Yup, investing has always been tough to do, but it looks like there are all sorts of new taxes that will affect Americans if President Obama gets his way. These taxes are IN ADDITION to the hikes that are already in place like the tobacco taxes that increased up to 500%, oh and the new sales tax on HOUSES that is part of the ObamaCare bill.
Then there are the taxes on medical devices and the billions of taxes on drug makers that he imposed. But we will see all those as translated through the system as higher costs on drugs and medical devices. Here are a list of taxes that he wants to impose that my change the way you view your investments or even live your life.
All are included in Obama's new bloated budget as outlined at this link: http://www.atr.org/obamas-fy-budgetbr-taxes-more-a5844#ixzz1DzHaoJDp
Other websites indicate that 'user fees' on airlines would increase the average trip price for a family of four by $112.00 and would cost taxpayers another $2,000,000,000.00 but of course, that is not a "tax" according to Obama.
Then there are the taxes on medical devices and the billions of taxes on drug makers that he imposed. But we will see all those as translated through the system as higher costs on drugs and medical devices. Here are a list of taxes that he wants to impose that my change the way you view your investments or even live your life.
All are included in Obama's new bloated budget as outlined at this link: http://www.atr.org/obamas-fy-budgetbr-taxes-more-a5844#ixzz1DzHaoJDp
- Raising the top marginal income tax rate (at which a majority of small business profits face taxation) from 35% to 39.6%. This is a $709 billion/10 year tax hike
- Raising the capital gains and dividends rate from 15% to 20%
- Raising the death tax rate from 35% to 45% and lowering the death tax exemption amount from $5 million ($10 million for couples) to $3.5 million. This is a $98 billion/ten year tax hike
- Capping the value of itemized deductions at the 28% bracket rate. This will effectively cut tax deductions for mortgage interest, charitable contributions, property taxes, state and local income or sales taxes, out-of-pocket medical expenses, and unreimbursed employee business expenses. A new means-tested phaseout of itemized deductions limits them even more. This is a $321 billion/ten year tax hike
- New bank taxes totaling $33 billion over ten years
- New international corporate tax hikes totaling $129 billion over ten years
- New life insurance company taxes totaling $14 billion over ten years
- Massive new taxes on energy, including LIFO repeal, Superfund, domestic energy manufacturing, and many others totaling $120 billion over ten years
- Increasing unemployment payroll taxes by $15 billion over ten years
- Taxing management capital gains in an investment partnership (“carried interest”) as ordinary income. This is a tax hike of $15 billion over ten years
- A giveaway to the trial lawyers—not letting companies deduct the cost of punitive damages from a lawsuit settlement. This is a tax hike of $300 million over ten years
- Increasing tax penalties, information reporting, and IRS information sharing. This is a ten-year tax hike of $20 billion.
