Capital gains taxes

The near doubling of the capital gains tax rate would have a large impact on the net profit from any sale of any capital asset.

It’s counterintuitive, but the cash benefit of delaying payouts can outweigh rate increases, thanks to compounding over time.

Stephen Schwarzman said the risk of an increase in U.S. capital gains taxes has led to explosive growth in potential targets for his alternative investment firm.

A combination of high valuations on companies and potentially higher taxes in the future is proving to be a potent motivator for selling private companies.

The Treasury secretary suggested that if Congress were to pass a capital-gains tax hike effective starting in April 2021, that wouldn’t count as a retroactive increase.

The proposed changes are worrying investors and their tax advisors, especially the possibility of making them retroactive.

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Even with a 15-year window to pay taxes, a near-doubling of the capital gains rate and the elimination of the step-up in basis loophole will make a sale expensive.

"Inheritors are going to get killed" under the White House’s proposal to put the brakes on tax-free intergenerational transfers of wealth.

The proposal includes a call for a surprise retroactive hike in the capital gains tax.