Capital Gains Tax Changes Hurt Mom and Pop Investors

The GOP's tax bill would hit individual investors with next capital gains tax rules, while allowing mutual funds and exchange-traded funds to operate under the old rules.

The proposed changes will make it more difficult for smart individual investors to reduce their tax burden with tax-loss harvesting, while forcing investors to pay more in capital gains tax when selling shares in taxable accounts.

Here's how a change to capital gains taxation could impact individual investors in a big way.

Source: Fool.com