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Old 01-02-2012, 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by billscamaros View Post
A question regarding capital gains ........

In your example of the stock that made huge gains, and now you want to rebalance your portfolio. Let's assume that you've owned this stock a few years. You sell off some shares off and buy shares in a different stock. So you have fees for the buying and selling. But do you pay capital gains now on the money that you made, or do you not have any gains since you have reinvested those dollars?
Hey billscamaros- You would pay taxes on the gains in the year they were incurred, the tax basis does not roll into your new stock purchase.
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