You have to pay tax on capital gain distributions and dividends even if they are reinvested and you don't sell any shares. Those distributions are you share of the net capital gains of your mutual fund from selling holdings of the fund. That is taxable. You don't pay capital gains on increases in the value of your investment until you sell. That is considered unrealized capital gain.
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