If you hold the asset for MORE than one year before you dispose of it, and you have a gain on the sale your capital gain would be a LONG TERM CAPITAL GAIN (LTCG)
The holding period (owned) one year or less and sold would be short term. Held (owned) more than one year and sold would be long term. Capital gains and losses are classified as long-term or short-term. If you hold the asset for more than one year before you dispose of it, your capital gain or loss is long-term. If you hold it one year or less, your capital gain or loss is short-term.
The main difference between long-term capital gains and short-term capital gains is the length of time an asset is held before it is sold. Long-term capital gains are from assets held for more than one year, while short-term capital gains are from assets held for one year or less. The tax rates for long-term capital gains are typically lower than those for short-term capital gains.
You can offset long-term capital gains with short-term losses by selling investments that have decreased in value within one year to reduce the overall tax burden on your capital gains.
The main difference between long-term and short-term capital gains is the length of time an asset is held before it is sold. Short-term capital gains are profits made on assets held for one year or less, while long-term capital gains are profits made on assets held for more than one year. The tax rates for these gains also differ, with long-term gains typically taxed at a lower rate than short-term gains.
One way to avoid long-term capital gains tax is to hold onto an investment for at least one year before selling it. This can qualify you for the lower long-term capital gains tax rate, which is typically lower than the short-term capital gains tax rate.
More than one year.
One can avoid short term capital gains tax by holding onto an investment for more than one year, which qualifies it for the lower long-term capital gains tax rate.
You can offset long-term capital gains with short-term losses by selling investments that have decreased in value within the same tax year. This strategy can help reduce your overall tax liability by balancing out gains with losses.
If your gross sales price is more than your adjusted cost basis of the capital asset you would have a gain on the sale of a capital asset. If you owned the asset for more than one year and it is sold at a gain then you would have LTCG. (long term capital gain)
When you buy an investment and then sell it in less than a year, the held longer than one year. Short term gains are taxed at your current federal tax rate and a state tax rate. Long term gains are taxed at 15% for the feds and a state tprofit you've made is called short-term capital gain. Long term capital gain is profit from investments ax(unless you're in the 10% or 15% fed.income tax bracket, then the federal LT gain tax is ZERO in 2008!).
The (long term) capital gain rate for incomes over @10K is 15%
Has to held MORE than one year to be a LTCG. One year or less the sale would be a short term gain.