Tax Reform, Wealth Tax, Estate Tax

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

U.S. Senate Introduces Legislation for Higher Taxes on Wealth

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 3/29/2021

On March 25, 2021, Senator Bernie Sanders introduced the For the 99.5 Percent Act (the “99.5 Percent Act”) which proposes to modify the estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax. Proposed Estate and Gift Tax Rates...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