It's like anything: given the small percentage of returns that are audited, a lot of tax laws are rarely enforced unless it's something the computer picks up about your return that's clearly wrong.I'm skeptical that these wash sale laws are even enforced unless you are unlucky enough to offend someone in the IRS.
It's like anything: given the small percentage of returns that are audited, a lot of tax laws are rarely enforced unless it's something the computer picks up about your return that's clearly wrong.
Still I wouldn't want to explain in an audit that selling SPY and immediately buying VFINX wasn't a wash sale...