Where are you seeing the stock sales are being taxed at 22.4%? The 22.4% sounds like an average of tax rates as all of the rates are even numbers. So, if it was at your ordinary income tax rate it could be 22% but not 22.4%.
Also, if you are single and your taxable income total is over $40,400, then your capital gains rate would be 15% most likely unless your income was over $445,850.
What are your sources of income and how much income in each category do you have?
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