Your net capital gain/loss is calculated by subtracting your capital losses from your capital gains (Schedule D). If you have a net capital loss, you can deduct up to $3,000 per year as a capital loss. Losses beyond that amount can be deducted on future returns as a capital loss carryover until the loss is used up.
You can't choose which tax years to apply your carryover to. Carryovers from this year's return must be applied to next year's.
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