When the underlying assets in a mutual fund are sold,
earnings are subject to capital gains tax.
Not exact matches
If the Fund
were to fail
to comply with the income, diversification or distribution requirements, all of its taxable income regardless of whether timely distributed
to shareholders would
be subject to corporate - level
tax and all of its distributions from
earnings and profits (including from net long - term
capital gains) would
be taxable
to shareholders as ordinary income.
The
earnings from an annuity, when withdrawn,
are subject to the ordinary income
tax rate, which for many
is higher than the long - term
capital gains rate that one incurs in owning a mutual fund, according
to Daniel Kurt, writing in Investopedia.
The key note here
is that
earnings withdrawn for non-qualified reasons (aka not for college expenses)
are subject to income
tax, not
capital gains tax which they alternatively would
be subject to in the taxable account (which would effectively
be 0 % if I
'm within the 15 % income
tax bracket).
However, unlike Coverdell and 529 plans, investment growth
is not
tax free, and
earnings from the account
are subject to federal income and
capital gains taxes.
The
earnings stemming from your personal investment would
be subject to capital gains and the
earnings stemming from the IRA can continue
to grow on a
tax - deferred basis.