capital gain
: the increase in value of an asset (such as stock or real estate) between the time it is bought and the time it is sold
Recent Examples on the Web
//But Buffett reported to the I.R.S. capital gains of about ten million—based on his sales of some shares in his own company, Berkshire Hathaway.
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Benjamin Wallace-wells, The New Yorker, "The French Economist Who Helped Invent Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax," 19 Oct. 2019
//Opportunity zones were created as part of the 2017 Trump Administration tax overhaul, allowing people to sell stocks and other investments and delay capital gains taxes for years by putting the proceeds into projects in the zones.
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William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, "Bessemer legal firm opens in restored building," 18 Oct. 2019
//Another recent study examined what happened when a brokerage changed the display of portfolio information to make capital gains more prominent.
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David Ingram, NBC News, "With confetti and cryptocurrency, stock app Robinhood nudges investors toward risk," 12 Sep. 2019
//The capital gains move would almost certainly be challenged in court, and it is opposed within the administration by the Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin.
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New York Times, "Trump Administration Considers Moves to Bolster Economy," 19 Aug. 2019
//Trump spoke a day after deciding against cutting the tax on capital gains by indexing gains to inflation.
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Jordan Fabian, Fortune, "Trump Says He Plans to Unveil Middle-Class Tax Cut in Next Year," 12 Sep. 2019
//Lynn Lasswell, Morrison The basic premise of Grover Norquist’s argument that capital gains are unfairly taxed due to inflation is a completely ridiculous argument.
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Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, "Letters: Of course we tax all capital gains (8/31/19)," 1 Sep. 2019
//As in prior law, short-term capital gains on investments held a year or less are taxed at the same rates as ordinary income.
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WSJ, "WSJ Tax Guide 2019: Taxes on Investment Income," 15 Feb. 2019
//Democrats, however, vowed to oppose the change to how capital gains are taxed.
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Fox News, "Trump administration considering tax break on capital gains," 31 July 2018
First Known Use of capital gain
1921, in the meaning defined above
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