Joe Biden

The president’s decision threatens to complicate congressional negotiations over his sweeping new social-spending program.

President Joe Biden’s coming proposal to ramp up the capital gains tax would hit both individuals earning $1 million and married couples filing jointly earning the same amount, according to a White House official.

President Joe Biden’s coming tax package will feature an end to a major benefit for wealthy estates that drastically minimizes the levy for inheritors, along with a bump up in the top income tax rate and funding for strengthened IRS auditing, according to a person familiar with his proposal.

Biden’s proposal to raise capital gains taxes on investments profits would hit many business owners, not just ultra-wealthy investors.

It’s all but inevitable that the Biden administration, as well as lawmakers at the state level, will target millionaires and billionaires for more levies.

The tax would discourage companies from shifting operations to nations with less-stringent rules.

The president is poised to unveil a plan that would raise taxes on the income, investments and estates of the wealthiest Americans to levels not seen in more than four decades.

The White House plans to propose almost doubling the capital gains tax rate for those earning $1 million or more, to 39.6 percent.

His plan includes a proposal to almost double the capital gains tax rate for wealthy individuals to help pay for a raft of social spending, according to people familiar with it.

Sen. Ron Wyden proposes ending existing tax breaks for fossil fuels and creating new incentives for low-and-no carbon energy sources.