Question

If I know my purchase price of stock and current price of this stock,how to calculate my capital gain per share currently,which data I need to find to support my calculation,

Answer 1

The purchase price and the selling price of the stock are required for the calculation. The difference between the purchase price and the sale price is the gain or loss per share. This value when multiplied by the number of shares gives the total dollar amount for the transaction.

Under the US tax code, if the stock is held for less than a year, the capital gain or loss is considered to be short term. If the stock is held for more than a year, it will be subject to current capital gain tax rate which will be less than the regular income tax rates and is a long term capital gain.