Tag Archives : capital gains tax
The Capital Gains Tax Should Not Be Imposed on Inflationary Gains
There is a chance we’ll see some progress on this issue.
read more...Tax Writers Resistant (So Far) to Capital Taxation Demagoguery
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Carried Interest Tax Hike Would Give Democrats Another Victory But Hurt Economy
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The Real Issue in the Fight over Capital Gains, Class Warfare, and Carried Interest
The fight over carried interest is likely a proxy battle of taxing capital more broadly.
read more...The Class-Warfare Crowd (as Well as Donald Trump) Is Wrong on Carried Interest
We should be happy, and not envious, that there are people willing to put their money in long-run investments.
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Debunking Fiscal Myths: There Is No Loophole for “Carried Interest”
If you’ve been following the presidential campaign, you’ll be aware that there’s a controversy over something called “carried interest.”
read more...Obama’s Class-Warfare Tax Plan Targets the So-Called Rich, but Workers Will Bear the Burden
The President’s desired taxes on capital will hit more than just the rich, and might even lose revenue.
read more...The Overwhelming Case against Capital Gains Taxation
The United States has one of the highest capital gains tax rates in the world. The ideal rate is zero.
read more...Massive Double Taxation Is a Self-Inflicted Tax Injury that Undermines American Competitiveness and Job Creation
Back in the 1960s, Clint Eastwood starred in a movie entitled The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. I was thinking that might be a good title for today’s post about some new research by Michelle Harding, a tax economist for the OECD. But then I realized that her study on “Taxation of Dividend, Interest, […]
read more...More Double Taxation of Dividends and Capital Gains Would Turn Tax Reform into Tax Deform
Even though I’m a big fan of tax reform, I explained back in June that I’m not very comfortable with the “blank slate” tax reform plan put forth by Senators Max Baucus (D-MT) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT). My main gripe is that they start with the assumption that there should be more double taxation of […]
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