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Maybe if you were slightly above a high tax bracket, you could force yourself to write off a loss to avoid the extra taxes. But I know nothing about anything.

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FYI higher tax bracket doesn't mean all of your income gets taxed at a higher rate, just the part that's above the bracket threshold. That's why it doesn't make sense to "write off a loss to avoid the extra taxes".