On Apr 18, 2:39 pm, Tad Borek <bore...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> There can be a tax
> incentive to holding longer, if you're not familiar with all the rules I
> think fairmark.com covers it somewhere.
Yes, but IMHO 1 year from the purchase or 2 years from the beginning
of the offering period is way too long a time to half the tax due, all
the while exposing the 15% discount to market volatility. So the
question is: take 10% net now or wait to take 12% net, if one's lucky.
In my case, I use it to pay car and homeowner's insurance and property
taxes, so I cannot afford the risk, when selling immediately makes
more sense. If I've got some months until such bills, I just put the
money in a CD with the proper time-period and make even more profit on
it.
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