capital gains

Five Challenges for the IRS’s New Capital Gains Reporting Rules

Sellers of stocks and other assets have always had to calculate their cost basis (generally, what they paid for the investment) in order to figure...

May 1, 2012Steven M. Rosenthal

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Romney’s Tax Plan Really Does Favor the Rich

Despite evidence to the contrary, there is a lingering view that Mitt Romney’s tax plan would primarily help middle-income households and not favor the rich...

January 30, 2012Roberton C. Williams

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Rick Santorum’s Tax Plan

With Rick Santorum surging in Iowa, it is a good time to take a look at his tax agenda . While his revenue plan has...

January 3, 2012Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Perry’s Free Lunch Flat Tax

There is lots we still don’t know about GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry’s tax and budget plan . But I am pretty sure of one...

October 25, 2011Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

The Democrat’s Millionaire Tax: Smart Politics, Awful Policy

Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid’s plan to fund a $445 billion stimulus, err, jobs bill with a 5.6 percent surtax on millionaires is not all...

October 6, 2011Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Obama’s Buffett Rule: Keep Your Eye on Capital Gains

President Obama didn’t quite get around to saying so when he rolled out his latest deficit reduction plan on Monday, but his Buffett Rule —that...

September 22, 2011Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Will Romney’s Modest Capital Gains Tax Cut Hurt With the GOP?

Welcome to the season of jobs plans. GOP presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman offered his last week. President Obama will propose his before Thursday night's football...

September 6, 2011Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

How Michele Bachmann Would Knock 20,000 Millionaires off the Tax Rolls

In a revealing interview with Steve Moore of The Wall Street Journal , Representative Michele Bachmann(R-MN) called for repealing taxes on capital gains. She also...

June 16, 2011Howard Gleckman

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

There They Go Again: The ‘People’s Budget’ and High Tax Rates

Will Donald Trump bring Barack Obama’s birth certificate to the Royal wedding? I have no idea, but now that I’ve made our Web optimization folks...

April 28, 2011Howard Gleckman

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Who Benefits From Those Tax Breaks? All of Us.

“We have met the enemy and he is us,” said the cartoonist Walt Kelly. He was talking about preserving the environment, but he could have...

April 6, 2011Howard Gleckman