Capital Gains Calculator

Capital gains rates are designed to encourage people to invest long-term, rather than short-term. Most people can get a significant advantage from holding stock investments for longer than one year.

Below is a simple capital gains calculator, to help you see what effects the current rates will have in your own life.

Purchase Price:	$
Sale Price:	$
Your Federal Tax Bracket:	35 33 28 25 15 10 %
Time from Purchase to Sale:	One Year or Less	More than One Year
Your State Tax Rate:	%	%
Federal Tax Rate:*	%	%
Total Tax Due:	$	$
Net Sale:	$	$
Advantage of Waiting:		%

* These are the rates as of May 2003. See the IRS website for the more recent informastion..