Re:The Shock of Sweden's Housing Market Is Hitting the Count...
by bzbarsky on Friday November 17, 2017 @01:42AM
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> The 3.8% net investment income tax doesn't apply to real property
Ah, I didn't realize that, thank you!
> he's whining about having to pay an effective tax rate of 10-15% on his profits
No, the key part of the complaint is that the combination of price rise and tax structure mean that a lateral move requires liquidity he does not have.
It's a first-world problem for sure, but it's still a problem caused by the fact that we have various fairly dumb tax policies.
Second, the 25% rate is an approximate rate that combines the federal and state rates while taking into account the deduction for state and local taxes. 25% is a nice round number. I'm not going to prepare a detailed tax model for an anonymous internet comment.
My point stands either way: he's whining about having to pay an effective tax rate of 10-15% on his profits from selling his million dollar house while people in other parts of the country are struggling to even afford rent. He's acting like an entitled child and quivering about the exact tax rate he pays doesn't change that.