Federal tax and spending policies are worsening the problem of economic inequality. But the tax breaks that overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy are only part of...
Like other forms of income, long-term capital gains and qualified dividends are taxed at graduated rates. Long-term capital gains and qualified dividends, however, receive preferential...
It is conventional wisdom that people adjust their investment patterns in response to upcoming changes in capital gains tax rates: They accelerate their gains if...
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump agree on one thing: Managers of private equity funds should pay ordinary tax rates on their carried interest, not the...
Renaissance Technologies, an investment manager, is once again showing how to aggressively manipulate the tax system for its own benefit. This time,...
President Obama’s new proposal to tax capital gains at death is a welcome change that would close a huge loophole, but it suffers from a serious flaw...
