 and you paid 200 now you paid 150. right you gotta open up a bigger taxable event that's right yeah yeah so if it's a piece of real estate rental or commercial and you're not a financial person yourself and you've estimated what the tax is going to be when you sell it it's more than you think i assure you right if it's a stock it's probably less than you think because they're not what they're not going to think of is reinvesting of dividends right which they got a 1099 for off for 12 years right so that built the cost basis up so