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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCapital gains goes to 23.8 percent and a tax increase also applies to incomes at $250,000
Raises $620 billion in revenue according to Congress Joint Committee on Taxation by achieving the Presidents goal of asking the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans to pay more while protecting 98 percent of families and 97 percent of small businesses from any income tax increase.
- Restores the 39.6 percent rate for high-income households, as in the 1990s: The top rate would return to 39.6 percent for singles with incomes above $400,000 and married couples with incomes above $450,000.
- Capital gains rates for high-income households return to Clinton-era levels: The capital gains rate would return to what it was under President Clinton, 20 percent. Counting the 3.8 percent surcharge from the Affordable Care Act, dividends and capital gains would be taxed at a rate of 23.8 percent for high-income households. These tax rates would apply to singles above $400,000 and couples above $450,000.
- Reduced tax benefits for households making over $250,000 (for singles) and $300,000 (for couples): The agreement reinstates the Clinton-era limits on high-income tax benefits, the phaseout of itemized deductions (Pease) and the Personal Exemption Phaseout (PEP), for couples with incomes over $300,000 and singles with incomes over $250,000. These two provisions reduce tax benefits for high-income households. This sets the stage for future balanced approaches to deficit reduction, which could include additional revenue through tax reforms that reduce tax benefits for Americans making over $250,000.
- Raises tax rates on the wealthiest estates: The agreement raises the tax rate on the wealthiest estates worth upwards of $5 million per person from 35 percent to 40 percent, in contrast to Republican proposals to continue the current estate tax levels.
- The agreements $620 billion in revenue is 85 percent of the amount raised by the Senate-passed bill, if that bill had been enacted and made permanent: The agreement locks in $620 billion in high-income revenue over the next ten years. In contrast, the bill passed by Democrats in the Senate achieved approximately $70 billion through one-year provisions; these same provisions could have raised a total of $715 billion over ten years if Congress acted again to extend it permanently. However, the Senate bill itself locked in only one years worth of savings so would have required additional extensions to achieve those savings.
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Capital gains goes to 23.8 percent and a tax increase also applies to incomes at $250,000 (Original Post)
ProSense
Jan 2013
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ProSense
(116,464 posts)1. Kick! n/t
ProSense
(116,464 posts)2. Another for
taxes going up on the rich.
WCGreen
(45,558 posts)3. Lower Capital Gains taxes have resulted in more stock offers to high end
employees. They hold the stock for six months and churn it and pay only 15%...