Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• WASH SALE
  
  When shares of a fund or stock or exchanged or redeemed at a loss and shares of the same (or substantially similar) asset are repurchased within 30 days before or after the original asset's sale. In this case, the taxpayer cannot claim a loss, but rather the loss is added to the basis of the most recently purchased similar security.
  
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