Posts Tagged ‘capital gains’

Taxes on Dividends and Capital Gains Likely to Rise by 2011–Maybe Sooner for High-Income Households

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

One of the things we know about investment tax rates: they change frequently. The top capital gains tax rate was almost 40% in the 1970s, 20% 1982-86, back up to 28-33% in 1987-1990, down to 20% 1997-2000, and 15% since 2003 (along with dividends). The 2003 “Bush tax cuts” are set to expire at […]


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