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Taxes on Unrealized Capital Gains!!!! Yes. A w

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Posted On: 09/07/2021 9:24:34 PM
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Taxes on Unrealized Capital Gains!!!!



Yes. A wealth tax is supposed to be one of the possible ways to tax the super-rich, but in reality, there are many problems with a wealth tax and it's highly unlikely that it will ever happen in the U.S., -so no reason for anyone to panic.

From what I've read, Biden isn't interested in pursuing wealth taxes. Among other things, they would require huge armies of IRS people for evaluation and enforcement.

Issues 2020: What’s Wrong with a Wealth Tax
https://www.manhattan-institute.org/whats-wro...wealth-tax

Of all the possible types of ways to collect revenue, wealth taxes are the least desirable.

Wealth taxes are inefficient and ineffective because wealth is inherently more difficult to measure. Privately held companies, for example, are not traded in public markets, which means that there are no stock prices by which one can objectively gauge their value. Also, financial assets can be hidden or moved abroad with the click of a mouse or converted into other assets that are hard to value.

A dozen European countries had a wealth tax in 1990, but most abandoned them because they were ineffective and expensive to administer. In part, the taxes failed to raise much revenue because wealthy individuals easily moved their assets across borders to avoid taxation. Today, only Switzerland, Norway, Belgium, and Spain still have wealth taxes, but the rates—0.3%–1%, 0.85%, 0.15%, and 0.2%–2.5%, respectively—are much lower than the 2%–6% proposed by advocates such as Senator Elizabeth Warren for the United States. With a small enough rate, there is much less incentive to evade the tax, but far less revenue is raised. Switzerland collects the most from its wealth tax; and it only brings in about 3% of its tax revenue.

Wealth taxes distort behavior in a way that is harmful to economic growth and national prosperity. By taking a fraction of people’s wealth each year, the tax reduces the return to investing and discourages saving. This can reduce growth because investing and capital accumulation are critical to innovation.


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