…is the cost of capital to firms, not the cost to the Treasury. Here I think an important problem might be the cost of capital to firms with poor bond…

…and on which any tax that was due was likely at a preferential capital gains rate. See TJ Wall, Steinbrenner Fourth Billionaire in 2010 to Escape Taxes, if Not Death,…

…had problems with its details. Just kill me now. This plan that proposes to cut almost all taxation on capital, and all taxation on individual holders of capital, is billed…

…would provide a rate between the capital gains preference and ordinary rates, or a provision that would apply the capital gains rates for gains from investments that the partnership holds…

…are overtaxed and get nothing for it. As a result, there’s a good chance that most of the tax cuts–including the low capital gains rates and treating dividends as capital…

…directly (Peru) or with quasi-capital controls (Brazil). The Brazilian government announced a 2% tax on foreign capital flows into the domestic fixed income and equity markets. And to Brazil’s northwest,…

…tax on capital gains as a tax on capital and so a disincentive to invest. The historical reality generally shows the exact opposite, the higher the tax the more you…

…that just couldn’t be managed under the constraints on the current tax burdens on repatriated cash. Repatriation, on the other hand, was supposed to lead to an increase in capital…

…net US capital income was still positive. Krugman said (and I quote from memory) “well you have to consider that the reason that we have a higher return on our…

…you get to Standardized Approach (Credit Risk) and you will find a candidate for the source of the trouble. There are capital requirements by type of debtor and then as…