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Carl Levin: if there were no rate differential between long-term and short-term capital gains, the Tax Code would be far simpler…

On the recordJuly 21, 2014
if there were no rate differential between long-term and short-term capital gains, the Tax Code would be far simpler, far more certain, and far more fair.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Levin argues for simplifying the Tax Code by eliminating capital gains rate differentials.

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