Capital income taxation: Reframing the debate

Alan Viard ()

AEI Economic Perspectives, 2013

Abstract: Although capital income taxes penalize saving and slow long-run growth, the federal tax system imposes multiple such taxes. Seven increases in capital income taxes took effect at the beginning of 2013, and President Obama's 2014 budget plan proposes further increases. In upcoming decades, rising revenue needs fueled by entitlement growth will create pressure to further expand capital income taxation despite its negative economic effects. Opponents of capital income taxation must reframe the policy debate by explaining the economic disadvantages of capital income taxes and proposing alternative budgetary measures that maintain tax fairness.

Keywords: tax reform; AEI on Campus; corporate taxes; AEI Economic Perspectives; Policy Papers; What to Do: Policy Recommendations on Tax Reform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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