Tax-loss harvesting – an investment tactic that has gone too far
Tax-loss harvesting has been mechanized thanks to the collapse in trading costs and the rise of so-called direct indexing
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Tax-loss harvesting has been mechanized thanks to the collapse in trading costs and the rise of so-called direct indexing
Despite the proscription on ‘wash sales’, it remains a common enough investment solution.
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Goldman Sachs helped billionaires dodge taxes by selling stocks and replacing them with nearly identical investments.
Congress outlawed tax deductions on “wash sales” in 1921, but Goldman Sachs and others have helped billionaires like Steve Ballmer see huge tax savings by selling stocks for a loss and then replacing them with nearly identical investments.