How inflation swindles the equity investor (1977)

Re:How inflation swindles the equity investor (1977) by randomdata on Sunday February 25, 2018 @09:46AM (#16459168)

The fact also remains that the world we live in doesn’t have a lower capital gains tax rate. If we’re going to propose tax changes for the future, all proposals are as good as any other.

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Re:How inflation swindles the equity investor (1977) by skybrian on Sunday February 25, 2018 @11:35AM (#16459682)

I didn't know what part of the world you mean, but in the US the capital gains rate maxes out at 20% for people earning over $425,000 a year and that's pretty darn low.

The question to ask is why capital gains tax should be lower than taxes on wages? If encouraging work is the priority, it should be the other way round.

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Re:How inflation swindles the equity investor (1977) by hanklazard on Sunday February 25, 2018 @12:00PM (#16459831)

Not exactly. Long-term capital gains in the US max out at 20%. Short-term capital gains (those investments held < 1 yr) are taxed at your marginal tax rate, which can be significantly higher than 20%.

https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/taxes/capital-gains-tax-rate...

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Re:How inflation swindles the equity investor (1977) by tensor_rank_0 on Sunday February 25, 2018 @01:14PM (#16460267)

perhaps the priority is encouraging investment into capital.

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