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Originally Posted by lewdog
Also Hog Farmer. I bought my shares of X on May 3rd, 2017. If I sell before this date, I pay 25% tax. If I sell after this date, it's 15%. Correct? Would that change your selling strategy?
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Wrong-o.
Short term capital gains are taxed as ordinary income. Long Term Capital Gains have their own brackets based on the brackets your Taxable income falls under. It's stupid, yes, but most likely it is whatever your ordinary tax rate is vs probably 15%.
https://www.fool.com/taxes/2017/12/1...s-in-2018.aspx