歐巴馬提議對資本利得稅與股息稅進行大翻修

Obama to propose overhaul of capital gains and dividends taxes

Source: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-taxes-20150117-story.html
1/17 2015 from Washington

President Obama, keeping up a push for what he calls tax fairness, plans to unveil a new package of tax proposals that target inherited assets, capital gains and large financial firms to pay for billions in new tax benefits for low- and middle-class taxpayers.

The president will detail the new package, which would raise $320 billion in revenue over the next decade, in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, senior administration officials said Saturday.

The officials described the plan as a key element in a speech that will declare a turnaround in the U.S. economy and lay out Obama’s plans to keep middle-income Americans from being left out of the upswing. While the policy may underscore Obama’s message, it is unlikely to find much traction in Congress, where Republicans have dismissed similar plans as tax hikes that hurt business and slow job growth.

歐巴馬總統持續強化其所謂的”公正稅收”政策力道，預計將透露新的稅賦提案，針對財產繼承、資本利得與大型金融機構課徵十億元的新稅，以此嘉惠低收入戶與中產階級納稅人。

政府高級官員於週六表示，總統會在週二晚間的國情咨文演講中詳述新的稅賦政策組合，預計可於十年內增加三千兩百億的稅收。

官員形容新的稅賦政策會是演說的重點。演說則宣示了美國經濟的轉變，並展示歐巴馬的方案如何使中等收入的美國民眾不再被排除於經濟成長之外。然而，即便該政策明確傳達了歐巴馬的意旨，但卻不一定會受到國會的青睞。由於增稅會傷害到企業並延緩就業增長，因此共和黨稍早已駁回了幾個相類似的方案。