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Eric Hovde: “If I build a single family home, then I get taxed at…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Eric Hovde WisconsinEye interview

Published | Video Starts at 13:15

… policy because if I develop apartments and I hold those apartments and I sell those apartments well, I get taxed at capital gains rates, long term capital gains rates. But If I build a single family home, then I get taxed at ordinary income rates. So there may be things that we can do from a tax standpoint at the federal level, but a lot of the issues with housing are really more at the state level. (13:15–13:22)

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Asserts that single-family home builders are taxed at ordinary income rates.

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