美国国税局(IRS)对“wash sales”作出了如下解释:
“You cannot deduct losses from sales or trades of stock or securities in a wash sale unless the loss was incurred in the ordinary course of your business as a dealer in stock or securities.
A wash sale occurs when you sell or trade stock or securities at a loss and within 30 days before or after the sale you:
1. Buy substantially identical stock or securities,
2. Acquire substantially identical stock or securities in a fully taxable trade,
3. Acquire a contract or option to buy substantially identical stock or securities, or
4. Acquire substantially identical stock for your individual retirement arrangement (IRA) or Roth IRA.
If you sell stock and your spouse or a corporation you control buys substantially identical stock, you also have a wash sale.”
也就是说,若亏本出售股票,并在出售之前或之后的30天内,(1)购买实质相同的股票,(2)在完全应税交易中获得实质相同的股票,(3)获得购买实质相同股票的合约或期权,或(4)因个人退休金计划(IRA)或罗斯个人退休金计划(Roth IRA)而获得实质相同的股票,则会被IRS视为“wash sales”,并且,如果某人出售股票,其配偶或由其控制的公司在上述期限内购买了实质相同的股票,也会构成“wash sales”。通常来说,“wash sales”是为了通过抵扣已实现的损失而达到减税的目的,但是,IRS规定这类损失不得抵扣。《元照英美法词典》将“wash sales”译为“虚假交易;虚售;冲销交易”。
例句:
原文:
More or less stock bought than sold. If the number of shares of substantially identical stock or securities you buy within 30 days before or after the sale is either more or less than the number of shares you sold, you must determine the particular shares to which the wash sale rules apply. You do this by matching the shares bought with an equal number of the shares sold. Match the shares bought in the same order that you bought them, beginning with the first shares bought. The shares or securities so matched are subject to the wash sale rules.
译文:
股票购买数量多于/少于股票出售数量。若在出售股票之前或之后30日内购买的实质相同股票多于或少于出售的股票,则必须确定适用于虚假交易规则的特定股票。通过将购买的股票与出售的同等数量股票相匹配方可确定。从首次购买的股票开始,按照购买的顺序匹配购买的股票。依照上述方式匹配的股票须遵守虚假交易规则。
来源:
https://www.irs.gov/publications/p550#en_US_2022_publink100010557
"Wash sales" 是一个与金融和税务相关的术语。它描述了一个投资者卖出一种证券,并在30天内之前或之后购买相同或几乎相同的证券的行为。
这个概念在税务上特别重要,因为在美国(以及许多其他国家),"wash sales" 规定阻止投资者通过出售股票创造资本损失,然后迅速重新购买同样的股票以保持其在该投资中的位置,从而在税务上获得好处。
简而言之,如果被确定为"wash sale",投资者不能立即扣除资本损失,而是要将这些损失添加到重新购买的股票的成本基础中。
例如,如果你卖掉了一只股票,产生了损失,然后在30天内重新购买了同样的或非常相似的股票,那么你在税务上不能立即扣除那个损失。这是为了避免投资者只是为了税务目的而进行买卖。
在中文中,"wash sales" 可以翻译为 "冲销买卖" 或 "回避性买卖"。
