One of the harder economic concepts to embrace is that tax revenues, as a percentage of GDP, are often lower when rates are higher, and higher when rates are lower. Huh? The reason is that high rates ...

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Section 1250 of the U.S. tax code applies to gains from the sale of depreciated business real estate. If a property was depreciated beyond the straight-line method, the extra depreciation is taxed at ...