Understanding capital gains tax is essential for savvy investors. If you’re aiming to maximize your returns, you need to know when you’ll encounter capital gains taxes and how to deal with them. In ...

Note, however, that the exclusion amount hasn’t changed since 1997. The median home price in the U.S. is over $400,000, and ...

The stock market was on a tear in 2023, which is fantastic for your net worth. The downside might be that you may be sitting on a large amount of capital gains. (To be clear, this is a good problem to ...

But we also get people who have sold their home, and they’re sitting on gains and there was no preplanning.” Dennis said that ...

John Egan is a veteran personal finance writer whose work has been published by outlets such as Bankrate, Experian, Newsweek Vault and Investopedia. Michael Adams is a former Cryptocurrency and ...

Gifting appreciated assets during your lifetime can saddle your beneficiaries with massive capital gains taxes they could otherwise avoid. Assets passed down after death often qualify for a step-up in ...

Last week, The Washington Post reported that some conservative groups are asking the Trump administration to index capital gains for inflation by executive order. The proponents argue that it would ...