Yesterday wasn’t a pretty day on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged nearly 3,000 points sending stocks tumbling to their worst single-day losses
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Taxes From A To Z (2018): Y Is For Yo-Yo Market
It’s Taxes from A to Z. Y is for yo-yo market.
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Understanding When A Loss Isn’t Really A Tax Loss
I swear it is better to stuff your mattress with your money. That was a comment from one of my friends today after she took
Read MoreAll You Need To Know About IPOs, Going Public & Stock Options
Admit it. For weeks now, you’ve been dropping the terms “IPO” and “going public” and “stock options” in water-cooler conversation and at cocktail parties and
Read MoreTaxes From A To Z: W Is For Wash Sale
W is for Wash Sale. “Just call it a wash.” How many times have you said that? If you’ve ever uttered those words, then you
Read MoreTaxes From A To Z: C Is For Capital Losses
C is for Capital Losses. We hear a lot in the tax world about capital gains. But what about its counterpart, capital losses? You don’t
Read MoreA Loss By Any Other Name Isn’t The Same: All About Capital Losses (And Gains)
That horrible crash you heard today? It was the market. And it was not pretty. The Dow fell 630 points today, marking the worst day
Read MoreFix The Tax Code Friday: Capital Gains Exclusion
I’ve received a number of queries about the capital gains exclusion for the sale of a personal residence (more on that next week). But it
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