This article walks through the rules of the capital gains tax and then discusses ways to avoid paying it.

Investors who sell an investment at a profit in a taxable account incur a capital gain that they must report on their tax returns. For investments held longer than one year, the long-term capital ...

A like-kind exchange is a tax-deferred strategy that allows you to sell your investment property without incurring or triggering a capital gains lax. This strategy, which falls under Internal Revenue ...