October's "Rule Breakers" Mailbag: How Does Tax-Loss Harvesting Work

On this week's Rule Breakers podcast, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner brings in a special guest -- Megan Brinsfield of Motley Fool Wealth Management -- to assist him in explaining the ins and outs of tax-loss harvesting to a young investor who is looking to cut his IRS bill, but who still really believes in the current "losers" in his portfolio. That makes it tougher, because there are a number of rules the government has put in place to make this technique harder to implement.

A full transcript follows the video.

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Source: Fool.com