NEW YORK – After massive U.S. government spending helped send the stock market back to record heights, with even more potentially on the way, the bill may be coming due for the nation's wealthiest investors.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday proposed to nearly double the tax rate that the highest-earning Americans pay on profits made from stocks and other investments.
It would force millionaires to pay similar tax rates on their investment gains as upper-middle class households pay on their salaries, after years of enjoying lower rates.
The increase in the capital gains rate is part of Biden’s plan to tax wealthy individuals and corporations to pay for programs to help lower-income families and children.