Capital gains taxes

Investors who have taken advantage of opportunity zones may be facing hefty tax bills on their long-deferred capital gains unless they do some careful planning.

The difference between bleeding a third of gains to taxes and being able to keep compounding isn't luck or a secret loophole. It's structure.

The deferral clock runs from the date the gain occurred. Clients sitting on capital gains from this year's liquidity events need a plan this quarter.

The White House is considering throwing its weight behind a push to increase a capital gains tax exemption for primary home sales.

President Trump is looking for new policy pledges he can present to voters, including potentially calling on Congress to cut capital gains taxes.

If you have high-net-worth clients with capital gains, retire the old playbook for qualified opportunity zones. The program is now a recurring planning regime.

Indexing capital gains to inflation would allow taxpayers to adjust the value of an asset to account for rising prices across the economy.

Tax returns released by his campaign show he made over $4.2 million in capital gains and took a $4.8 million deduction, paying taxes on $5.9 million in income.

President Donald Trump said he is considering a proposal to end capital gains taxes on home sales in a bid to boost the housing market.

Asset managers are building products that give investors more control over when — and whether — they owe taxes.

To get the capital gains break, the Commerce secretary must invest the proceeds of the sales in Treasury bonds or diversified exchange-traded or mutual funds.

Harris' campaign also declined to say if she supports the specifics of the minimum tax on billionaires included in Biden's annual budget request.

Without an income tax, Washington has one of the most regressive tax systems in the U.S.

Financial advisors can delight their newest customers by steering them away from the typical traps, deploying new strategies and using technology, experts said.

The OZ program allows investors to defer capital gains from sales of appreciated real estate, stocks, businesses, personal residences, collectibles and even crypto through 2026.

Vice President Kamala Harris is planning to pare back the 39.6% capital gains tax increase proposed by President Joe Biden, according to a campaign official.

State tax rates on capital gains vary across the country.

President Joe Biden's budget proposal — which calls for sweeping tax increases on corporations and the wealthy — is the opening round of a looming tax fight.

Leaving Washington state, which in 2022 introduced a 7% tax on capital gains, could have saved Bezos $288 million in taxes after he unloaded $4 billion of Amazon.com stock in the past week.