Opinion | This Is How America’s Richest Families Stay That Way (Published 2021)
Most people have probably never heard of a stepped-up basis, but it might just be the most important tax loophole in America — one that billionaires use to pass vast sums of wealth down to their heirs by avoiding capital gains taxes. This supremely obscure and yet wildly consequential rule concerns …
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