What can be done lawfully: the order of operations for reducing tax
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Reducing tax is not a grey area: almost everything with a noticeable effect is written into the law. The problem is not finding loopholes but that what is provided for goes unused.
First: the holding period
Three years of ownership exempt a substantial part of the gain. Nothing has to be arranged in advance — Long-term ownership relief: paying no tax without arranging anything in advance.
Second: the special account
A third-generation IIA gives a contribution deduction and an income exemption in exchange for a term — The third-generation IIA: what it gives and what it restricts.
Third: offsetting
A loss reduces gains within the year, and an unused one carries forward through a tax return — Offsetting losses: how a losing trade lowers the tax.
Fourth: choosing when to realise
Tax arises on sale. Moving a sale into the next year defers the tax and sometimes lands you in a lower bracket, if the annual base sits near the threshold.
Fifth: the structure of the income
A coupon is taxed immediately, while a discount at redemption counts as income from transactions and reliefs apply to it. Over a long horizon that changes which issue to choose — Tax on coupons: how it changes the choice of bond.
What not to do
Look for schemes. Formally complex constructions almost always deliver a private investor less than the five points above, and they carry risk out of all proportion to the gain.
Related: Investor income tax: what is taxed and when it is withheld and When an investor has to file a tax return.
Sources
- Налоговый кодекс РФ, часть вторая, глава 23
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