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Capital Losses: They're Just as Ugly as They Sound
by Bryan_Carey | Jan 04 '02
Capital losses can be used to reduce taxable income, up to a federally- defined limit, beyond which they can be carried forward to reduce future taxable income.

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A great piece . . . (Reply to this comment)
by mrlarry
on a very complex and dismal topic.

Jan 05 '02
6:34 am PST

Thanks for clearing that up! (Reply to this comment)
by Ironcladd
Capital losses, and what investor hasn't incurred them during the 2001 year, are pretty bad. It is some solace that there are provisions for writing some of the losses off.

Great review!

--JZ

Jan 04 '02
9:00 pm PST