If you or your spouse know you will be losing or quitting your job, this will significantly reduce your income. Capital gains are taxed at your marginal rate. Therefore, it makes perfect send to sell assets (at a gain) in the years when your income is at its lowest so that you pay a lower capital gain tax.

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