The health-care bill that Congress passed in March contained two surprising new taxes to help pay for the changes: an extra 0.9% levy on wages for couples earning more than $250,000 ($200,000 for singles) and a new 3.8% tax on investment income on those same people (technically, people with "adjusted gross incomes" above those amounts).
Each tax signals a radical change in tax policy.
For workers, the extra 0.9% levy puts a progressive element in what used to be a totally flat tax.
The 3.8% tax on investment income also knocks down a longstanding wall by applying a "payroll" tax to unearned income.
Until now, FICA taxes for Social Security and Medicare have applied only to wages, not investment income.
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How the New Wealth Taxes Will Hit You - WSJ.com
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