After a year of unprecedented government spending amid the coronavirus pandemic, how revenue will be collected to pursue future aid and to keep running the United States is under scrutiny. Republican incumbent Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden have significantly disparate views on tax collection in their platforms for the presidency.
Top Earners
Largely, the president would like to keep in place his 2017 income tax cuts (set to expire in 2025) that provided a reduction on the top marginal rate from 40 to 37 percent for the wealthiest earners.
Biden plans to return the rate back to near 40 percent and eliminate the $10,000 cap on state and local deductions that had the effect of raising taxes on households in high-tax states such as New York and California.
Middle-Income Earners
Both candidates say they want to cut taxes on households in the middle brackets. President Trump made a proposal prior to COVID-19 that would have lowered the 22 percent tax bracket down to 15 percent.
Meanwhile, Biden offers more incentivized tax breaks to encourage retirement savings, child care spending, and first-time home buying.
Corporate Taxes
Trump is sticking to the reduction made by his 2017 tax law that lowered corporate taxes to 21 percent from 35 percent.
Challenger Joe Biden would like that rate to be bumped up to 28 percent.
Both men offer plans to create tax incentives for domestic manufacturing.
Capital Gains
The 2020 presidential candidates differ particularly in taxing profits on stocks. President Trump would like to drop the top current rate from 20 percent to 15 percent and has even considered a temporary capital gains tax holiday.
Former Vice President Biden, however, plans to change existing rules in order to tax profits as ordinary income, which could potentially lead to a 40 percent tax on top earners on profits of more than $1 million.
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