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Re:IRS reminds taxpayers to report virtual currency transact... by pwinnski on Sunday March 25, 2018 @07:49PM (#16675372)
They are. If you liquidate your position in one stock to buy shares of another stock, that's also a taxable event.
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Re:IRS reminds taxpayers to report virtual currency transact... by kombucha2 on Sunday March 25, 2018 @07:53PM (#16675396)
Maybe I just wasn't trading enough with stocks to notice. I remembered always closing short potions to initiate long positions and not paying taxes until closing the long. Clearly, I've been confused this whole time.
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