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- From: ask@cbnews.cb.att.com (Arthur S. Kamlet)
- Subject: Re: Tax Questions
- Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 07:37:43 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.073743.25776@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Dec18.235800.24106@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
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- In article <1992Dec18.235800.24106@cbfsb.cb.att.com> klur@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (david.s.klur) writes:
- >1. I currently own some AIM-Weingarten MF shares, and I would
- > like to sell them to rrealize a capital loss for tax
- > purposes. If I transfer my investment to the AIM-Constellation
- > Mutual Fund, can I still realize a capital loss on the shares
- > that I have "sold"?
-
- Probably.
-
- I don't know these particular funds, but usually different funds in
- the same family are not likely to be "substantially identical"
- investments. So you would probably not have a wash sale. You can
- call the fund mgr and ask if the IRS has, to their knowledge, ever
- determined that two funds were "substantially identical."
-
- >2. Quoting from the MFF, "Foreign governments usually withhold taxes
- > on dividends and interest earned in their coountries by American
- > Mutual Funds. U.S. shareholders of such funds are entitled to a
- > deduction or a dollar-for-dollar tax credit equal to their pro-rata
- > share of the amounts withheld. The tax-credit is always more
- > valuable, and is claimed by filing a Form 1116 with your tax return."
-
- the problem is the form 1116 is not written is a way to make it easy
- to take the tax credit. Without the form 1116 the IRS would not
- allow the credit. But it's still a good idea to try for it anyway.
-
- > I'm not sure what this means, but I own some shares of a closed-end
- > mutual fund investing overseas (The Iberian Fund). Is there some
- > tax benefit I can realize?
-
- The fund manager will send you a 1099-DIVC which will also list
- foreign taxes paid buy you. You really gave up these taxes. Now
- the IRS let's you take either a tax credit or a deduction. Go for
- it.
-
- >3. Can I deduct the following expenses from my income?
- > + mutual fund fees
- > + broker fees
-
- The mutual fund fees have the effect of lowering the income you
- ordinarily would have received from the fund and also of lowering
- the fund's NAV. That's quite enough damage. You don't get to
- separately deduct them since by reporting less income and a lowered
- capital gain when you sell, you will sort of deduct the expense that
- way.
-
- Broker fees reduce the income you receive for the sale, and add to
- the cost of buying the fund shares, so the net costs to you will
- take care of the broker fees. When you fill out your 1040/Sch D
- you will list the net costs. receipts.
- --
- Art Kamlet a_s_kamlet@att.com AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus
-