No. = Answer = Very few exceptions. The gain calculation can act to reduce tax due though. Link provided: http://www.irs.gov/publications/p523/index.html
The lifetime exemption was eliminated in 1997. There is currently a new exemption that allows you to exempt up to $250,000 in capital gains ($500,000 if married filing jointly) if certain conditions are met and can be used as often as every two years.
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Higher the capital gains tax, lesser would be incentive for investment.
Presuming your personal residence (investment is a different matter) - Yes...there are many, many exemptions. In fact, probably more common than not.
Yes it is always possible that may be required to pay some capital gains tax on the sale of your first house.
The lifetime exemption was eliminated in 1997. There is currently a new exemption that allows you to exempt up to $250,000 in capital gains ($500,000 if married filing jointly) if certain conditions are met and can be used as often as every two years.
A capital gains tax is applied to the sale of financial assets. The capital gains tax in Ohio is 15 percent.
Capital gain taxes are based in large part on your ordinary tax rate.... * Ordinary tax rate 10%, long term capital gains tax 0%, short term capital gains tax 10% * Ordinary tax rate 15%, long term capital gains tax 0%, short term capital gains tax 15% * Ordinary tax rate 25%, long term capital gains tax 15%, short term capital gains tax 25% * Ordinary tax rate 28%, long term capital gains tax 15%, short term capital gains tax 28% * Ordinary tax rate 33%, long term capital gains tax 15%, short term capital gains tax 33% * Ordinary tax rate 35%, long term capital gains tax 15%, short term capital gains tax 35%
Most dividends are. However, long term capital gains distributions from a mutual fund are capital gains. Liquidating dividends and return-of-capital dividends can be capital gains. And, to make matters more confusing, some dividends, knows as "qualifying dividends," are taxed at long term capital gains rates even though they are not capital gains.
The capital gains tax rates are determined by the type of investment asset and the holding period of the asset. In additional to the federal capital gains tax rates, your capital gains will also be subject to state income taxes. Many states do not have separate capital gains tax rates. Instead, most states will tax your capital gains as ordinary income subject to the state income taxes rates.
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how do you report long term capital gains and what rate are they taxed
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The law changed in 1997. Before that, you had to buy a new home to avoid capital gains tax. The law no longer cares what you do with the money from the sale of the old home. If the house was your main home for two of the previous five years and you owned the home for two of the previous five years, the first $250,000 in capital gains is exempt from tax. The exemption increases to $500,000 if you file jointly and it was also the main home of your spouse for two of the previous five years.
Yes it is possible that you could have to pay some capital gains tax on the sale of some inherited capital assets.
The capital gains tax rates are determined by the type of investment asset and the holding period of the asset. In additional to the federal capital gains tax rates, your capital gains will also be subject to state income taxes. Many states do not have separate capital gains tax rates. Instead, most states will tax your capital gains as ordinary income subject to the state income taxes rates.
Unlike the federal government, NJ does not have a special long term capital gains rate. All capital gains are taxed at the same rates as ordinary income.