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Explain Tax capital gain, and how it impacts an individuals (or businesses) tax liability. Do you think it is OK or if it needs to be fixed.

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Explain Tax capital gain, how it impacts an individual's (or businesses) tax liability, and if you think it is OK or if it needs to be fixed.

It is OK and does not need to be fixed. The reason is that long term capital gains are taxed at a lower rate than normal income to encourage the tax payers to invest more in capital ...

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