Biden Administration Wants To Raise Capital Gains Tax Rates in the Interest of Racial Equity

Proposal would drive the top tax rate on long-term capital gains to an eye-popping 44.6 percent, calling into question the administration’s intentions.

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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, March 13, 2023. AP/Craig Ruttle

President Biden’s proposal to reduce the “racial wealth gap” by boosting the top marginal tax rate on long-term capital gains to an eye-popping 44.6 percent will have such a hard time passing Congress that it calls into question the administration’s true intentions in issuing the proposal.

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