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Why is it so hard to tax billionaires? (Part 2)

2024/10/18
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Allison Schrager
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Jessie Eisen
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Jessie Eisen揭露了亿万富翁通过各种手段避税的内幕,例如压低工资、利用未实现收益进行抵押贷款等,导致他们实际缴纳的联邦所得税极低甚至为零。他强调了ProPublica调查中发现的证据,以及这些避税策略对社会公平的冲击。他认为,美国税法存在漏洞,使得亿万富翁能够逃脱应有的税收责任。 乔·拜登呼吁对亿万富翁征收更高的税率,认为目前的税收制度不公平,教师、护士和消防员等中低收入人群的税率高于亿万富翁,这需要改变。他提出的方案包括对未实现收益征税,以弥补税收漏洞。 Allison Schrager对对未实现收益征税持谨慎态度,她认为这在实践中存在困难,因为很难对财富进行估值,并且这种新的税收方式可能会产生意想不到的社会后果。她建议可以通过堵塞税收漏洞,例如取消递延继承税基和“资本利得税”漏洞等方式来增加富人的税收。 虽然对未实现收益征税在理论上可行,但在实践中存在诸多挑战,例如如何准确评估资产价值、如何处理资产价值波动以及如何确保税收的公平性等。此外,对未实现收益征税也可能对投资和经济增长产生负面影响。因此,在实施这一政策之前,需要进行充分的论证和评估。 取消递延继承税基和“资本利得税”漏洞等措施虽然相对容易实施,但可能面临政治阻力,因为这会影响到一些特定人群的利益。此外,这些措施可能无法完全解决亿万富翁避税的问题,需要结合其他措施才能达到预期效果。 对未实现收益征税和取消税收漏洞等措施都可能对社会公平产生积极影响,但同时也可能带来一些负面后果。因此,需要在权衡利弊的基础上,选择最合适的政策方案。

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This chapter explains the strategies billionaires like Jeff Bezos use to avoid paying federal income taxes, including low salaries and borrowing against assets.
  • Billionaires often take a salary of just one dollar to minimize taxable income.
  • They borrow money against their assets, such as stock, at low interest rates instead of selling the assets and incurring capital gains taxes.

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We reveal the one weird trick some billionaires use to pay less in federal income taxes than you do. And we explain the consequences faced by the person who leaked the tax returns of billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Taylor Swift, thereby enraging some of the most powerful people in our country.

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