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131 sats \ 4 replies \ @freetx 12h \ on: Now that USAID is getting gutted.... AskSN
I would love to see them completely close the IRS and do away completely with income taxes, however I think thats very unlikely.
However, I think Trump & Co could make changes to IRS that effectively nullify it. Some thoughts:
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Provide a common flat tax across all types of income: 10% for ordinary income or capital gains. I honestly think a much lower tax could result in close to existing or greater tax receipts. If someone wants to take 38% of your income + inflation, there is a very strong incentive to do clever accounting.....at a more sensible tax rate, its less cost and hassle to just pay the tax instead of the accountant.
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Update tax brackets to be inflation adjusted since inception. (eg. minimum tax bracket of $75,000, so effectively a 75K exemption)
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Provide inflation write-off for capital gains. For example, if you invest 100K in something and 10 years later its worth 500K....you get to write off the inflation from that 400K "gain" when you sell...its absurd that you are (a) taxed on the income pre-investment, then (b) they inflate the currency at 3-4% per year, so you are forced to "invest", then (c) they tax you on the inflation they caused you when you sell.
Or adjust your cost index for inflation before imposing capital gains tax
I thnk your solution gets us to the same place
The tax laws are way over complicated. It would be nice to at least make them more simple and cut the staff way down.
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It’s just easier to eliminate capital gains tax
We should encourage long term investors vs asset flipping
Milton Friedman said the most simple yet effective change to the tax code is make the top bracket 25 percent. That eliminates a lot of noise and nonsense
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