Long-Term Capital Gains vs Tax-Loss Harvesting
Quick comparison to help you distinguish these two crypto terms.
Long-Term Capital Gains
beginner
fundamentals
Profit earned from selling or disposing of a cryptocurrency held for more than one year, qualifying for preferential lower tax rates compared to short-term gains.
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intermediate
strategy
A tax strategy where investors deliberately sell cryptocurrency at a loss to realise capital losses that offset capital gains, reducing overall tax liability for the year.
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