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Calculation of Short term capital gain tax of profit and loss making shares?

Submitted by on August 5, 2010 – 10:54 pmNo Replies


A web user asks, If I buy shares of two different companies and sell these within a period of two months. In one case I gain and in the other case I have some loss. How to calculate short term capital gain tax? Is it the difference of the amount I overall gain?

Can you help them out? Post your advice!

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