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

  • Henning Bohn
Published/Copyright: June 29, 2006

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.

Published Online: 2006-6-29

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