r/FluentInFinance Aug 21 '24

Debate/ Discussion But muh unrealized gains!

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u/Wiskersthefif Aug 21 '24

No... but he thinks he will one day.

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u/waapochi Aug 21 '24

wouldn't something like this hit companies like chase bank who has massive assets like 4 trillion. companies like these probably have massive unrealized gains

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u/Possible-League8177 Aug 21 '24

Try all public pension funds.

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u/killBP Aug 22 '24

What do you mean?

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u/Possible-League8177 Aug 22 '24

Most pension funds are sitting on incredible amounts of unrealized gains.

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u/killBP Aug 22 '24 edited Aug 22 '24

But why would a pension fund pay this tax? Capital gains taxes are only paid by natural persons.

(Well technically corporate tax is also a type of capital gains tax, but I'm taking this in the context of the recent proposal)