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- From: Dave Dodson <dodson@convex.COM>
- Subject: Re: Is this a WASH SALE?
- Originator: dodson@bach.convex.com
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- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.221509.18275@news.eng.convex.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 22:15:09 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec23.153735.1@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> ff76@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (Jhinuk Chowdhury) writes:
- > 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?
-
- No.
-
- >(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)?
-
- No.
-
- > 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?
-
- Yes.
-
- > 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.
-
- Different funds, even in the same fund family, are not substantially
- identical.
-
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