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- From: murphy@rock.enet.dec.com ()
- Subject: Re: Mutual Funds, year end distributions, Dec. withdrawals
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:59:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov23.194359.29833@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>, troy@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (Troy Cauble) writes:
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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
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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.)
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- If the fund has gains, the share price is up. When you sell, you get a
- capital gain on the shares you sell. If they distribute, you get the gain
- then, but that much less of a gain later. The only reason to sell and rebuy
- around New Years is to offset another gain or loss. For example, if you
- had some IBM you bought at 100, and dropped out at 70, you have a big loss.
- If you are holding on to gains in a mutual fund, you might want to sell to
- claim the gain because you have the offsetting capital loss. Likewise,
- if you had MSFT at 60 and bail at 90, you might want to dump and rebuy MF
- shares which are holding a loss to offset your gain.
-
- As a followup to this scenario, if you have a big CG loss, can you claim
- this against regular income?
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- |> -troy
- |> Troy.Cauble@att.com
- |> (the email address at the top is WRONG)
- |>
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