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Tax Question - Liquidating Index Fund to Make Down Payment
Hopefully a tax professional can offer some perspective on this one.
We are selling our primary residence and purchasing a new primary residence. Unfortunately, or current residence has not yet sold. Therefore, we will be liquidating shares of our Vanguard index funds (held in a general brokerage account) to make the down payment. When our primary residence sells, we will use the proceeds to re-buy the index funds.
My question - I will be liquidating $65,000 from VTSAX and re-buying the same amount at some point during this year (once we get the funds from our home sale.) Will I have to pay the capital gains tax on the $65,000 that I sell, or will my re-buy offset that sale?
Thanks.