Short term capital gains question

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  1. brand345

    brand345 New Member

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    I started trading last year and I had more losses than gains. I thought I was going to have to pay taxes on those gains and that I deduct losses (up to $3000) against my regular income. But in doing my taxes on Turbo Tax, it sounds like the gains get canceled out from the losses in my case?

    $1246 in gains
    $1578 in losses.
    Turbo tax lists my stock gains as $-332. My owe/pay balance didn't increase after entering these in. Sounds like I do not have to pay capital gains on the $1246. Is that correct?
     
  2. T0rm3nted

    T0rm3nted Moderator
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    Correct, you had no capital gains, you had a loss.
     
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