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Proposer: Vice President Kamala Harris

Potential Harris Campaign Proposals for the Top Rate on Capital Gains

In recent campaign speeches, Vice President Kamala Harris has spoken about raising the top marginal rate on long-term capital gains. Official campaign sources have yet to release sufficient details about the proposal to model it fairly and effectively. However, reporting on the proposal suggests that the yet-to-be-detailed plan would add a new top rate for long-term capital gains, taxing them at 28% for filers with more than $1 million of income. Reporting also indicates that the Harris campaign is in favor of raising the net investment income tax (NIIT) from 3.8% to 5% for filers with more than $1 million of income, this has also not yet been independently confirmed by official campaign sources. Together, these proposals would amount to an all-in marginal tax rate of 33% on long-term capital gains for high income filers. Notably, this is below the all-in 44.6% top marginal rate for capital income in President Biden’s proposed 2025 budget.

Harris Campaign: Revenue Effects of Child Tax Credit, EITC, and ACA Premium Subsidy

Vice President Harris recently announced a plan that would increase the Child Tax Credit in two ways, increase the “childless EITC,” and extend the 2021 expansion of Affordable Care Act premium subsidies. As shown in Table 1 below, we estimate a total cost of $2.1 trillion over 10 years. (PWBM will soon post updates of the Harris Campaign proposals. Check back soon.)

LIFT (Livable Incomes for Families Today) the Middle Class Act