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profits from shares sold after being held longer than 1 year qualify for long-term capital gains tax-rates. profits from shares sold after being held less than 1 year is considered a short-term capital gain and is taxed at the ordinary income tax rate ( usually a rate higher than the long-term capital gains rate)

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