Here's what to know about President Biden's proposed billionaire income tax.
A"Billionaire Minimum Income Tax" is included in President Joe Biden's fiscal year 2023 budget proposal — part of the administration's effort to reduce the federal deficit over the next decade and fund new spending. The proposal"eliminates the inefficient sheltering of income for decades or generations," the White House says.
This is an extremely nuanced policy. The tax is targeting the ultra wealthy. It's taxing gains achieved from their wealth, but it's real and unrealized income rather than simply the underlying assets. A 2017 Gallup poll states that slightly more than six in 10 Americans say that upper-income people pay too little in taxes.Donald Williamson, an accounting and taxation professor at American University in Washington, said"a couple of years ago, I would've laughed out loud. Today it's conceivable."
would trim federal deficits and boost taxes on the wealthiest Americans. Both could appeal to Sen. Joe Manchin amid Democratic hopes of reviving talks with him over the party's derailed social and environment plan. “An unprecedented commitment to building an economy where everyone has a chance to succeed. A plan to pay for those investments that we need as a nation," Biden described his budget to reporters.Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the president’s defense proposal would at best “leave our armed forces simply treading water” because of inflation. He said bigger budgets for agencies like the IRS and the Environmental Protection Agency were “bloated liberal nonsense.
While much of Biden's budget was similar to last year's, it was also a more centrist repackaging that reshaped some of its emphasis in Manchin's direction. Reducing budget deficits, battling inflation and raising revenue from the wealthy are also major demands for Manchin.
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