Tax Policy Center

Model Estimates

Browse Model Estimates

T08-0246 - Reduce Rate on Capital Gains and Qualifying Dividends to 7.5 percent, Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Cash Income Percentile, 2009

2009 distribution, by cash income percentile, of the federal tax change of reducing the rate on long-term capital gains and qualifying dividends to 7.5 percent. Senator McCain has proposed reducing this rate as part of his "Pension and Family Security Plan".

October 13, 2008