Capital Gains
Paul Krugman Is Wrong About Capital Gains Taxes
First, the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts are scheduled to expire. If that happens, the regular top rate on capital gains will rise to 20%. In addition, an obscure provision of the tax code, the limitation on itemized deductions, will return
Catherine Mulbrandon updated her 2010 graph on top marginal tax rates. > Click to enlarge: (Top Marginal Tax Rates graph is also available for.
Capital Gains Tags: Feature Too, Features, Home Made, SLAM #155, Ty Lawson. 3 Responses to “Capital Gains”. Jay Posted: Jan.13 at 3:32 pm. Nice piece, Adam. Big fan of Lawson. t-sizzle Posted: Jan.13 at 4:48 pm
Comparative data is summarized below: Assuming reinvestment of all dividends and tax credits on retained long-term capital gains, the December 31, 2011 net asset value was 3.6% above the March 31, 2011 net asset value of $143.68 per share and 8.7%
The cause: most of his income comes in the form of capital gains (taxed at a top rate of 15%), not ordinary income (with a top rate of 35%). Many liberals lament this disparity — that investment income is more lightly taxed than