A c corps capital gain is taxed as ordinary income so why couldn't you use an NOL to offset the gain?
Yes.
ANSWER No capital loss can only be used to reduce any capital gain, and even in then there are rules. You can not use capital gain to offset against ordinary income. NB: Personal use capital loss can not be offset against any capital gain, losses on collectibles can only be offset against other collectibles capital gain and all "other" capital loss e.g. dividends, shares, real estate can be offset against "other" capital gain.
A capital gain and a dividend are two different things completely. You can offset a Capital Gain with Capital Losses, but you cannot offset dividends with capital losses. They are different items and are reported on different forms.
Short offset shorts first, then they offset longs. Your better to have them offset short, as short is taxed at ordinary rate and long at special lower rate. A stock sale is a capital gain/loss transaction.
If you are talking about a Long Term Capital Gain dividend from a mutual fund, the answer is yes.
A c corps capital gain is taxed as ordinary income so why couldn't you use an NOL to offset the gain?
Yes.
ANSWER No capital loss can only be used to reduce any capital gain, and even in then there are rules. You can not use capital gain to offset against ordinary income. NB: Personal use capital loss can not be offset against any capital gain, losses on collectibles can only be offset against other collectibles capital gain and all "other" capital loss e.g. dividends, shares, real estate can be offset against "other" capital gain.
A capital gain and a dividend are two different things completely. You can offset a Capital Gain with Capital Losses, but you cannot offset dividends with capital losses. They are different items and are reported on different forms.
Short offset shorts first, then they offset longs. Your better to have them offset short, as short is taxed at ordinary rate and long at special lower rate. A stock sale is a capital gain/loss transaction.
Yes
If you are talking about a Long Term Capital Gain dividend from a mutual fund, the answer is yes.
They would have to pay ordinary income tax on gains from mining. This would not qualify as a capital gain.
Any cancellaton of debt is ordinary income.
The short term capital gain on a stock held for less than one year is the rate you pay on ordinary income.
You would NOT have a capital gain tax to pay when you have a loss on the sale of stock. You WILL HAVE to report the transaction on the schedule D of the 1040 tax form and up to 3000 of loss for the year will be used to offset up to 3000 of ordinary income for the year any amount of the remaining loss will then be carried over to the next years until the loss is completely used up.
A CDN corporation can not apply non capital losses against dividend income it can only be used to reduce capital gain. There are rules and regulations that go along with this as well. You can not use capital gain to offset normal income.