Crypto Investors Have 4 More Days To Put Their Losses To Good Use
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Crypto traders who lost money this year have four more days to realize their losses and take advantage of taxes.
The deadline for tax loss harvesting — when an investor sells an underperforming asset to reduce taxable capital gains — is New Year’s Eve. It is best to sell toward the end of the year, TokenTax accountant Andrew Perlin said, because traders can better approximate total gains.
When used to its full potential, tax loss harvesting can give traders the opportunity to offset ordinary income this year or in the future.
“If your capital losses for the year exceed your capital gains, you can use up to $3,000 of losses per year ($1,500 if you are married and filing separately) to offset regular income after reducing investment gain,” Perlin noted in a recent blog post.
Tax loss harvesting postpones tax obligations — it does not cancel any tax obligations. The idea for traders is that through tax-loss harvesting, investors can put more money into growing their portfolios, Perlin said.
“This is how the logic works: By the time you pay the taxes you postponed through tax-loss harvesting, your portfolio would theoretically have generated significantly more than the tax amount you owe. In this scenario, you would end up with a higher dollar amount in the long run,” Perlin added.
Because most tax loss harvesting occurs in November and December, investors should keep an eye on the most popular stocks and commodities for tax-loss selling because they are often the ones to see the highest gains the following year.
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