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February 14, 2025
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How to exclude long term capital gains from taxable income?

  • February 14, 2025
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The Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet in TurboTax seems to always include long term capital gains from Schedule D. How can I ensure I pay 0% tax on these long term gains based upon our income being well below $94,050:

 

A capital gains rate of 0% applies if your taxable income is less than or equal to:

  • $94,050 for married filing jointly

Source: https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i1040gi#en_US_2024_publink100020245

    Best answer by mesquitebean

    @dwthomas00 

    You can double-check this way:

    If you are using desktop TurboTax, you can go into Forms Mode and look at Line 9 of the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet.   You will see an annotation on Line 9 that says "This amount taxed at 0%."

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    fanfare
    Employee
    February 15, 2025

    TurboTax knows how to calculate your tax based on schedule D and your AGI.

    There is nothing to be done.

     

    @dwthomas00 

    Employee
    February 15, 2025

    @dwthomas00 

    You can double-check this way:

    If you are using desktop TurboTax, you can go into Forms Mode and look at Line 9 of the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet.   You will see an annotation on Line 9 that says "This amount taxed at 0%."