Definition of tax selling
: concerted selling of securities late in the year to establish gains and losses for income-tax purposes
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“Tax selling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tax%20selling. Accessed 26 Feb. 2021.
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The first known use of tax selling was in 1963
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