he House Ways and Means Committee may release a draft of the $3.5 trillion social policy bill as early as next week, including the tax hikes needed to pay for it. That’s left wealthy taxpayers scrambling to do proactive planning, especially to avoid a possible doubling of the top capital gains tax rate to 39.6%, up from 20%, which could be retroactive to the date legislation is introduced.
For folks who need to raise cash or reposition assets, it may be prudent to sell those assets in the next few days, warns CPA Bob Keebler of Green Bay, Wisconsin in an alert to tax and financial professionals on Leimberg Services.
