Thanks but no thanks

Reader comment on: Andrew Sorkin on Estate Tax and Carry-Over Basis

Submitted by Murray Miles (United States), Feb 28, 2019 10:10

It is one thing to propose this in conjunction with eliminating the estate tax, which in itself is a salutary idea. But if "step-up" is ended, we all know it won't be done in tandem with ending the death tax. In any case, better to eliminate capital-gains taxes altogether, mostly because it's the right thing to do, but also to end perverse incentives.

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⇒ Thanks but no thanks [63 words]Murray MilesFeb 28, 2019 10:10
Repeal 16th Amendment and the Income Tax (aka, "Progressive" Slavery) [203 words]LawrenceFeb 28, 2019 04:26
Loopholes are life-savers [120 words]Harry BinswangerFeb 28, 2019 03:25
To tax capital gains made despite relentless tax skims [3 words]James BradleyFeb 27, 2019 19:41
To tax capital gains made despite relentless tax skims [3 words]James BradleyFeb 27, 2019 19:40
Just kill the Death Tax [31 words]David Lang WardleFeb 27, 2019 18:12
Estate taxes and the basis step-up [112 words]David E. MoranFeb 27, 2019 17:32
giving away the store at the first point of negotiation [110 words]John GillisFeb 27, 2019 17:16

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