The article discusses how Bush-era tax cuts will expire at the end of 2012. Two dozen tax experts were solicited for their opinion concerning what the tax rates would be in 2013. A majority of the experts believe that the top income tax rate will remain 35%. A majority of the experts also believe that the top capital gains rate will be 15%; all the experts agree that the estate-tax exemption will remain at $5 million dollars.
See Laura Saunders, "What Will Tax Rates Look Like in 2013?" Wall Street Journal, Jan. 9, 2012.
Posted by William Alan Nelson II, Associate Editor, Wealth Strategies Journal
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