Wash sale

IRS rule disallowing a tax loss if you buy substantially identical securities within 30 days before or after the sale.

Sell VTI at a loss. Then, buy VTI again within 30 days. The wash sale rule disallows the loss and adds it to the new cost basis.

• Wash sale rule checker
• Tax-loss harvesting workflow
• Household Tax Opportunities

• Tax-loss harvesting
• Tax lot
• Cost basis method
• Short-term vs long-term capital gains
• Qualified vs ordinary dividends