RobertB4444
Employee Tax Expert

Deductions & credits

No @RoyV, you're not missing anything.  As long as your income is low enough that you are allowed to take the losses now instead of carrying them over then offsetting your regular tax rate is always going to be better than offsetting capital gains.  

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