Biden Administration Moving To Modify Tax Systems

(Tax Increase Alert Reposted)

Biden Administration Moving Full Steam Ahead To Modify The United States And International Tax Systems

The Biden administration, the OECD, and the European Union are moving full steam ahead with proposals that will modify the U.S. and international tax systems, significantly impacting clients’ after-tax investment returns and business income. We dig into the administration’s domestic and global tax proposals, including that a U.S. corporation may be required to pay a minimum tax amount to each foreign country where it has clients or investments. Are your clients preparing to adjust their portfolio of investments to maintain their after-tax annual investment returns? 

Biden’s Tax Proposals: Two Surprises for Clients Impacting Last Year and 2021

President Biden’s tax proposals contain two major tax surprises.

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Biden Administration Moving Full Steam Ahead To Modify The United States And International Tax Systems

The Biden administration, the OECD, and the European Union are moving full steam ahead with proposals that will modify the U.S. and international tax systems, significantly impacting clients’ after-tax investment returns and business income. We dig into the administration’s domestic and global tax proposals, including that a U.S. corporation may be required to pay a minimum tax amount to each foreign country where it has clients or investments. Are your clients preparing to adjust their portfolio of investments to maintain their after-tax annual investment returns? 

Biden’s Tax Proposals: Two Surprises for Clients Impacting Last Year and 2021

President Biden’s tax proposals contain two major tax surprises.

First, Biden’s tax plans would make any capital gains tax hike retroactive to April 28, 2020. That means clients who have engaged in tax planning strategies to avoid higher rates might wind up subject to the higher rates regardless if this provision makes its way into the final proposal.

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Tax And Biden's Build Back Better - What's Included And What Is Missing?

The tax provisions included in President Biden’s Build Back Better plan are mostly similar to what he campaigned on, such as repealing tax preferences for fossil fuels and providing tax breaks for most families.

I have posted a table listing the tax provisions in the Administration’s FY2022 Greenbook. There is a lot there relevant to all individuals, wealthy people with lots of appreciated assets, alternative energy companies, oil companies,and more.

I think it is also interesting what is not there such as:

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Hoover Institution Study

According to the study done by the Hoover Institute at Stanford University “The combined effect of the tax provisions on the average marginal tax on capital income is calculated using a microsimulation model from the Open Source Policy Center. We find that the Biden plan includes many types of increases in taxes on capital income, which lower the incentive to invest. Among them, the most significant are an increase in the corporate rate, allowing bonus depreciation to expire, and increasing tax rates on pass through entities such as S-corporations, sole proprietorships, and partnerships.”

The study also states “Individual health insurance plans were subsidized by the Affordable Care Act, which Vice President Biden plans to expand. Because the subsidies are withheld on the basis of fulltime employment, they are an implicit tax on full-time employment. Because they are also withheld on the basis of family income, they are also an implicit tax on income. We show
how both of these implicit tax rates are increased by Biden’s plans, primarily because the subsidies become more generous.

Read the full report here.