Re: question about capital gains

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ellen Frank wrote:

> Dear Penners - Can anyone out there direct me
> to information on realized capital gains -- i.e,
> how much income was reported from realized
> gains in the last several years?  Is this available
> from the IRS?  Is there info aroung that
> specifies the source of reported gains --
> i.e., real estate, stocks, etc.?  Hoping someone
> out there can save me some time searching.

The Congressional Budget Office has current estimates and historical
numbers on this. The IRS also has it, but I think the CBO stuff is
more up to date. If it's not on the CBO website
<http://www.cbo.gov/>, they can provide it to you in spreadsheet
form. I'd pass mine along, but it's a bit out of date.

Doug