To clarify, is it the case that when calculating your total taxable income for capital gains tax rate calculations, you should do so *after* removing the standard deduction from your income?
To continue the example, if my income was $40,000 and the standard deduction is $12,950, I wouldn't actually pay any capital gains taxes until I earned >$14,626 in capital gains (which would make my income $54,626 - minus the deduction of 12,950 =$41,676 the capital gains income threshold).
Perfect. Thank you! I'd tried a few different cap gains calculators, and some produced estimates in the first model and some with the second - very helpful to get this clarification.
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Woo hoo! This makes things much less stressful as I'm trying to figure out our tax situation and adds SO much clarity. Thanks so much for your help.