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- From: troy@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (Troy Cauble)
- Subject: Mutual Funds, year end distributions, Dec. withdrawals
- Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel NJ
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 19:43:59 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.194359.29833@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
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- I have some Mutual Fund shares that (typically) have cap gains
- distributions at the end of the year. It's appeared in the
- past that the distribution is subtracted directly from the
- share price, so that suddenly you owe taxes even though you've
- had no net gain (as compared to the day before).
-
- Is this correct? It makes a kind of sense to me.
-
- Anyway, I'm thinking of withdrawing a sizable amount soon for
- a new car purchase. Would it be to my advantage to do this
- before the distribution as opposed to after? Or will I somehow
- be taxed for this "gain" anyway.
-
- If this "works", what keeps a person from repeatedly selling
- before distributions and buying back after? (Assuming a no-load fund.)
-
- -troy
- Troy.Cauble@att.com
- (the email address at the top is WRONG)
-