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Gold (and silver) income taxes explained

derrybderryb Posts: 38,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited August 15, 2026 4:25PM in Precious Metals

Precious metal income tax tutorial

And for those planning to sell PMs and then leave the profit to heirs:

Cost basis for inherited PMs

Profit becomes the difference between sell price and stepped up basis (current market value). This approach offers a near zero tax liability if a sale occurs just after inheritance of the item(s).

Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Bastiat

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    rte592rte592 Posts: 2,222 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 15, 2026 7:16PM

    The Don't ask Don't tell approach with COB.
    What's this profit you speak of... no one has made such a thing on PM's.

    Just ask Blitz ;)

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