Starting in 2025, crypto exchanges will report your transactions to the IRS using the new Form 1099-DA, similar to how stock ...

The capital gains tax is destructive. By lowering the rewards of successful risk-taking—essential to innovation and a higher standard of living—the cap gains tax needlessly hobbles progress. It also ...

Capital gains tax on gold and silver applies when these assets are sold at a profit. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) categorizes gold and silver as "collectibles," with the gains taxed differently ...

The Motley Fool reports that capital gains taxes for 2025-2026 vary by income, impacting investors selling assets in taxable accounts.

In comments to the press on Tuesday, President Donald Trump suggested he is considering eliminating capital gains taxes on the sale of homes. Soon afterwards, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia ...

Selling a second home can come with an unexpected tax burden. It doesn't matter if it's an inherited ramshackle cabin, a luxury vacation retreat, or even a rental investment, the IRS treats the sale ...

Some traders and investors may not have a complete understanding of the way their profits or losses will be taxed and how that impacts profit margin, or capital gains taxes, and how these taxes can ...

Why it matters for you, even if you’re not ultra-rich Andrew Kessel was a breaking news writer for Investopedia until October 2025. He previously covered markets for Proactive Investors, with a focus ...