Form 8949 is used to report the sale or exchange of capital assets, such as stocks, real estate, or cryptocurrencies to the IRS. It details the purchase and sale dates for each transaction, as well as ...

You'll need it to report short- and long-term capital gains to the IRS Reviewed by Ebony Howard Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez When you sell or exchange capital assets like stocks, bonds, real estate ...

If you sell stocks at a profit, you will owe taxes on those gains. Depending on how long you’ve owned the stock, you may owe at your regular income tax rate or at the capital gains rate, which is ...