Federal regulations require mutual funds to track and report to the IRS cost basis for shares
purchased in taxable accounts on or after January 1, 2012.
I know it's not ideal but I just didn't have the funds to make
this purchase in my taxable account and I was really itching to buy this stock.
Not exact matches
I absolutely do not believe that mutual funds are a better investment than individual stocks (companies that pay rising dividends over time) over the long run, so I invest the rest of my savings
in a
taxable account (as well as maxing out my Roth IRA every year, of which individual stocks are
purchased).
To me, the process is simple: If you are contemplating the
purchase of a company with a high internal growth rate (which I define as expected growth north of 10 % for the next ten year years), and it pays no dividend or a negligible dividend, then stuff the investment
in a
taxable account provided you have already gotten any possible matching from a company's retirement
account.
With this recent
purchase my
taxable account holdings
in KMB now totals 52.2068 shares with a market value of $ 5,194.58.
In your situation, I suspect that it has to do with what percentage of your
taxable account is intended for this property
purchase (and therefore has 5 - year timeline).
For $ 1,000, you can
purchase one of T. Rowe Price Group's target - date retirement funds
in an individual retirement
account, while $ 1,000 will allow you to buy a Vanguard Group target - date fund
in either an IRA or a regular
taxable account.
Shares
purchased with reinvested dividends
in a
taxable account likely carry a different cost basis than original shares, since share prices change over time.
These are
purchases in my retirement
account and
taxable account.with the market going up the amount shares
purchased each pay period is going down slightly.
I made three big lot
purchases in my TD Ameritrade
taxable brokerage
account.
Other new
purchases made
in my
taxable account include Parker Hannifin (PH), United Technologies (UTX), and IBM.
Two caveats being: 1) If a) the
purchase you're saving for
in 15 years is one that doesn't allow for penalty - free distributions from an IRA, and b) there's a concern that, if you invest the
taxable account entirely
in equities, there might not be a large enough amount accessible without adverse tax consequences when that time comes, you may want to use a more conservative allocation
in the
taxable account.
The nearer - term
purchase is indeed a TR fund
in a
taxable account... I did that because of the transition of the allocation from heavier
in stock funds to more
in bond funds as the time to withdraw the money approaches.
That's why it's not a good idea to make a large
purchase of an ETF or mutual fund
in a
taxable account in December — unless you can be reasonably sure the fund won't be distributing any gains for the year.
We own only municipal bonds (
purchased in 10/2008, average yield 4.84 %, tax and AMT free,
in our
taxable accounts), a municipal bond fund (YTD return = 24.12 %), FDIC insured CDs (
purchased in 10/2008, yielding as much as 5.5 %,
in our IRAs), and a fund holding mortgage securities backed by the US government, also
in IRAs (YTD return = 19.36 %).
In taxable accounts that are not set up for shorting stocks, the Gambit requires a phone call to TD Waterhouse to journal the
purchased shares from the Canadian dollar
account to the US dollar
account.
Meanwhile, to the extent you want to own bonds, why not
purchase taxable bonds
in your retirement
account and reap the benefit of the higher yield?
@gsp: If the investor already holds US currency outside the RRSP, they can (a) contribute
in - kind or (b) buy TDB166
in the
taxable account, contribute it
in - kind to the RRSP and then
purchase an US ETF.
Examples include
purchasing directly from a fund company, via a broker
in a
taxable brokerage
account, or inside another tax deferred pension plan such as an IRA.
@Mike: One option you have is to
purchase US dollar security
in a
taxable account and contribute
in - kind to a RRSP even if the broker doesn't offer USD RRSP
accounts.
This can be a stock, bond mutual fund or any other type of security that you hold
in a
taxable retail
account that has depreciated
in price since the time of
purchase.
If a significant income or capital gains distribution is anticipated, investors
in regular,
taxable accounts may want to delay their
purchase until after the record date to avoid having to pay income tax on the distribution.
These are tax - advantaged
accounts, meaning they'll lower your
taxable income
in April, and they can be used on qualified healthcare
purchases — including eyeglasses, contacts, and eye exams.
Capital losses — securities sold for less than the original
purchase price — may be used to offset capital gains, as long as the loss occurs
in a
taxable account.