No one likes losing money on an investment, but claiming capital losses can reduce your tax bill and ease the pain. Tax loss selling is a technique for harvesting capital losses in non-registered accounts so they can be used to offset capital gains. This strategy can help you defer taxes until the capital gains can be realized at a more beneficial time.
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