Tax-Timing Option

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Tax-timing option

The option to sell an asset and claim a loss for tax purposes or not sell the asset and defer the capital gains tax.

Tax-Timing Option

An option every investor has to either sell an asset for a loss and thereby reduce one's tax liability or continue to hold it and maintain the possibility that one may eventually sell it for a gain.

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