Capital Gains - Selling RSU to pay tax liability upon vested

[Stickyvicki]

If an RSU (Restricted Stock Unit) is vested, and part of the RSUs are sold to cover the current year tax liability, it shows as a capital gain on 1099B form from broker.  Is it possible to reflect this as a capital loss, since the stock was sold to pay the current year (2022) tax liability?

[Bsch4477 · Accepted solution]

If you had a gain when you sold stock it doesn’t matter what you spent the gain on.