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by philiphodgen 4378 days ago
Correct. If you are "rich" ($2 million net worth or $157k average tax bill over the previous five years) then you pretend you sold everything. The first $680k of gain is tax free but you pay tax on everything above that. Bad things happen to your retirement plans and IRAs.
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What happens to your retirement plans? Treated as if you withdrew all of them that year?