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- From: newberg@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU (Lee A. Newberg)
- Subject: Re: Taxes on call options
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.160245.20853@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 16:02:45 GMT
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- leons@hiroller.Eng.Sun.COM writes:
- >1. Suppose I own a stock and write covered call options against it
- > that expire next year. When is the premium recieved for the
- > sale of options taxable?
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- It's taxable in the year in which they expire.
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- >2. Is the interest charged on the margin account deductible?
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- Yes, on Schedule A.
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- Lee Newberg (newberg@cs.Berkeley.EDU)
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