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Letter: How High Is the Top Tax Rate on U.S. Capital Gains?

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Henning Bohn (University of California, Santa Barbara)

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Martin Feldstein's recent article on U.S. capital income taxes perpetuates the myth that capital gains are taxed at 15 percent: yet once the AMT, child tax credits and state taxes are taken into account, the top effective rate is at least 35.8 percent.

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Article provided by Berkeley Electronic Press in its journal The Economists' Voice.

Volume (Year): 3 (2006)
Issue (Month): 7 ()
Pages: 1
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Keywords: Taxes Capital income taxes Alternative Minimum Tax

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