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What will be the effective tax rate for a hypothetical 1 million dollar long-term capital gain in the United States on January 1st 2024?

Resolved :16.720.7

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Community Prediction20.7 (17.8 - 25.3)

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	lower 25%	median	upper 75%
community	17.78	20.75	25.35
My Prediction	—	—	—

Quartiles	community	My Prediction
lower 25%	17.78	—
median	20.75	—
upper 75%	25.35	—

What was the final result?16.7

Community Baseline Score

80.4

Community Peer Score

10.3

Authors:

Matthew_Barnett

Opened:

Sep 18, 2020

Closes:

Jan 1, 2023

Resolves:

Jan 29, 2024

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