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Chimaera1950

04/17/08 1:01 PM

#1380 RE: IRISHBULL #1379

Oh , that's good! I really had myself going...
(I have mental probs...)
I am doing the Snoopy dance here in comparison to what my "pal" told me.
Singing..."A whole new world...!")
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rookinvestor

04/17/08 2:00 PM

#1382 RE: IRISHBULL #1379

That is a very good explanation....that's the way it works.
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cintrix

04/17/08 2:32 PM

#1383 RE: IRISHBULL #1379

That's right Jimmy. 3k is the maximum loss you can take on a capitol loss per year. But say you have 10k loss carried over from a previous year. Then this year you have a gain of 12k. You can use that entire loss of 10k to off set the 12k gain and only have to report 2k. So you can take a larger loss as long as there is a gain that offsets it and you don't go over a 3k loss per year.