As you can see it's a bit of a red day but overall the portfolio is still holding strong.
One thing I did today is utilize the lack of wash sale rules in crypto to lower my tax bill. I am down on a few positions so this allows me to tax loss harvest.
For financial securities, like stocks or bonds, there’s a time window within which you can’t buy back the assets you’ve sold.
The IRS saw people pulling this trick in the past and put a rule in place saying if you sell a security, like a stock, you can’t buy the same security or a “substantially identical” security 30 days before OR after your sale and use that sale as a tax-deductible loss. No artificial losses.
BUT, this rule doesn’t. apply. to. crypto. holdings…
And why is that?
Because the SEC doesn’t see crypto as financial security – not yet anyway.
That means you can buy and sell as much crypto as you want, allowing you to report your crypto losses as tax deductions.
By selling at a loss and buying back in you are realizing losses for tax purposes that can then be written against any capital gains you made in the year.
You can even deduct this against your regular income up to $3000 per year! I know it seems too good to be true.. but check it out: https://www.kiplinger.com/taxes/capital-gains-tax/603753/cryptocurrency-and-the-wash-sale-rule#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20Wash%20Sale,before%20or%20after%20the%20sale.
Of course, none of this is financial advice. Always double-check your situation with an accountant.
Also, the portfolio tracker I used above is Coinstats. I was able to negotiate a discount code from them for the paid version (there is a free version as well): https://coinstats.app/refer/maxmaher
the beet bandit
2021-12-11 00:32:46 +0000 UTC