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Question about the 15% tax on dividends
- Thread starter nravo
- Start date
Yes on the 61 days. I don't think it matters if it's covered stock, but I can't keep up with the tax laws. What does your tax guy say?
Quote from nravo:
Interesting that the IRS would miss this options issue with the dividend tax. Hard to believe, actually.
the irs didn't miss anything, it is YOU that missed the irs regulation in pub 550.
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p550/ch01.html#en_US_publink100010074
more specifically this paragraph
Holding period reduced where risk of loss is diminished. When determining whether you met the minimum holding period discussed earlier, you cannot count any day during which you meet any of the following conditions.
1.
You had an option to sell, were under a contractual obligation to sell, or had made (and not closed) a short sale of substantially identical stock or securities.
2.
You were grantor (writer) of an option to buy substantially identical stock or securities.
3.
Your risk of loss is diminished by holding one or more other positions in substantially similar or related property.
Quote from NickelPincher:
the irs didn't miss anything, it is YOU that missed the irs regulation in pub 550.
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p550/ch01.html#en_US_publink100010074
more specifically this paragraph
Holding period reduced where risk of loss is diminished. When determining whether you met the minimum holding period discussed earlier, you cannot count any day during which you meet any of the following conditions.
1.
You had an option to sell, were under a contractual obligation to sell, or had made (and not closed) a short sale of substantially identical stock or securities.
2.
You were grantor (writer) of an option to buy substantially identical stock or securities.
3.
Your risk of loss is diminished by holding one or more other positions in substantially similar or related property.
Thanks, sport. You answered my question. There goes another strategy.