This chapter discusses how to report capital gains and losses from sales, exchanges, and other dispositions of investment property on Schedule D of
Form 1040. The discussion includes:
- How to report short-term gains and losses,
- How to report long-term gains and losses,
- How to figure capital loss carryovers,
- How to figure your tax using the lower tax rates on a net capital gain, and
- An illustrated example of how to complete Schedule D.
If you sell or otherwise dispose of property used in a trade or business or for the production of income, see Publication 544,
Sales and Other Dispositions of Assets, before completing Schedule D.
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