June 10, 2021
“The whole exposé is really an argument for the Biden proposal to tax unrealized capital gains at death,” said Steve Wamhoff, director of federal tax policy at the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, speaking about the ProPublica investigation.
“I do think if you tax gains at death, it would be a huge step forward. You can’t really say we fixed our tax code unless you do that,” he added. Read more
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