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Capital Gains Tax - Does this apply only to the actual “gains” or to the entire amount of my sale?
Assuming you bought the stocks with after-tax money, you only pay tax on the difference. Had you bought he shares in a pretax retirement account, such as an IRA or 401(k), the taxation waits until you withdraw, at which point, it's all taxed as ordinary income.