It really does. Here's the IRS ruling on this.
Re:UBS Acquires Wealthfront for $1.4B
by astrange on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @06:58PM
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They don't ask for your IRA transactions, TurboTax and other consumer products don't even try to work out wash sales between multiple brokers let alone IRAs, and Congress intentionally doesn't fund IRS investigators because they don't want them to actually enforce anything, so…
Similarly, HSAs are taxable in California but I doubt most people know this and it hasn't caused my HSA investment account to offer tax statements you could even use to report it if you wanted to. So…
Re:UBS Acquires Wealthfront for $1.4B
by twblalock on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @07:21PM
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So your argument is that it's ok to avoid the wash sale rule because you are unlikely to get caught?
Re:UBS Acquires Wealthfront for $1.4B
by astrange on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @08:33PM
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I would not recommend everyone in the US move to a robo just in case you accidentally claim too many capital gains losses, no.
Even better, don't read this thread, since ignorance is a defense in tax law and you're not legally required to get your taxes perfectly right.
On the other hand, it is a federal crime (fine or imprisonment not longer than six months) to walk a dog in a national park with a leash longer than 6 feet.
It doesn't really. They like saying that because it shows off their product, but the IRS doesn't know what's in your retirement account and probably no-one has ever gotten in trouble for this. There are robos that don't coordinate it, even.