Even if your income is high, your family may be able to benefit from the 0% long-term capital gains rate

Even if your income is high, your family may be able to benefit from the 0% long-term capital gains rateWe’re entering the giving season, and if making financial gifts to your loved ones is part of your plans — or if you’d simply like to reduce your capital gains tax — consider giving appreciated stock instead of cash this year. Doing so might allow you to eliminate all federal tax liability on the appreciation, or at least significantly reduce it.

What you need to know about the tax treatment of ISOs

What you need to know about the tax treatment of ISOsIncentive stock options allow you to buy company stock in the future at a fixed price equal to or greater than the stock’s fair market value on the grant date. If the stock appreciates, you can buy shares at a price below what they’re then trading for. However, complex tax rules apply to this type of compensation.

The investment interest expense deduction: Less beneficial than you might think

The investment interest expense deduction: Less beneficial than you might thinkInvestment interest — interest on debt used to buy assets held for investment, such as margin debt used to buy securities — generally is deductible for both regular tax and alternative minimum tax purposes. But special rules apply that can make this itemized deduction less beneficial than you might think.