tax on capital gains

[davidharvison]

Why are the capital gains included as regular income?

[MayaD]

short-term gains do not benefit from any special tax rates. They are subject to taxation as ordinary income

[Mike9241]

many items are based on adjusted gross income and AGI by law includes both short-term and long-term capital gains (LTCG). however, there is a preferred tax rate applied to LTCG. Turbotax has a worksheet that computes this tax.