capital gain
noun
: the increase in value of an asset (such as stock or real estate) between the time it is bought and the time it is sold
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Washington levies an income tax on investment income and capital gains for high earners.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
After paying taxes on the transaction (assuming a 20% capital gains tax), shareholders end up with $48 million.
—Joseph Safina, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
As such, gold capital gains are taxed at a different rate than other assets.
—Kat Tretina, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
Harris’s campaign was, if anything, more friendly to Wall Street than Biden’s had been: the 28 percent capital gains tax Harris proposed for Americans making more than $1 million a year was far lower than the nearly 40 percent tax Biden proposed in 2020.
—Mariana Mazzucato, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
After paying taxes on the transaction (assuming a 20% capital gains tax), shareholders end up with $48 million.
—Joseph Safina, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
As such, gold capital gains are taxed at a different rate than other assets.
—Kat Tretina, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
Harris’s campaign was, if anything, more friendly to Wall Street than Biden’s had been: the 28 percent capital gains tax Harris proposed for Americans making more than $1 million a year was far lower than the nearly 40 percent tax Biden proposed in 2020.
—Mariana Mazzucato, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Capital gain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capital%20gain. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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