Sentences with phrase «off than capital gains»

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The investors who have succeeded best are those who have planed their portfolios to live off capital gains rather than dividends and interest.

If you sell it for less than your inherited basis, the result is a capital loss, which you can use as a tax write - off against other investment gains or other income.

The investors enjoy capital gain both in growth and dividend reinvestment option upon sale of units but in case of dividend reinvestment option the fund units have now increased more than what they started off with.

In particular, if you have a large capital loss — long - term or short - term — you may be better off if you have short - term capital gain than if you have ordinary income.

The benefit to you, from a tax standpoint, is that you since your capital gains are going to come in incrementally over several years, you'll be able to write them off more efficiently than if you had to figure out how to write them all off in one year (per a traditional sale.)