This hypothetical illustration assumes the investor met the holding requirement
for long - term capital gains
tax rates (longer than one year), the gains were
taxed at the current maximum federal rate of 23.8 %, and the
loss was not
disallowed for tax purposes due to a wash sale, related party sale, or other reason.
When you sell, at a
loss, a security of any sort that would be treated as a capital item, the
loss will be
disallowed for tax purposes if you purchased substantially the same security within 30 days before or after the sale: