Capital gains taxes

The White House is developing a plan to cut taxes by indexing capital gains to inflation, according to people familiar with the matter, in a move that would largely benefit the wealthy and may be done in a way that bypasses Congress.

Both asset holders and practitioners have to educate themselves on the tax and recordkeeping rules around cryptocurrencies.

The Treasury Secretary said Wednesday that the administration has no plans to eliminate the preferential tax treatment of carried interest profits, three days after President Trump said he wanted to do just that.

The Schedule D instructions had the older, higher tax rates for investors that were changed by the 2017 tax law.

The program offers qualifying taxpayers who have capital gains income a highly flexible way to defer and eliminate a portion of the federal gain and possibly state gain.

The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, Ron Wyden, is reviving a plan that would tax wealthy individuals annually on their investments, instead of when those assets are sold.

Bill Gates, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders all want the rich to pay more taxes, but Gates is saying what the Democratic candidates appear to be thinking: Go for the capital gains rate.

The country hopes to reverse swelling outflows to international tax havens.

The Microsoft co-founder believes it’s appropriate for wealthy people to pay much higher taxes.

The exclusion for gain of qualified small-business stock may become a common part of more deals.

Economists question how much the change would juice the economy, especially if the president tries to do it without Congress.

President Donald Trump said he’s considering a capital gains tax break by issuing a regulation that would index gains to inflation.

New York state will stop basing its capital gains tax on federal government regulations if President Donald Trump follows through on his proposed unilateral change in how the levy is determined, Governor Andrew Cuomo said.

Fundrise LLC helped pioneer a model of raising small amounts of money online for real estate projects around the U.S. Now it’s starting a fund to buy properties in low-income areas of the country eligible for generous tax breaks.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s decision to sell his remaining equity holdings could save him from future run-ins with the government’s top ethics watchdog. But it could also set him up with a sizable tax bill.

There’s a provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that is just now beginning to garner awareness among state governments and investors.

Making money in the stock market could get more expensive.

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The IRS has extended relief for forced sales of livestock by a year.

Senior finance professionals want to lower the corporate tax rate, capital gains taxes, and taxes on foreign income, while instituting a carbon emissions tax, according to a survey by the Institute of Management Accountants.