Social Media Ideas for Taxing Wealth And Income From Wealth

New State Taxes on the Wealthy Raise Revenue and Rebalance Tax Codes, Advancing Racial Justice

Taxing the rich is proven fiscal policy – it raises revenue for vital public services and makes tax codes fairer. But a part of the debate that rarely gets enough attention: taxing...

Capital gains tax revenues make the case for the Taxing Wealth Report

The naysayers about my Taxing Wealth Report have always said that some of my suggestions, such as equalising the tax rates on income and capital Read the full article...

DC Fiscal Policy Institute: DC Can Raise Nearly $200 Million With a Simple Tax on Proceeds from Wealth

To solve DC’s mounting budget crisis without deepening entrenched racial and economic inequalities, DC lawmakers should tax DC’s extreme concentration of wealth to help turn the fi...

The triple lock we need on wealth

This question was asked by someone called Steve  on this blog last night: How about a “triple lock” on wealth to help stop it’s current Read the full article...

Capital gains vs. wealth taxes

Standard optimal capital tax theory abstracts from modeling asset prices, making it unsuitable for thinking about capital gains and wealth taxation. We study optimal redistributive...

The tax-structure playbook for ultra-wealthy clients

The difference between bleeding a third of gains to taxes and being able to keep compounding isn't luck or a secret loophole. It's structure.

The Wealth Tax Stakes in California

‘How Burnham’s government can overcome barriers to taxing wealth’

Last summer, Andy Burnham stated his belief that wealth is undertaxed compared to work. And in recent years… The post ‘How Burnham’s government can overcome barriers to taxing weal...

Anti-taxxers set their sights on wealth taxes

The California Billionaire Tax’s Ever-Shifting Goalposts

Wealth taxes have been a failure everywhere they’ve been tried, which may be why advocates for the California amendment are saying this is a new frontier. But the countries that ha...

Wealth tax, capital gains hikes draw bipartisan support in US battlegrounds

New survey data shows Republicans and Democrats in some key states agreeing on taxing the ultra-wealthy.

California’s Wealth Tax Explained (And Why It Might Fail)

California's billionaire tax is on the ballot this November, and it raises more questions than answers. From lost government revenue to legal battles that could drag on for years,...

Understanding economics: What is wealth?

Money is not wealth. That single distinction is one of the most important things economics has to teach, and we have been getting it wrong. Read the full article...

A Wealth Tax on Billionaires? California Voters to Decide Prop 40

As voters across the United States cast ballots on November 3, Californians are weighing whether to approve a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of billionaires in the state. The tax wo...

Pre‑Tax Inequality Is the Real Battlefield for Greater Income Equality

Private wealth depends on public systems, and without a fair contribution from the wealthiest, those systems decay faster than they can be rebuilt. The post Pre‑Tax Inequality Is t...

Progress for the Taxing Wealth Report?

This is in a Telegraph email this morning. I am reproducing it because this is not behind their paywall: Andy Burnham is considering increasing capital Read the full article...

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People Before Profit proposes new tax on wealth above €3m

The party said its wealth redistribution proposals would bring in over €53 billion.

Wealthy Americans Found a Way to Invest Unlimited Money Tax-Free

Ultrawealthy Americans are pouring billions of dollars into a once-quiet corner of the life-insurance industry to lower their taxes, The Wall Street … Source

MarketWatch: It’s Not Just California’s Billionaire Tax. Wealth Is on the Ballot in the Midterm Elections

Several states are dealing with ballot measures tied to taxing the rich — and there may be even more initiatives on this front in 2028

Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from Norway

Marius Ring (Texas) has a new NBER working paper, “Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from Norway, 2021–2025.” Here is the abstract: Whether imposing higher taxes on business...

Rich New Yorkers' incomes have soared, but it means more wealth to tax

New York's rich are getting richer, and it's because the bulk of their incomes aren't coming from salaries.

Supply is elastic, installment #1637

For taxes too: Using administrative data from Scandinavian countries, we provide evidence on international migration responses to wealth taxes and evaluate their aggregate economic...

Why Governments Tax: A List

If governments that issue currency don't need to tax, why do they do it?