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identify shares

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identify shares
To distinguish which shares among those that are owned are to be sold. An investor may buy shares of a company or mutual fund at many different prices over a period of years. If a portion of those shares are to be sold, the investor may identify shares so as to control the profits or losses that are realized. In addition, an investor who identifies shares having the highest cost basis often can minimize the taxes associated with such a sale.

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An executive can identify shares for a current sale, even if he failed to identify shares of the same stock in the past.
An even better method is to specifically identify shares of stocks or mutual funds at the time of sale to minimize taxes, but it's too late to use this technique for 1995 gains.
 
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