Sentences with phrase «top federal capital gain tax»

Under the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, the top federal capital gain tax rate was increased to 20 % (up from 15 %) for single filers with incomes above $ 400,000 and married couples filing jointly with incomes exceeding $ 450,000.

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Having said that, the capital gain rates are pretty low, so we're historically, when you look at capital gain rates — Jackie could probably talk to this even more historically — but if you're not in the top marginal tax bracket, your federal rate is 15 %.

Adding insult to injury, the puny effective tax saving to those tax - filers from the capital gains partial inclusion (worth $ 7.50 in federal taxes at the 15 % marginal rate) was only half the effective savings pocketed by the top 1 % tax - filers (realized at a 29 % rate) on EACH $ 100 of their capital gains partial inclusion (which was then applied against a capital gains flow that was 600 times larger).

These rates must be compared with the top federal income tax rates of 37 % on ordinary income and 20 % on long - term capital gains and qualified dividends, plus a 3.8 % Medicare net investment income tax.

The federal government has more than enough money to raise personal taxes, especially from high income individuals, by reducing some of the following: the small business tax deduction ($ 3.2 billion), lifetime capital gains exemption ($ 600 million), donation credit related to gifted securities ($ 52 million), flow - through shares ($ 125 million) and bringing capital gains tax rates in line with the top tax rate on dividends ($ 1.25 billion).

Depending on your federal tax bracket, ordinary income tax rates can be as high as 37 percent whereas capital gains tax rates top out at 20 percent.