the asset. The long-term capital gains tax isn't charged until you sell the asset and make a profit. How does the long-term capital gains tax work? Some assets, such as real estate, have different rules to qualify as long-term capital gains. To benefit from the lower tax rates of long-term capital gains, you have to hang on to an asset for at least one year before selling it. Short-term gains are commonly taxed according to your regular income tax bracket, which range from a tax rate of 10% to 37%, depending on your income level. Short-term capital gains are the profits you make from selling assets you’ve held for one year or less. Short-term vs long-term capital gains tax ![]() A lower tax rate on long-term capital gains can encourage investing and can even help stimulate economic activity. One reason for the lower rate is that investing requires risk, so the promise of a lower tax rate on any returns can help investors justify that risk. The rates for the long-term capital gains tax range from 0% to 20% and are generally lower than regular income tax brackets. While other income is taxed according to your tax bracket, long-term capital gains are typically taxed at a flat rate. You will normally owe long-term capital gains tax when you earn a profit by selling assets that you've owned for more than one year. The amount of tax you will owe on any gain will depend, in part, on how long you held, or owned, the asset. Assets could include real estate, cars, businesses, or investment securities (such as stocks and bonds). When you sell an asset for a profit, it’s known as a capital gain. But investment income is often taxed differently from your regular earned income. ![]() The goal of investing is to make money - and when you do, you normally have to pay tax on it, just like any other income you earn. ![]()
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