Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) provide a tax advantage over mutual funds due to their unique in-kind creation and redemption process, resulting in fewer capital gains tax bills for investors. This tax efficiency stems from the tax-free nature of ETF trades, unlike mutual funds where trading activity can trigger capital gains taxes passed on to shareholders.
However, fewer exchange-traded fund investors get such an annual tax bill relative to those holding mutual funds .Investors who hold exchange-traded funds can often escape a tax bill incurred by those with mutual funds , which are generally less tax efficient, according to investment experts.
Fund managers can generate such taxes within a fund when they buy and sell securities. The taxes then get passed along to all the fund shareholders, who owe a tax bill The tax advantage"really helps the non-IRA account more than anything," said Charlie Fitzgerald III, a certified financial planner based in Orlando, Florida, and a founding member of Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo.
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