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Can/should I wait and pay taxes on capital gains in my scenario?
Can/should I wait and pay taxes on capital gains in my scenario? To keep things simple, let's say my 2024 AGI was $100K and I anticipate my 2025 AGI to be $100K. Then in January 2025 I sold stock worth $500K and would owe 15% for Federal and 5% for state. Rather than immediately paying the $75K (Fed) and $25K (State), can I put the $100K into a CD (or some other stable/low risk account) and make some gains un...
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