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- From: ff76@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (Jhinuk Chowdhury)
- Subject: Is this a WASH SALE?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.153735.1@vaxb.acs.unt.edu>
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- Organization: University of North Texas
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 21:37:35 GMT
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- If I sell shares (at a loss) of a *Vanguard* muni bond fund, say,
- and buy shares of a *Scudder* (or any other) muni bond fund (within 30
- days), would that constitute a wash sale?
-
- (Note: I am referring only to the taxable losses or gains (that correspond
- to the capital losses and gains caused by the fluctuations in share price)
- and *not* the tax-free dividends associated with muni bond funds.)
-
- What if I sell (at a loss) shares of Vanguard Hi Yield Muni Bond
- Fund _and_ Vanguard Insured Long Term Muni Bond Fund, and then buy
- Scudder's *Intermediate* term bond fund (within 30 days)?
-
- If the preceding is *not* a wash sale, could I have bought shares
- of Vanguard's Intermediate term instead (i.e., within the same fund family)
- without violating wash sales rules?
-
- I have read IRS publication 550 for 1991 (previous year's) returns,
- and I am still not sure if these constitute "substantially identical"
- securities. The following paragraphs contain some relevant excerpts from
- that publication. Please ignore them if you are familiar or experienced
- with wash sales regulations. I would very much appreciate hearing from
- you, if you could resolve this for me. Thanks in advance, - Jhinuk.
- *** *** ***
- Excerpts from IRS publication 550 (for 1991 returns):
-
- "A wash sale occurs when you buy or sell stock or securities at a
- loss and within 30 days before or after the sale you buy or acquire in a
- fully taxable trade, or acquire a contract or option to buy, substantially
- identical stock or securities. If you sell stock and your spouse or a
- corporation you control buys substantially identical stock, you also have a
- wash sale. You add the disallowed loss to the basis of the new stock or
- security."
- "In determining whether stock or securities are substantially
- identical, you must consider all facts and circumstances in your particular
- case. Ordinarily, stocks or securities of one corporation are not
- considered identical to stocks or securities of another corporation.
- However, they may be substantially identical, for example, in a
- reorganization, where the facts and circumstances may be such that the
- stocks and securities of the predecessor and successor corporations are
- substantially identical."
- ---
- Jhinuk Chowdhury, <chowdhur@cobaf.unt.edu> -or- <ff76@vaxb.acs.unt.edu>
-