---
title: "Count Whether a Holding Period Is Long-Term"
description: "A capital asset is long-term only if you held it for more than one year. The count starts the day after you acquired it."
category: "learning"
last_verified: 2026-10-04
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published: 2026-10-04
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# Count Whether a Holding Period Is Long-Term

A capital asset is long-term only if you held it for more than one year. The count starts the day after you acquired it.

**The guide is free.** Each Companion App has its own free workflow. Any paid option is listed only for that App.

## Who it's for

A person who sold an investment and needs the general long-term or short-term label.

## Companion Apps (1)

### Count the Day-After Holding Period

- Open the app: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/apps/capital-holding-period-count.html
- Purpose: Apply the IRS day-after holding-period count.

#### What's free

- Apply the IRS day-after holding-period count.
- See the verdict, the reason, what would change it, and the next step.
- Copy, download, or print the result. A real deadline can download a calendar file.
- No account, upload, or payment is required.

#### Optional paid add-on

This App has no paid add-on. The free workflow is the complete listed tool.

## Sources & verification

- Tool: GratisAI official-figure calculator (no account, no upload)
- Primary source: https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc409 — checked 2026-10-04
- Last verification: 2026-10-04 (green)

## Use it

- Interactive guide: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/articles/count-whether-a-holding-period-is-long-term.html
- Count the Day-After Holding Period: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/apps/capital-holding-period-count.html
- This machine-readable mirror: /mirrors/count-whether-a-holding-period-is-long-term.md

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