The Real Investment Capital Gains Tax Is 50%
Inflation has cut the deduction’s real value by about three-quarters, leaving middle-income investors to carry losses forward for years while wealthy holders often avoid the cap.
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Inflation isn’t profit: Trump’s chance to end Uncle Sam’s phantom tax
President Donald Trump is reportedly considering another powerful tool for America’s pro-growth agenda: indexing capital gains taxes for inflation. The proposal, long championed by Larry Kudlow, deserves serious consideration. It would be the equivalent of adding another log to America’s economic-growth fire. The One Big Beautiful Bill strengthened incentives for businesses to invest, innovate, expand, and hire. Capital-gains indexing would buil…
Trump Should Forget Indexing Capital Gains. The Real Fix Is Changing This Law That's Been Frozen for 48 Years
Washington is obsessed with indexing capital gains for inflation, but a quieter distortion in the tax code has been silently picking the pockets of everyday investors for 48 years, and almost nobody in power is talking about it.
End the Inflation Tax on Capital Gains to Help Middle Class
Three-fourths of households with a capital gains filing make less than $200k As reported Tuesday, President Trump is looking to help middle class households by ending the inflation tax on capital gains. Inflation is created by the government and then taxed by the government. Americans are currently stuck paying capital gains taxes on inflation. It is time to end this double-dipping. IRS data shows that 74% of households with a capital gains fili…
GOP Can Help Middle Class By Ending the Inflation Tax on Capital Gains
Three-fourths of households with a capital gains filing make less than $200k President Trump and House and Senate Republicans can further help middle class households by ending the inflation tax on capital gains. IRS data shows that 74% of households with a capital gains filing make less than $200,000. That is, three in four households...
The Real Capital Gains Tax for Many Investments Is 50%
The statutory cap gains rate is 23.8%. But this fails to take account of the inflation tax. The Laffer Center calculates that an asset with a 5% yield that is held over the past five years and then is sold, pays a rate double that after adjusting for inflation – the red line. Notice also in the 1970s because of the inflation tax, the real cap gains rate rose above 100%! The inflation tax is especially punitive now because of the 21% increases in…
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