Wed Apr 10 2024, by Tyler Gardner

Capital GainsTax StrategiesSEP IRAFinancial PlanningTax Code

Navigating Capital Gains and Tax Implications

Tyler?

Yep.

Looks like you had $700,000 of capital gains this year. You owe us $140,000 in taxes.

No.

$50,000 of that is unrealized gains in the stock market. I'm giving that to my daughter when I die.

$90,000 of that will be directly offset by $90,000 of losses that I locked in in stocks and then reinvested elsewhere.

$500,000 of that is from my wife and me selling our home. That $60,000 you can’t touch because it’s long-term capital gain.

And I make under $41,675 in taxable income a year.

But plus that $60,000 and you make over $100,000.

No, because I put that $60,000 directly into my SEP IRA because I'm self-employed.

You have zero capital gains to report?

Yep.

Didn’t you write the tax code?

We didn’t think anyone would actually read it.

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