points by rustyhancock 3 days ago | 0 comments
The problem of tax law is unintended consequences and subsequent more laws and loopholes and endless complexity to get it "right".
I borrowed against my house to buy it. Why shouldn't I be taxed when I got my mortgage?
[–] TheCoelacanth 2 days ago
[–] rustyhancock 1 day ago
But this proves the point, a simple rule becomes 3 rules immediately.
Depending on the housing market a property price could rise that much while still under mortgage and not everyone pays mortgages off in term.
The fundemental issue with tax law imo, is that tax lawyers write it and the spend years in the dark offering their services to bypass it.
It would be like there being a category of specialist lawyers who openly offer hidden options to murder people.
It really is quite bizarre in my opinion.
[–] TheCoelacanth 17 hours ago
That's not new rules. It's just a basic application of existing rules.
We already have definitions of what realized and unrealized capital gains are and we already have the rule about how much capital gains on a primary residence are exempt from taxation.
If you are borrowing to buy the house in the first place, then all of the capital gains have already been taxed, so it's not analogous to this scenario.