tax

wash sale

Wash sale is defined as selling of an asset such as stocks or bonds on a loss and repurchasing of other stocks or bonds of substantially similar nature within a very short period of time frame. This method is often used to realize a loss, so...

write-off

A write-off means removing an asset from the books, especially as a loss or expense, while to “deduct” an item means to subtract it from gross income or adjusted gross income when calculating taxable income.

In personal-...

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