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HOT Encore: If capital gains tax rates go up 8.8%, how much will after-tax capital gains ROIs go down?

January 5, 2013

Here’s an encore presentation of a HOT: Homa Online Tutorial originally posted before the election.

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Well,  Obama got his dream to come true — capital gains rates have been jacked from 15% to 23.8% ….  the basic capital gains tax rate went  from 15% to 20% … and ObamaCare has a 3.8 non-payroll payroll tax on investment income starting in 2013.

So, the effective capital gains tax rate goes from 15% to 23.8% … a delta of 8.8%.

That 8.8% tax rate increase will cut after-tax capital gains ROIs.

By how much?

Answer: The pre-tax ROI times 8.8%.

Here’s the math …

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