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Anti-taxxers set their sights on wealth taxes

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.

The Wealth Tax Stakes in California

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...

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

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

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...

Budget 2026: Wealth tax would make London 'worst place' among well-off countries to own property

Chancellor John Healey is expected to raise taxes in the Budget on October 28

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...

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...

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...

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 on richest would hit 1.5% of households - ESRI

Limiting a wealth tax to the very richest in society would only capture 1.5% of households, according to a paper by the Economic and Social Research Institute and the Department of...

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...

‘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...

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...

Windfall Profits Taxes in Europe, 2026

As energy prices have declined, European countries have switched the focus of their windfall profits taxes—a one-time tax levied on a company or industry when economic conditions r...

Dutch savers could face wealth tax from just €30,846 in 2027: here’s what to know

Starting next year, savers and investors in the Netherlands could pay wealth tax from a much lower threshold, under a new budget plan the Dutch government unveiled this Tuesday. In...

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

Friday briefing: Would a wealth tax save our public services or be billionaire repellent?

In today’s newsletter: Some think taxing the super-rich is a moral obligation, others say it drives cash away from the country. The truth may be somewhere in the middleMorning pals...

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,...

Estate and Inheritance Taxes by State, 2026

In addition to the federal estate tax, which has a top marginal rate of 40 percent, 12 states and the District of Columbia impose estate taxes, while five states levy inheritance t...

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.

Swiss wealth inequality may not have widened after all

Switzerland appears, at first glance, to be an ideal country in which to measure wealth inequality. It levies an annual personal wealth tax, producing unusually rich tax data. Yet...

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...