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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

tax loss harvesting

Dutch translation:

gaining tax credits from acquiring loss-making companies

Added to glossary by Willemina Hagenauw
Feb 13, 2008 10:48
16 yrs ago
English term

tax loss harvesting

English to Dutch Bus/Financial Finance (general) holdings/stocks & shares
The correlation list helps identify indexes or XXXX funds for tax loss harvesting and diversification opportunities

Does anyone have a good translation for tax loss harvesting? Many thanks!
Proposed translations (Dutch)
4 +1 gaining tax credits from acquiring loss-making companies
3 +1 kopen om fiscaal voordeel te behalen
2 verzilveren met belastingvoordeel
Change log

Feb 13, 2008 11:31: Willemina Hagenauw changed "Language pair" from "English to Dutch" to "Dutch to English"

Feb 13, 2008 13:09: writeaway changed "Language pair" from "Dutch to English" to "English to Dutch"

Discussion

Dave Calderhead Feb 14, 2008:
NB: contrary to Bea's suggestion, this is a corporate investment possibility in Belgium and the Netherlands. The benefit of potential tax credits from acquiring a loss-making company can be seriusly considered when making a decision to buy.
Dave Calderhead Feb 13, 2008:
thank you very much; however, the pair was still Dutch to English when I submitted my explanatory answer!
Lianne van de Ven Feb 13, 2008:
Dave: it's in the dark green header bar above the question (I have been confused myself)
Dave Calderhead Feb 13, 2008:
Should this be in English to Dutch?

Proposed translations

+1
1 hr
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gaining tax credits from acquiring loss-making companies

is what it means, but where does the Dutch come in?

Or is it from a text in which they have inserted the English term because they didn't have a Belgian to give them a good Dutch equivalent?
Note from asker:
Sorry this should be English to Dutch!
Peer comment(s):
agree Bea Geenen : I think you're talking about a wider concept than I am. As far as I understand, there is a special tax regulation in the States, which has made this practice (selling loss making stock) more attractive, but under certain conditions (after 30 days only,..)
21 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks! Willemina"
1 hr

verzilveren met belastingvoordeel

If the definition on the website below (and others which gave the same explanation) is correct, then it seems that this is a investment pratice which does not occur in the Netherlands or Belgium, because of a different tax system. Therefore, I would just leave it in the English version (which seems to be known in the sector). However, if you do want to translate it, I suggest the above term, basically meaning you are cashing in (with loss) to obtain tax benefit (and to be able to diversify). But there might be a colleague who knows the correct term.....
Reference:

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/taxgainlossharvesting.asp

Peer comment(s):
neutral Dave Calderhead : actually cashiing in by buying a company which has losses on its books that can be offset against group profits for tax purposes
10 hrs
I underderstand it to be selling stocks with a loss, so the loss can be offset against gains in other investments. With the released equity, you then buy other stocks to diversify your portfolio.
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+1
12 hrs

kopen om fiscaal voordeel te behalen

zoals het kopen van een lege BV/NV

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Note added at 12 hrs (2008-02-13 23:04:43 GMT)
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Er zitten wel haken en ogen aan:
http://bv-overnemen-oprichten.anotaris.nl/
Reference:

http://www.marktgigant.nl/ads/ter-overname-fiscaal-voordeel-89660/ter-overname-fiscaal-voordeel.html

Peer comment(s):
agree Dave Calderhead : but not empty companies - they must have previous losses that are still offsettable against the acquiring company/group profits
18 mins
Thanks. Your rephrasing of the original text was most helpful.
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