Short-term capital gain tax occurs when you sell your property within one year after purchase. These gains are taxed just like an ordinary income tax. You can check the income tax statements of your country and easily calculate the gain tax on your sale profit, while long-term capital taxes are deprived when you hold assets for more than a year. These taxes depend on graduated thresholds of taxable income at 0%, 15%, and 20%. Most of the taxpayers report their long-term tax gain is lower than 15%.