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Re:United States Expatriation at an All-Time High by SeoxyS on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @09:44AM (#14968680)
Long-term capital gains hasn't been 15% for a long time. We can thank Obama for that. Furthermore, in any state that's remotely desirable to live in, you can throw in another 10-13% on top of those 20% capital gains.

US taxes are absurdly complex and expensive. The upside is that the system can be fairly easy to game / optimize.

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Re:United States Expatriation at an All-Time High by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @11:48AM (#14970414)
Long term capital gains is 15% until you hit a super high income tax bracket. Many states lack capital gains taxes at all (e.g. Washington, which I find very livable). Thanks Obama.
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Re:United States Expatriation at an All-Time High by plandis on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @11:45AM (#14970368)
Long term capital gains are 20% if you're in the top tax bracket (making a little under $500k/yr) so I doubt you'll find many people being sympathetic there. It's 15% on long term gains for the majority of people.
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