ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Capital losses are, of course, the opposite of capital gains. When a security or investment is sold for less than its original purchase price, then the dollar amount difference is considered a capital loss. For tax purposes, capital losses are only reported on items that are intended to increase in value.

Detailed explanation-2: -Realized capital losses from stocks can be used to reduce your tax bill. You can use capital losses to offset capital gains during a taxable year, allowing you to remove some income from your tax return. To deduct your stock market losses, you have to fill out Form 8949 and Schedule D for your tax return.

Detailed explanation-3: -A. The loss on stocks (and any other capital asset) is a capital loss. Capital losses may be used to reduce capital gains in the year of sale, any of the immediate three years, or any future year. Capital losses cannot decrease your income from any other source, except in the year that you die.

Detailed explanation-4: -If your capital losses exceed your capital gains, the amount of the excess loss that you can claim to lower your income is the lesser of $3, 000 ($1, 500 if married filing separately) or your total net loss shown on line 16 of Schedule D (Form 1040). Claim the loss on line 7 of your Form 1040 or Form 1040-SR.

Detailed explanation-5: -Generally, if you had an allowable capital loss in a year, you have to apply it against your taxable capital gain for that year. If you still have a loss, it becomes part of the computation of your net capital loss for the year.