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Taxing Creativity

By Professor Jeffrey Maine

I love country music. Especially old country music…from the ’70s! So you can imagine how intrigued I was 15 years ago when the powerful country music industry, on behalf of its songwriters, successfully lobbied Congress for a special tax break. Basically, songwriters get to enjoy the benefit of a low “capital gains” tax rate on gains from sales of their songs. Read more.