Tax Reform, Capital Gains Tax, Tax Policy

Washington Tax Changes 2025: Capital Gains, Estate Tax Increases, and Wealth Tax Update

Perkins Coie on 6/4/2025

Washington concluded an eventful legislative session with the largest set of tax increases in the state's history. This Update focuses on two significant changes that affect Washington residents and a senate bill proposal...more

Canada's Federal Election 2025 — A Tale of Two Tax Policies

Mintz - Tax Viewpoints on 4/17/2025

With the Canadian federal election just under two weeks away, the two major parties leading the current polls, the Liberals (led by Mark Carney) and the Conservatives (led by Pierre Poilievre), have yet to formally release...more

Tax Update: Proposed Increase to Capital Gains Inclusion Rate Deferred to 2026

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 2/3/2025

On January 31, 2025, the Minister of Finance (Canada) announced that the proposed increase in the capital gains inclusion rate from one-half to two-thirds, previously intended to be effective for dispositions occurring on or...more

Why Is The WSJ Attacking A Dead Bill?

Allen Matkins on 12/22/2020

Last Friday, The Wall Street Journal published an alarming Op-Ed piece concerning a California Bill, AB 2088, that would impose a wealth tax on any person who spends more than 60 days inside the state’s borders in a single...more

Democratic Tax Policy Proposals - February 2020

Proskauer - Tax Talks on 2/28/2020

Recently, several of the presidential candidates and other prominent Democrats have suggested a number of different tax policy proposals, including wealth taxes, mark-to-market taxation, a VAT, additional taxes, increased...more

Democratic Tax Policy Proposals

Proskauer - Tax Talks on 10/22/2019