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The capital gains tax rate for long-term assets is 0%, 15%, 20%, 25% or 28%. You only pay capital gains tax if you sell an asset for more than you spent to acquire it.
The Capital Gains and Qualified Dividends Worksheet in the Form 1040 instructions specifies a calculation that treats both long-term capital gains and qualified dividends as though they were the last income received, then applies the preferential tax rate as shown in the above table. [5]
Long-Term Capital Gains Tax Rates for 2020 Taxable Income Filed in 2021. Filing Status. Income Bracket. Tax Rate. ... If you bought that same table in 2020 and sold it the same year, you’d be ...
The long-term capital gains tax rates are 0 percent, 15 percent and 20 percent, depending on your income. These rates are typically much lower than the ordinary income tax rate.
The tables below show the thresholds for taxable income to meet the 0, 15 and 20 percent long-term capital gains tax rates. Long-term capital gains tax rates for the 2023 tax year.
The difference between income and long-term capital gains taxes for the top two income tax brackets (5% in 1988 and 18% and 20%, respectively, in 2011), however, is larger than the difference between the income and long-term capital gains tax rates for the bottom two income tax brackets (0% in 1988 and 5% and 10%, respectively, in 2011).
The remainder of any gain realized is considered long-term capital gain, provided the property was held over a year, and is taxed at a maximum rate of 15% for 2010-2012, and 20% for 2013 and thereafter. If Section 1245 or Section 1250 property is held one year or less, any gain on its sale or exchange is taxed as ordinary income.
In other words, the loss is treated as a short-term capital loss even if it was originally a long-term capital loss. Section 1231 does not reclassify property as a capital asset. Instead, it allows the taxpayer to treat net gains on 1231 property as capital gains, but to treat net losses on such property as ordinary losses.