Episode 101: 5 Tax Changes You Can Expect If Donald Trump Is Re-Elected
Should Donald Trump win a second term in the Presidency there could be significant changes to the tax code. Donald Trump hasn’t laid out a fully realized tax proposal in the same way that Joe Biden has but he has outlined some of the things he would do. One of the things that Donald Trump has already done is unilaterally implemented a payroll tax deferral as an answer to the financial repercussions of Covid-19. It’s currently deferred, which means that the money would have to be paid back in 2021, but there are rumors that he would waive that entirely. There have been additional rumors that Donald Trump is thinking about eliminating payroll taxes completely, which would put Social Security and Medicare in difficult positions as they are already underfunded. Unless you subscribe to Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and the idea of the government’s infinity bucket, that’s probably a bad idea. The second thing Donald Trump would hope to do is modify the capital gains tax or index them to infla...
Ep 101: 5 Tax Changes You Can Expect If Donald Trump Is Re-Elected
October 7, 2020
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Should Donald Trump win a second term in the Presidency there could be significant changes to the tax code. Donald Trump hasn’t laid out a fully realized tax proposal in the same way that Joe Biden has but he has outlined some of the things he would do. One of the things that Donald Trump has alread...
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