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Biden aimed the tax increases at the investor class. “We’re going to reward work, not just wealth,” he said in a speech to Congress. The White House said it would end the stepped-up basis on gains that exceed $1 million. “The reform will be designed with protections so that family-owned businesses and farms will not have to pay tax when given to heirs who continue to run the business.” The USDA said 98% of farm estates “will not owe any tax at transfer, assuming the farm stays in the family.” For the remaining 2%, tax liability would be linked to non-farm assets.
The largest U.S. farm group was skeptical that Biden’s promised shield could be fashioned into the tax code in a useful form. And it said one-third of U.S. farms have assets that would trigger the “new capital gains tax on death.” The American Farm Bureau Federation wants the stepped-up basis to remain as it is. The tax break reduces the tax burden if property is sold after it is inherited and reduces the chance of estate tax liability.
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originally posted by: JIMC5499
Who do banks donate to politically? DEMOCRATS. Wake up and smell the sh*t the Democrats are shoveling.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
No one should be getting special tax breaks for running any type of business, doing so is the essence of socialism.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
No one should be getting special tax breaks for running any type of business, doing so is the essence of socialism.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
Taking money from one group to give to another is socialistic, fascism takes it from all for all.
originally posted by: ElectricUniverse
That's the same as communism and socialism. Socialism also claims to take money, in the form of high taxes, for the good of all."