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- From: ask@cbnews.cb.att.com (Arthur S. Kamlet)
- Subject: Re: It's that time of the year: a question on unexpected capital gain
- Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 22:14:34 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.221434.21579@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Dec28.192555.16571@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> <1992Dec28.195612.18526@cbnews.cb.att.com> <1992Dec28.213701.19576@cbnewsh.cb.att.com>
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- In article <1992Dec28.213701.19576@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> hcy@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (hon-chi.yu) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec28.195612.18526@cbnews.cb.att.com> ask@cbnews.cb.att.com (Arthur S. Kamlet) writes:
- >>In article <1992Dec28.192555.16571@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> hcy@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (hon-chi.yu) writes:
- >>> I have a tax question regarding estimated tax payment penalty,
- >>>and I appreciate anybody's answers to verify my understandings:
- ...
- >>If you know you have an unexpected capital gain early in the year
- >>you could make an estimated payment at that time.
- >
- >My biggest concern is that I might have a big capital gain in the early
- >part of a year, but an even much bigger capital loss later in the year
- >so I would end up having vastly overpaid IRS in tax withholding but in
- >fact I would have a big capital loss! Adjusting the regular salary withholding
- >might not give you enough time to make up for that overpayment. I do not
- >suppose IRS will pay back the overpayment until much later after you
- >fill out the tax return, right?
-
- Assuming you are planning to pay approx 4 equal estimated tax
- payments, if you find a huge loss in the 4th quarter you can
- greatly reduce or even skip your last payment. That should bring
- some relief, right?
-
- >So, if I interpret this correctly, the IRS really encourages people to sell
- >the stocks as later as possible in the year in order not having to pay any
- >penalty or overpayment of tax?
-
- Not really. If the gains are all up front, pay up front but plan to
- monitor it closely so if you have later losses, you can cut back
- your later payments.
-
- I really believe you should not delay selling stock until year end
- if you believe it is a good idea to sell much earlier.
-
- >>Follow the rules - pay at least as much as you need to, and don't
- >>wait until the end of the year.
- >This rule seems to be a one-way street--always favoring the IRS.
-
- You really do have some control of your fate -- but must monitor
- your total income very closely.
- --
- Art Kamlet a_s_kamlet@att.com AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus
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