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Clinton Outlines Her Capital Gains Rate Hike

By Amanda Wilson on Jul 27, 2015 in capital gain, medical marijuana, Tax Day, Taxes

By: Amanda Wilson Following up on my post from last week, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has now provided more specific information on her proposed capital gains rates hike. For high income filers (couples making at least $465,000 a year),...

Clinton to Propose Higher Capital Gains Rates

By Amanda Wilson on Jul 20, 2015 in capital gain, medical marijuana, Tax Day, Taxes

By: Amanda Wilson Hillary Clinton is expected to propose later this week a revamping of capital gains rates. While the specifics are not yet released, Clinton's proposal is expected to increase the current maximum capital gains rate for investments...

Carried Interests - Here We Go Again

By Amanda Wilson on Jun 29, 2015 in capital gain, carried interest, government, investment management services, Partnership Tax

By: Amanda Wilson Following up on last week's blog post on carried interests, a new bill was introduced Friday in the House of Representatives targeting carried interests. This bill, H.R. 2889, is titled the Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2015....

Senator Targets Carried Interests

By Amanda Wilson on Jun 25, 2015 in capital gain, carried interest, government, International, IRS, Obama care, Tax, tax code, tax rate, treasury

By: Amanda Wilson Yesterday, Senator Al Franken sent a letter to the Department of Treasury taking aim at "carried interest" income. In the letter, Senator Franken asked the IRS to revise Form 1065 (the tax return form for partnerships) to require...