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Preferential rates for capital gains affect the structure of taxes.
Under current federal law, capital gains are generally taxed only when they are realized — that is, when an asset is sold — so increases in stock value that remain on paper do not trigger income tax ....
Inherited physical gold or silver generally receives a "step‑up" in cost basis to the fair market value on the decedent’s date of death, so tax when sold is calculated on gains above that stepped‑up v...
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Gifts and inheritances of precious metals trigger different cost-basis rules that determine whether a subsequent sale produces a taxable gain or deductible loss; inherited metals normally receive a "s...
federal tax system is progressive on paper— apply and bracket thresholds were raised for 2026—yet the bulk of federal income-tax revenue comes from a narrow slice of high earners while the bottom half...
The annualized income installment method lets a taxpayer shift required estimated‑tax installments to the periods when income was actually earned — valuable when a large capital gain lands in a single...
The IRS treats inherited precious metals as receiving a “step‑up” in basis to their fair market value at the decedent’s date of death, and proving that stepped‑up basis typically requires contemporane...