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by djjsjdjsjsjs 2230 days ago
The tax rate is also low enough that if he does pay, it's not much. 15% total instead of the 30-40‰ I currently pay.
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credit_guy 2230 days ago
A nitpick: the long term capital gains tax for the top bracket is 20%, not 15% [1]. My guess is that Jeff Bezos is in the top bracket.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_gains_tax_in_the_Unite...

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djjsjdjsjsjs 2229 days ago
Oooo neato I never knew there was a tiering of rates like this-- probably because I haven't had a reason to find out XD thanks for the info
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ansgri 2230 days ago
40‰ = 4% < 15%
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djjsjdjsjsjs 2229 days ago
Oooo hey wow I have no idea why that character was entered, guess I typoed something on mobile with a long press. Weird :)
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