Robinhood trader made $45k trading now faces $800,000 tax bill

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TurboTax shows changes live like a slot machine too. Dude was seeing that shyt just keep going and going in the red like :sadcam:

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You can't have 1.4M of capital gains income, but only 45k of profit, and have a tax bill of 800k. None of that math adds up or makes sense. :mindblown:

the losses are disallowed by the 'wash rule' thats why, the tax bill does seem high so the article is missing information but 1.4M x 37% ordinary income tax rate = 518k in taxes is possible :yeshrug:
 

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This is a very particular case though. This guy was doing some crazy shyt. Even if you never hold and day trade full time you should NEVER owe more than you made. This guy was just doing some wild shyt thinking he was gaming the system. Article just seems like propaganda to scare away the retail investor because they're thriving right now. Most coli brehs don't even gotta worry about this unless you're doing the same dumb shyt this guy was doing. The only other time I've heard of people owing more than they made is when they took their profits into the next tax year and then lost it all. But they were still on the hook for their tax bill from the previous year.

Like if you made 500k in 2020. And your tax bill was 150k but you didn't set it aside. You just went into 2021 trading with that 500k. Then maybe in January 2021 the whole market crashed and your funds went from 500k to 100k. But now you're still on the hook for that 150k because it's a new year. If it's the same year you could write off that 400k loss. But you can't in a different year. That's why you should take out your tax money right when the year ends. You never know what could happen.
 

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Fake news. Anyone who knows the tax code knows you’re only taxed on profits not losses.

He needs to get a better accountant
 

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Fake news. Anyone who knows the tax code knows you’re only taxed on profits not losses.

He needs to get a better accountant

This. And even they did tax him that amount all he would have to do is apply for an offer and compromise and the IRS will wipe out damn near the entire debt if your income is low enough.
 

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This. And even they did tax him that amount all he would have to do is apply for an offer and compromise and the IRS will wipe out damn near the entire debt if your income is low enough.
What is this? Asking for a friend :lupe:
 

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Fake news. Anyone who knows the tax code knows you’re only taxed on profits not losses.

He needs to get a better accountant

This. And even they did tax him that amount all he would have to do is apply for an offer and compromise and the IRS will wipe out damn near the entire debt if your income is low enough.


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These two bozos can have a cheat sheet right in front of them and still fail the test
 
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