President Biden to Propose New Minimum Tax Targeting Billionaires, Unrealized GainsThe White House's 2023 budget is expected to be announced today.
ByAmanda Breen•
President Joe Bidenis expected to propose a new minimum tax forultra-wealthy Americanswhen he announces his 2023 budget, per a document acquired byCNBC. Dubbed the "Billionaire Income Tax," it would require U.S. households worth in excess of $100 million to pay a 20% minimum tax, with more than half the revenue likely stemming from those worth more than $1 billion.
According to the document, "This minimum tax would make sure that thewealthiest Americansno longer pay a tax rate lower than teachers and firefighters." The proposal is expected to lower the deficit by approximately $360 billion over the next 10 years.
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alrea价值超过1亿美元的家庭dy pay 20% on their entire incomes will not have to pay more with the 20% minimum rate, but those that haven't will have to make a "top-up payment" to meet the new threshold. "As a result, this new minimum tax will eliminate the ability for the unrealized income of ultra-high-net-worth households to go untaxed for decades or generations," the document reads.
Biden's 2023 budget is expected to be announced today, and, as first reported byThe Associated Press, fact sheets released Saturday by theWhite Housebudget office reveal the plan is expected to reduce projected budget deficits by more than $1 trillion over the next decade.
But Congress must still decide if it wants to see the proposal through. When Senate Democrats proposed a billionaire's tax last year — one that would have taxed the unrealizedcapital gainsof the wealthiest households —it didn't come to pass.
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Per theCongressional Budget Office, the federal deficit reached almost $2.8 trillion in 2021, about $360 billion less than in 2020.
