Why would I want to pay 20% every year on gains when I can just pay it one time at the end when I sell and be done with it? When I lose money can I write that loss off and get that money back on taxes I paid for that year? Interest rates have gone up a lot so if a house loses 200k in value, I want to write off that loss. Does that mean if I make $200k a year and pay $48,000 in federal taxes I’m going to get a refund of $48,000? You want to tax investment on gains you have to be prepared to allow write offs when those investments lose. I can see this costing the irs lots of money when houses lose value or stocks lose value. It might get them alot of money the first couple of years but over time I can see it screwing them. In either case I would totally not be for this. I ain’t a billionaire and I don’t want this

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