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House set to Raise Taxes to 45%

by | Jul 11, 2009 | 45 rate, future taxes, tax rate increase

House Democrats agreed yesterday to raise taxes on the wealthy to pay for more government control of the nation’s health-care system, proposing a surtax that would send the top federal tax rate toward 45 percent.

The top federal tax rate currently stands at 35 percent, but Democrats have vowed to raise it to 39.6 percent next year, when cuts enacted during the Bush administration expire. Combined with other federal tax adjustments, the surtax could leave most taxpayers with annual incomes more than $350,000 facing top federal rates of at least 45 percent. There are additional increases in Medicare tax to apply to capital gains.
see: http://www.TaxEsq.com

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