So Senile Joe in his desire to tax "rich" people has proposed a capital gains tax change that will crush small business owners.
Here's how the little guy gets crushed again.
Doddering Joe wants to change the capital gains tax so that anyone with 1 million in income is no longer eligible for the 20% tax rate that has been the standard for years. So that means any small business owner who sells his business when he retires and if that one time sale puts his income over 1 million dollars he must pay 39.6% on that one time sale which was most likely his retirement nest egg.
Do you people really think that a guy who built an ran a business and probably make less than 100K a year and who sells his business so he can retire should lose 40% of his nest egg to the ******* government
Few businesses are sold for cash. Most are sold via other methods, such as multi-year buyouts/installment sales.
And proper planning can mitigate a good portion of taxes to which the owner is exposed.
Many business are sold for cash via SBA loans or bank loans.
I sold 5 commercial properties this year and will not get whacked with a 40% tax
Spreading a sale over many years can adversely affect a persons investment strategy all because for a one time transaction.
Like I said the little guy gets crushed again
Proper planning can mitigate a good portion of taxes to which the owner is exposed.
The owner is responsible for that.
Biden wants to make this tax retroactive
So even if you make the sale under current tax law the ******* government can take a second bite out of your ass.
Show me the actual legislation, and we'll discuss.
I'm not into crystal ball paranoia.
So then you realize that it's impossible to plan for the havoc Biden's proposed tax hike will cause.
This is what Biden says he will do. If the Dems win the Senate it probably will pass and it will be retroactive. You tell me I have to plan for it then you tell me you are unable to plan for it until it is passed.
Maybe now you see the position small business owners are in
Yes, I'm one, I have about 40 small business clients within my advisory, and I've written a couple of books and about 25 magazine articles on the topic.
You work within whatever system presents itself, and you plan ahead.
I'd be very much against a retroactive increase in taxes, but I'd have to look at the whole bill.
I've also learned the hard way that making assumptions and extrapolations about what the government is going to do or not do is a poor waste of time.