Health & Fitness
Timing Gains and Losses for Investment Property
Read about the best timing to realize capital gains and dividends with your real estate investments.
In the attached article, many taxpayers will have additional considerations when analyzing whether to sell investments before the end of the year or retain them in 2013.
First,the Bush-era tax cuts are scheduled to expire at the end of 2012. This affects
ordinary income rates, as well as rates on capital gains and dividends. Second,
under the health care law, a new 3.8 percent Medicare tax on unearned income,
including interest, dividends and capital gains, will take effect in 2013. Together,
these real and potential changes may add up to hefty new taxes in 2013, unless
Congress takes action otherwise.
