realizations. Increasing capital gains tax rates has the opposite effect. ... Capital  gains taxes comprise a minor part of federal tax revenue. •. Cutting capital gains ...
Jun 18, 2010 ... were first subject to lower tax rates than ordinary income. ... Overall, capital gains  tax revenues have been a fairly small, but not trivial ... capital gains tax rates will  increase tax revenues by dramatically ... While the effect of changes in the capital  gains tax rate ...... A temporary tax cut could induce investors to.
May 9, 2008 ... “You cut taxes and the tax revenues increase. ... In 1981, Congress substantially  lowered marginal income-tax rates on the well off, while in 1990 and 1993, ... But,  in reality, capital gains tax cuts cost money as well. ... Reality: Robust revenue  growth in 2005-2007 has not made up for extraordinarily weak ...
In economics, the Laffer curve illustrates a theoretical relationship between rates  of taxation and the resulting levels of government revenue. It illustrates the  concept of taxable income elasticity—i.e., taxable income ... One implication of  the Laffer curve is that reducing or increasing tax rates beyond a certain point is ...
For most of the income tax's history, capital gains have been taxed at lower rates  ... the tax break re-appeared when ordinary income rates were raised in 1990  and ... Though assets frequently increase in value, taxes on them are deferred  until ... taxing capital gains as ordinary income would actually lose revenue  relative to ...
Raising taxes on investment income has actually lowered the revenue received from the tax, while cutting capital gains tax rates has increased revenue.