FoundationsStock Alerts + Tools0:45Taxes
One Day Changes the Rate
Holding period decides which rate applies, and the boundary is a single day past a year.
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What the lesson covers
- 0:00Selling one day earlier can cost you a materially higher tax rate.
- 0:05The boundary. More than one year is long term. One year or less is short term, taxed as income.
- 0:14Why the gap is large. Ordinary income rates run considerably higher than the long-term brackets.
- 0:23How the clock is counted. From the day after purchase to the sale date, and each tax lot counts separately.
- 0:32The practical implication. Knowing the date a position turns long term is worth checking before selling.
- 0:40Check the holding period before you sell, not afterwards.
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