There must be a maximum rate for lending and there must be a requirement for responsible lending.
For one thing, remember that the gift tax (often coupled with the estate tax) has a current maximum rate of 35%.
Once beyond that amount, the maximum rate topped off at five percent.
As an added bonus, the gains, assuming the bonds have been held for more than a year, will be taxed at a maximum rate of 23.8%.
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The Laffer Curve really is a curve, it has a maximum rate of taxation at which lower tax rates produce less revenue and so do higher tax rates.
The biggest moment of drama came when the Austrian went into a spin as he hurtled towards the ground, turning at a maximum rate of 60 revolutions per minute.
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By comparison, the maximum rate in the U.S. is currently 35%, and if Mitt Romney wins the election next week, it could drop to 28% for the next four years.
Dividend income would be taxed as ordinary income, subject to the maximum rate of 39.6%, up from the current maximum rate of 15% for qualified dividends (plus the Obamacare surtax as referenced below).
Had they remained single, neither Howard nor Beth would have each pay tax on their ordinary income at a maximum rate of 33%, and all of their dividend income would be taxed at 15%.
Under their proposal even top bracket taxpayers would pay a maximum rate on this investment income of 20 percent in 2013 (plus an additional 3.8 percent under the tax provisions of the 2010 health law).
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For that top 1% of taxpayers, however, the maximum rate on ordinary income has increased from 35% to 39.6%, while the top rate on long-term capital gains and qualified dividends has increased from 15% to 20%.
Takefuji and competitors like Aiful and Acom charged them interest rates as high as 29.2% on short-term loans until the maximum rate was lowered to 20% earlier this year, among other limits imposed over the past four years.
This makes long-term investing in gold ETFs (for one year or longer) subject to a relatively large capital gains tax (maximum rate of 28%, rather than the 15% rate that is applicable to most other long-term capital gains).
But obviously, a maximum rate of 25% would generate significantly less gross tax revenue than the current system, which contains a top rate of 39.6% (actually, over 44% when factoring in Obamacare and the repeal of the PEASE limitation on itemized deductions).
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Realizing that the maximum rate on long-term capital gains was slated to increase on January 1, 2013 as a result of the expiration of the Bush tax cuts, A had S Co. sell all of its assets on December 20, 2012 to take advantage of the 15% top rate in place at the time.
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Silver illustrates this disconnect with a helpful table, which shows that by keeping the maximum rate at 35% but requiring a minimum 35% tax on all income at a certain threshold, the tax burden is shifted to those earning close to the threshold and away from those earning significantly in excess of the threshold.
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But the cut-rate tax is good only through 2008, after which the maximum federal rate on dividends pops back up to 35%.
And the Senate rejected a proposed amendment that would have prohibited lenders (credit card lenders included) from charging an interest rate on any credit transaction (except real estate) that exceeds the maximum interest rate allowed by state law.
In summary, CXO Advisory Group found no connection between the maximum U.S. capital gains tax rate and U.S. stock market returns, and no relationship between changes in the maximum capital gains rate and stock returns.
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Potential growth is the maximum growth rate an economy could achieve without causing serious overheating problems.
Though the maximum tax rate is lower for the AMT, most of the standard write-offs aren't allowed.
Policymakers have no way of knowing what an economy's maximum growth rate or minimum unemployment rate are.
Logically, we could expect a MAXIMUM success rate equal to the success we find in the general population.
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The TL34HD gives shooters the ability to record video in 720p high-definition resolution, at a maximum frame rate of 30fps.
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Maximum frame rates have also increased more than 2X with a maximum frame rate of 8 fps in Single AF mode.
Right around eight minutes I hit my maximum heart rate of 157 and the technician injected me with more nuclear dye.
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Similarly, the maximum tax rate on long-term capital gains and qualified dividends jumps from 15% to 20% at these same thresholds.
To slow the growth of Medicare, IPAB will have to cut spending to stay within a maximum growth rate set by legislation.
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The decoder rat ultimately achieved a maximum success rate of about 70%.
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