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There is no sale for dollars involved in the OP's scenario. Is there an actual sell in your scenario or is it "virtual"?
by nonbel 9y ago
There is no sale for dollars involved in the OP's scenario. Is there an actual sell in your scenario or is it "virtual"?
- jermaustin1 9y agoThere is no "real" sell on Vanguard to go from one fund to another, but regulations require them to mark it as a sale, and to denote the cost basis of the sale.
- nonbel 9y agoInteresting, thanks.
- notyourday 9y agoIt also will be marked-to-market
- jermaustin1 9y agoInteresting, I have never heard that term. I'm pretty uneducated in finance. I just have done great on my Vanguard Mutual Funds, and I keep them going.
- saalweachter 9y agoTo use the programming lingo that I hope a majority of HN users still recognize, they're like a sequence point.
- sowbug 9y agoBartering is taxable as well. This was the case even before computers were invented. See, e.g., https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/bartering-produces-taxable-income-and-reporting-requirements https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/bartering-produces-taxable-inco...