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Re:The Dollar Is Dead by crooked-v on Sunday August 03, 2025 @05:02PM (#44779783)
The US is a long way away from trying to "soak" anyone. We have a top rate on long-term capital gains of 20%.
Re:The Dollar Is Dead by nostromo on Sunday August 03, 2025 @05:16PM (#44779892)
That's pretty average (which is a good thing).

Japan: 20%

China: 20%

India: 13%

UK: 24%

Italy: 26%

Germany: 26%

France: 30%

Then there's Canada of course... 50% with a proposal to make it 66% in 2026. Let's see how that works out!

Re:The Dollar Is Dead by pseudo0 on Sunday August 03, 2025 @05:33PM (#44780025)
Isn't it a 50% inclusion rate for capital gains in Canada? That works out to a maximum tax rate of 27% in the top tax bracket. And they canceled the proposed increase to a 66% inclusion rate, which is probably smart considering how a ton of rich Canadians already move to Florida.
Re:The Dollar Is Dead by nostromo on Sunday August 03, 2025 @05:53PM (#44780160)
Thank you for the correction.
Re:The Dollar Is Dead by cperciva on Sunday August 03, 2025 @05:37PM (#44780046)
Yes that's correct.
Re:The Dollar Is Dead by ehfeng on Monday August 04, 2025 @12:04AM (#44782025)
You should include state taxes, which in CA's case tops at 13.3% and 3.8% NII, bringing the total to 37.1%.
Re:The Dollar Is Dead by lern_too_spel on Monday August 04, 2025 @11:43PM (#44794119)
Not that increasing taxes on capital gains is the way to go, but America's wealthy aren't going to move to China or India.
Re:The Dollar Is Dead by presto8 on Monday August 04, 2025 @05:54PM (#44791782)
With NIIT, it's an additional 3.8% on top of that (for the highest income filers). So 23.8%.

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