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Rishi Sunak swerves questions on tax reform after publishing details of £1.9m income

Due to capital gains being charged at a lower rate than income tax, the Tory leader paid an effective tax rate of just 22% on all his income - almost equivalent to a nurse on £36k

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak saved £300,000 in tax thanks to cut he voted for in 2016

PM’s tax bill would have been higher had Tories not cut top capital gains rate

The Guardian - UK

Expert on why Sunak pays less tax than he could, and his 'fuzzy' arrangement

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has published his tax returns

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Tax expert questions whether PM’s capital gains tax arrangement should continue

Rishi Sunak’s tax return showed that he paid a lower effective rate of tax than if his income had been mostly from employment.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak saved over £300,000 due to capital gains tax cut he voted for

PM facing calls for reform to capitals gains tax rate after his mammoth income revealed

The Independent UK

Donor-Advised Funds: A Tax-Savvy Way to Rebalance Your Portfolio

Long-term investors who embrace charitable giving can easily save on capital gains taxes by donating shares when it’s time to get their portfolio back in balance.

Kiplinger

Biden's New Budget Would Hike Taxes and Wage Class Warfare

The higher taxes on small businesses and entrepreneurs could slow growth. Less opportunity means more tribalism and division.

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Working Australians pay tax in real-time – now the richest Australians making capital gains should too

In drawing up his plans to more effectively tax large superannuation accounts, Treasurer Jim Chalmers might have stumbled upon a really good idea.

The Conversation

How to slash your income tax burden - before crucial deadline in just four weeks

Bestinvest personal finance analyst Alice Haine runs through everything you need to know about reducing your tax burden before the end of the current tax year

Daily Mirror

Michael Pascoe: More rubbish about taxing super than you’ll find at the tip

In or out of superannuation, the serious money isn’t made by wages and salaries. It is made by capital gains on investments.

The New Daily

Tax-Loss Harvesting: Making Lemonade Out of Lemons

You can lessen your tax burden when you sell stocks or bonds at a loss by offsetting the losses against capital gains.

The Street

Albanese rejects changes to capital gains tax on the family home, ‘full stop, exclamation mark’

Prime minister says it’s a bad idea to change the capital gains tax concessions on family homes

The Guardian - AU

Almost 40% of superannuation tax concessions flow to top 10% of earners, tax statement shows

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says analysis will ‘help increase public awareness and inform debate about the fairness and efficiency of the tax system’

The Guardian - AU

This article defines yield in the context of finance, explains how it differs from return, and offers examples of yield-bearing assets and hoe to calculate their yields.

Yield refers to the income received via the ownership of an asset over a period of time as a proportion of that asset's total value, face value, or purchase price.

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Ask the Expert: Tax components and super – what happens (financially) after we die?

You can nominate your estate as a beneficiary, then who you want to receive your super benefits. But here's where this strategy falls down.

Reason

Biden's Terrible Billionaire Tax

By raising the effective tax rate on capital gains, the proposal would reduce U.S. saving, discourage entrepreneurship, and decrease economic output.

Fortune

Mutual funds vs. ETFs: Key differences

Which to choose: The convenience and professional management of mutual funds or the low fees and tax efficiency of ETFs?

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Understanding how mutual funds work

Mutual funds offer diversification and access to expert management, but you have to watch out for fees.

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Morningstar Takes Magnifying Glass to Dividend Stocks

You might consider dividend stocks, which can provide regular income payments and potential capital gains.

The Guardian - UK

Nadhim Zahawi: it was the paltry size of his tax bill that should shock us

Former Conservative chair received a tax break that the poor can only dream of

The Street

Crypto Winter: Everything You Need to Know

You have likely heard of the crypto winter. But what exactly does that mean, and what does it mean for your investments and taxes?

Kiplinger

The 1031 Exchange Rules You Need to Know

Taxes are an inevitable part of real estate investing. You can, however, defer or avoid paying capital gains taxes by following some simple 1031 exchange rules.

The Independent UK

Justices weigh effort to balance Washington state's tax code

An effort to balance what is considered the nation’s most regressive state tax code is coming before the Washington state Supreme Court

Newsroom.co.nz

Post-Ardern, could a capital gains tax be back on the table?

Jacinda Ardern ruled out a capital gains tax on her watch. With her watch now over, some are speculating about whether her successor could revive a policy still popular in some quarters,

The Conversation

9 in 10 landlord tax returns are wrong. Does this make landlords champion tax dodgers?

Australia’s “tax gap” – the gap between what is collected and what would be collected if the law was applied properly – amounts to A$33 billion per year according to Tax Office calculations, which is 7% of what should be collected.

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