from Penn Wharton (University of Pennsylvania) Budget Model:
Policy Options: Increase Tax Rates on Capital Gains & Dividends
We estimate the budgetary and economic effects of increasing the top rate on long-term capital gains and qualified dividends from 20 percent to 24.2 percent, which is enacted on January 1st, 2021. We project that it will raise around $60 billion of additional revenue on a conventional basis over the 10-year budget window and increase GDP by 0.1 percent by 2050. [Archived PDF]