{"id":704184,"date":"2026-08-15T18:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T22:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=704184"},"modified":"2026-08-16T09:47:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T13:47:32","slug":"the-gold-tax-surprise-when-gold-profits-get-taxed-at-28-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=704184","title":{"rendered":"US &#8211; The Gold Tax Surprise: When Gold Profits Get Taxed At 28 Percent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>If you bought gold during its 2023-2026 rally, you may be sitting on a large profit and a tax rule you have never heard of. The IRS classifies physical gold, and even the popular bullion-backed gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs), as collectibles, a category shared with art, stamps, and antiques. That classification changes the tax bill when you sell. Most holders discover it at the worst possible moment: after the sale, when nothing can be done.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here is the rule to understand before you sign anything.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/personal-finance\/gold-tax-surprise-when-gold-profits-get-taxed-28-percent\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/personal-finance\/gold-tax-surprise-when-gold-profits-get-taxed-28-percent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you bought gold during its 2023-2026 rally, you may be sitting on a large profit and a tax rule you have never heard of. The IRS classifies physical gold, and even the popular bullion-backed gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs), as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=704184\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2948,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-704184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=704184"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":704203,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704184\/revisions\/704203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=704184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=704184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=704184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}