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how to know if two etfs are 'substantially identical' according to wash sale rules?
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nobody knows for sure what "substantially identical" means because the irs hasn't officially defined it. until they do so, it would come down to the decision of an auditor or a tax court. the rule of thumb that i have always heard is if the funds track the same index, they are probably substantially identical. i think most people wouldn't consider any pair of agg, cmf, and nyf to be substantially identical, so you should be safe with your tax-loss harvesting strategy.
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