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The capital gains tax is a tax on any profits that a person has made on the sale of an asset they own. For example, if you own stock in a corporation or you have bought a mutual fund and that stock or fund appreciates, it is known as a capital gain. When you sell that asset, it is taxed by the government.

What this means for the lower and middle classes, is that if you are saving for retirement (which you most likely are), then any extra money you have made in the Stock Market or other markets, the government is going to be taking a piece of it when you eventually make the sale.

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