topic If I sell stock or mutual fund in a 401k plan and leave as cash in the account do I pay tax? in Retirement tax questions https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/if-i-sell-stock-or-mutual-fund-in-a-401k-plan-and-leave-as-cash-in-the-account-do-i-pay-tax/01/383868#M34293 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 18:39:40 GMT tfharley 2019-06-04T18:39:40Z If I sell stock or mutual fund in a 401k plan and leave as cash in the account do I pay tax? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/if-i-sell-stock-or-mutual-fund-in-a-401k-plan-and-leave-as-cash-in-the-account-do-i-pay-tax/01/383868#M34293 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 18:39:40 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/if-i-sell-stock-or-mutual-fund-in-a-401k-plan-and-leave-as-cash-in-the-account-do-i-pay-tax/01/383868#M34293 tfharley 2019-06-04T18:39:40Z No, as long as the money stays in the retirement plan, an... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/no-as-long-as-the-money-stays-in-the-retirement-plan-an/01/383869#M34294 <P>No, as long as the money stays in the retirement plan, any transactions of buy and/or sell do not affect your tax return.&nbsp; At any time a distribution is taken from the retirement account, then there would be tax consequences.</P> Tue, 04 Jun 2019 18:39:41 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/no-as-long-as-the-money-stays-in-the-retirement-plan-an/01/383869#M34294 DianeW 2019-06-04T18:39:41Z