And this is why I need to just pay someone else to handle this for me. I've read a bunch on this but I was under the (mistaken) assumption that the brackets for

And this is why I need to just pay someone else to handle this for me. I've read a bunch on this but I was under the (mistaken) assumption that the brackets for capital gains taxes were based on how much you made in gains (ie. up to $40K in /gains/ is taxed at 0%). Ok, well that sucks a little bit but really what that means is I'm going to get taxed at 15%, I knew 0% was too good to be true, even for long term capital gains. EDIT: Thank you for calling that out, it will have saved me from an unpleasant surprise next April.