WH Adviser Deese: Biden's tax proposal to affect 0.3% of taxpayers
|Brian Deese, the top economic adviser for US President Joe Biden, said on Monday that Biden will propose changes to capital gains tax for those who make more than $ million, as reported by Reuters.
Additional takeaways
"Change will only affect 0.3% of taxpayers or about 500,000 households in the United States."
"Biden's plan will treat capital gains as wages for top earners."
"Biden's plan aims to equalize treatment of ordinary income and capital gains."
"There is no evidence of a significant impact of capital gains rates on long term investment."
Market reaction
These comments don't seem to be having a significant impact on market sentiment. As of writing, the S&P 500 was up 0.15% at 4,186.
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