I would be fine if there was a mandatory 5 year holding period before you could get a light tax break. It is smart to incentivize investment activities.
There is. Capital gains taxes are broken into two categories - short term and long term. But stocks transition to long term after only six months and the tax brackets are better than that for normal income.
6 months is nothing though, just two quarters. It still incentivizes CEOs to make short term decisions. 5 years is a decent time frame that I think would make CEOs rethink the quarterly mentality.
Capital gains should simply count as income for tax purposes.
I would be fine if there was a mandatory 5 year holding period before you could get a light tax break. It is smart to incentivize investment activities.
There is. Capital gains taxes are broken into two categories - short term and long term. But stocks transition to long term after only six months and the tax brackets are better than that for normal income.
6 months is nothing though, just two quarters. It still incentivizes CEOs to make short term decisions. 5 years is a decent time frame that I think would make CEOs rethink the quarterly mentality.