I didn't sell any stock last year but had $24,900 of capital gains. Is it the dividends I received? What kind of dividends may subject to capital gain tax? Thanks.
I didn't sell any stock last year but had $24,900 of capital gains. Is it the dividends I received? What kind of dividends may subject to capital gain tax? Thanks.
A mutual fund is a regulated investment company that pools funds of investors allowing them to take advantage of a diversity of investments and professional asset management.
You own shares in the mutual fund but the fund owns capital assets, such as shares of stock, corporate bonds, government obligations, etc. One of the ways the fund makes money for you is to sell these assets at a gain.
If the mutual fund held the capital asset for more than one year, the nature of the income from a sale of the capital asset is capital gain, and the mutual fund passes it on to you as a capital gain distribution.