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- Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!cbnews!ask
- From: ask@cbnews.cb.att.com (Arthur S. Kamlet)
- Subject: Re: Capitol Gains Question
- Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 04:05:55 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.040555.8901@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- Keywords: Capitol Gains
- References: <1993Jan24.015520.17885@progress.com>
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- In article <1993Jan24.015520.17885@progress.com> mikef@progress.COM (Michael Furgal) writes:
- >Does the rate that you are taxed on capitol gains (i.e. gain on stock
- >sales) change if you hold on to the stock for a long period. More
- >specifically, I have stock options, and am wondering if I have any
- >advantage in purchasing them even though I am gaurenteed the option
- >price for the next 10 years.
-
- Under current rules, if you end up with a net capital gain for the
- year, and if you are above the 28% tax bracket, your tax on the net
- long term capital gains is reduced to 28%. The current holding period
- for long term gains is >1 year.
-
- My advice is not to let the difference between 28% and 31% become a
- major influence in your decision to exercise or not to exercise the
- options.
- --
- Art Kamlet a_s_kamlet@att.com AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus
-