### Comment:
Yeah it’s just a bitch on your taxes because every year you gotta reference previous tax filings  
  
 It’s an interesting premise because it basically incentivizes you to make gains in long run because you’re leaving money on the table  
  
 Whether that’s real estate, stocks/options, or anything else

### REPLY:
Here's a question for you. Let's say after he sold in 2018, instead of re-buying within 30 days and triggering a wash sale, he instead immediately bought ITM call options on the same number of shares expiring more than 30 days out so that he doesn't own the shares until after the wash sale period. How does that affect his taxes? 
  
 My guess is it's probably technically a wash sale, but the broker won't automatically count it as one. But I dunno.

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