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Investors & landlords
@Mike9241 's answer is correct. Short term capital gain distributions are NOT short term capital gains for tax purposes. They are ordinary dividends. As such, capital losses cannot be used to reduce how much of the box 1a dividends (form 1099-DIV) gets taxed.
‎April 14, 2022
11:11 AM
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