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  • Sep 21, 2014, 03:22 PM
    gacorrea
    Accounting for foreign securities investments gains and losses.
    How does one report for US tax purposes the gain realized on the sale of foreign securities where the sale proceeds have never been repatriated but reinvested in other securities?

    I understand that the sale of the foreign securities generates 2 types of gains/losses: (1) the gain/loss realized in the foreign currency and (2) the gain/loss that arises from translating the foreign currency back to USD.

    My question is: Insofar as the sale proceeds have not been converted back into USD, does this imply that no foreign exchange gain/loss has been realized for tax purposes?
  • Sep 21, 2014, 04:27 PM
    AtlantaTaxExpert
    The fact that the proceeds were not converted to USD is irrelevant. The sale of the foreign securities results in a capital gain which MUST be reported as a taxable transaction irrespective of the currency in which the sale was transacted.

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