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Should I sell at a loss to offset capital gains?
This is a strategy many investors choose, and it can be effective if you haven’t bought new shares of the same security within the past month and do not plan to purchase any in the following month.However, if you purchase additional shares of the same or substantially identical security within 30 days before or 30 days after the sale date, you will have made a “wash sale,” and you cannot claim the loss on your income tax return.Instead, you can add the disallowed loss to the basis of the security in your account.
How Is Cost Basis Calculated?
The IRS generally identifies two methods for calculating cost basis.
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