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Investors Get Next Year's Tax Table Before This Year's Celebration Ends
· New York time
The IRS has released the 2027 capital-gains tax rates for each income level, giving investors an early look at rules that can affect proceeds from selling assets. Wall Street has plenty of ways to celebrate a profit. The tax table has a way of asking for the details. A capital gain generally arises when an asset is sold for more than its cost. The applicable federal rate can depend on income and how long the asset was held, among other circumstances. The released information gives people a framework for considering next year's sales, not a single bill that applies to every investor. Timing matters because a gain is tied to a sale, while the size of the gain and the taxpayer's situation affect the calculation. The table is useful precisely because the headline number on an investment statement is not necessarily the amount left after taxes. That is a less glamorous feature of investing than a chart pointing upward, but it belongs to the same story. A profitable sale can produce both a reason to celebrate and a reason to keep records. The IRS has supplied the table in advance. Investors can now invite arithmetic to the party before arithmetic arrives unannounced.
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