No service or strategy described here, will prevent the realization of taxable gains from your investments. The services or strategies seek to minimize the current impact of taxes on your account but will not eliminate the eventual realization of imbedded gains from your account. Frequent withdrawals from your account will increase the likelihood of the realization of taxable gains from your account. Additional fees, commissions, or trading charges related to tax management services or strategy may apply. There is no assurance that the benefits of tax management services or strategies will exceed applicable fees, commissions, or trading charges in any given year.
Tax-Loss Harvesting
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How It Works
Tax-loss harvesting – offsetting capital gains with capital losses – can lower your tax bill and better position your portfolio going forward.
Tax-loss harvesting can be helpful in reducing or even eliminating your tax bill in a taxable brokerage account. Tax-loss harvesting lets you manage your tax burden by selling securities like stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and ETFs at a loss to offset the taxes owed on capital gains elsewhere in your portfolio (or even your income). Doing this creates more tax-efficient investing and can even be used to offset taxes owed on regular income.
When considering tax-loss harvesting you should understand the differences between short- and long-term losses and how they are taxed.
If you’ve held a security for at least a year and sell it for more then you paid, you’ll owe long-term capital gains tax on the profit. If you held the investment for less than a year, you’ll have short-term capital gains, which are taxed as regular income. You can use losses to offset either type of gain, but if you have both, consider offsetting short-term gains first because they are usually taxed at a higher rate.
Harvesting losses regularly and proactively can save you money over the long run, effectively boosting your returns.
Additional fees, commissions, or trading charges will apply to tax-loss harvesting. There is no assurance that the benefits of tax-loss harvesting will exceed applicable fees, commissions, or trading charges in any given year.
Working with PNC Wealth Management
Neither PNC Wealth Management nor your Financial Advisor provide tax advice. You should review your tax situation with your own independent tax professional to fully evaluate how you may benefit.
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