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Re:For the first time on record, the 400 wealthiest American... by javagram on Monday October 07, 2019 @02:06PM (#21184061)
Don’t you already have to have a record of the cost basis of the asset to calculate capital gains?

So you already need a receipt or some record with the original purchase price, which probably has a time stamp on it.

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