New Tax Proposals: How They Could Affect Your Investments

A Great Investment

For as long as people have been investing, the first steps have always been the same:

1. Identify a good opportunity.
2. Hire a CPA or attorney to help you postpone the impact of the tax bill on your income.

The tax proposals being sent to Congress with the endorsement of Treasury Secretary Yellen could become suffocating to your hope for investment earnings. The proposals will not eliminate investor profits. The proposals, however, will make the net profits so small that many investments may not be worth the risk. Let’s take a look at the current tax change proposals.

Let’s say you worked hard and had a good year from your active income. In addition, you made some good investment decisions and sold one of your investments for a handsome profit. Your income from work and investing topped $1 million. (This can happen to any successful investor.)

“No worries” you may say. “I will have the advantage of the lower long-term capital gains rate on my investment income. I will use a 1031 Exchange and keep delaying the tax bill. Sure, delaying taxes means the tax will come due in the future when taxes could be higher. However, that will be in the future, so I don’t care today.”

Proposed Tax Changes

1. The Administration’s proposal to eliminate the ability to use long-term capital gains rates for any family that has a combined income exceeding $1,000,000 from all sources.
2. The Administration’s proposal to eliminate the use of 1031 Exchanges.

Let’s do the math on your successful year:

*Two goals must be met for a tax-free distribution from a Roth IRA:

1. You reach the age of 59½.
2. The Roth account must be five years old.

In the above example when you invest with your money:

How much of the risk did you assume?             .100%

How much of the profit do you keep?                 39.2%

However, when you make the same investment using the money in a Roth IRA:

How much of the risk did you assume?               100%

How much of the profit does your IRA keep?    .100%

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