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Series 7 practice questionhardTax Implications 695

A customer sells stock for a loss and then repurchases substantially identical shares 10 days later. The tax effect is that the loss is:

  1. Adisallowed currently under the wash sale rule✓ Correct answer
  2. Bconverted automatically into long-term capital gain
  3. Cfully deductible because settlement dates differ
  4. Dtaxed as ordinary income
Explanation

Why Adisallowed currently under the wash sale rule

Repurchasing substantially identical securities within 30 days before or after a loss sale triggers the wash sale rule. The loss is not currently deductible and is instead added to the basis of the replacement shares.

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