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jportz
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When itemizing deductions, I don't see how capital gains are taxed at the lower rate. They are on line 7 (1040 form) and included in regular income. Please explain?

 
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When itemizing deductions, I don't see how capital gains are taxed at the lower rate. They are on line 7 (1040 form) and included in regular income. Please explain?

Even though the full amount shows up in the total income on the 1040 line 7, if you have capital gains or qualified dividends the tax is not taken from the tax table but is calculated separately from Schedule D. The tax will be calculated on the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet. It does not get filed with your return. In the online version you need to save your return as a pdf file and include all the worksheets to see it.


For the Desktop version you can switch to Forms Mode and open the worksheet to see it. Click Forms in the upper right (upper left for Mac) and look through the list and open the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet.

 

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