Recent legislative inaction and procedural barriers explain the 87.5% implied probability against a long-term capital gains tax rate reduction before 2027. The 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act extended several Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions without altering capital gains rates or brackets, and any statutory change lowering the top 20% rate or introducing broad indexing requires congressional passage via reconciliation or regular order. With the November 2026 midterms approaching, competing priorities around appropriations, debt ceiling measures, and regulatory policy have limited floor time, rendering enactment before year-end improbable according to policy analysts. Administration discussions of targeted proposals, such as inflation indexing or expanded home-sale exclusions, remain at the exploratory stage and would still need legislative approval rather than unilateral executive action. Traders thus price in the structural hurdles of divided priorities and calendar constraints over the resolution window.
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This market will resolve to "Yes" if legislation that reduces the federal long-term capital gains tax rate for the highest bracket is signed into law by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No".
A reduction to the top income bracket for long term capital gains tax (20%) within market timeframe will be sufficient to resolve this market to "Yes". The reduction must apply to the federal long-term capital gains tax rate for individuals and can take effect outside of this market's timeframe.
Temporary reductions or breaks, or changes that do not directly lower the tax rate, such as adjustments to brackets or deductions, will not count.
The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from the US government, however a consensus of credible reporting will also be used.Recent legislative inaction and procedural barriers explain the 87.5% implied probability against a long-term capital gains tax rate reduction before 2027. The 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act extended several Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions without altering capital gains rates or brackets, and any statutory change lowering the top 20% rate or introducing broad indexing requires congressional passage via reconciliation or regular order. With the November 2026 midterms approaching, competing priorities around appropriations, debt ceiling measures, and regulatory policy have limited floor time, rendering enactment before year-end improbable according to policy analysts. Administration discussions of targeted proposals, such as inflation indexing or expanded home-sale exclusions, remain at the exploratory stage and would still need legislative approval rather than unilateral executive action. Traders thus price in the structural hurdles of divided priorities and calendar constraints over the resolution window.
This market will resolve to "Yes" if legislation that reduces the federal long-term capital gains tax rate for the highest bracket is signed into law by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No".
A reduction to the top income bracket for long term capital gains tax (20%) within market timeframe will be sufficient to resolve this market to "Yes". The reduction must apply to the federal long-term capital gains tax rate for individuals and can take effect outside of this market's timeframe.
Temporary reductions or breaks, or changes that do not directly lower the tax rate, such as adjustments to brackets or deductions, will not count.
The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from the US government, however a consensus of credible reporting will also be used.
A reduction to the top income bracket for long term capital gains tax (20%) within market timeframe will be sufficient to resolve this market to "Yes". The reduction must apply to the federal long-term capital gains tax rate for individuals and can take effect outside of this market's timeframe.
Temporary reductions or breaks, or changes that do not directly lower the tax rate, such as adjustments to brackets or deductions, will not count.
The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from the US government, however a consensus of credible reporting will also be used.
Market Opened: Nov 5, 2025, 2:04 PM ET
Volume
$2,204End Date
Dec 31, 2026Market Opened
Nov 5, 2025, 2:04 PM ETResolver
0x65070BE91...This market will resolve to "Yes" if legislation that reduces the federal long-term capital gains tax rate for the highest bracket is signed into law by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No".
A reduction to the top income bracket for long term capital gains tax (20%) within market timeframe will be sufficient to resolve this market to "Yes". The reduction must apply to the federal long-term capital gains tax rate for individuals and can take effect outside of this market's timeframe.
Temporary reductions or breaks, or changes that do not directly lower the tax rate, such as adjustments to brackets or deductions, will not count.
The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from the US government, however a consensus of credible reporting will also be used.Recent legislative inaction and procedural barriers explain the 87.5% implied probability against a long-term capital gains tax rate reduction before 2027. The 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act extended several Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions without altering capital gains rates or brackets, and any statutory change lowering the top 20% rate or introducing broad indexing requires congressional passage via reconciliation or regular order. With the November 2026 midterms approaching, competing priorities around appropriations, debt ceiling measures, and regulatory policy have limited floor time, rendering enactment before year-end improbable according to policy analysts. Administration discussions of targeted proposals, such as inflation indexing or expanded home-sale exclusions, remain at the exploratory stage and would still need legislative approval rather than unilateral executive action. Traders thus price in the structural hurdles of divided priorities and calendar constraints over the resolution window.
This market will resolve to "Yes" if legislation that reduces the federal long-term capital gains tax rate for the highest bracket is signed into law by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No".
A reduction to the top income bracket for long term capital gains tax (20%) within market timeframe will be sufficient to resolve this market to "Yes". The reduction must apply to the federal long-term capital gains tax rate for individuals and can take effect outside of this market's timeframe.
Temporary reductions or breaks, or changes that do not directly lower the tax rate, such as adjustments to brackets or deductions, will not count.
The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from the US government, however a consensus of credible reporting will also be used.
A reduction to the top income bracket for long term capital gains tax (20%) within market timeframe will be sufficient to resolve this market to "Yes". The reduction must apply to the federal long-term capital gains tax rate for individuals and can take effect outside of this market's timeframe.
Temporary reductions or breaks, or changes that do not directly lower the tax rate, such as adjustments to brackets or deductions, will not count.
The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from the US government, however a consensus of credible reporting will also be used.
Volume
$2,204End Date
Dec 31, 2026Market Opened
Nov 5, 2025, 2:04 PM ETResolver
0x65070BE91...Recent legislative inaction and procedural barriers explain the 87.5% implied probability against a long-term capital gains tax rate reduction before 2027. The 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act extended several Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions without altering capital gains rates or brackets, and any statutory change lowering the top 20% rate or introducing broad indexing requires congressional passage via reconciliation or regular order. With the November 2026 midterms approaching, competing priorities around appropriations, debt ceiling measures, and regulatory policy have limited floor time, rendering enactment before year-end improbable according to policy analysts. Administration discussions of targeted proposals, such as inflation indexing or expanded home-sale exclusions, remain at the exploratory stage and would still need legislative approval rather than unilateral executive action. Traders thus price in the structural hurdles of divided priorities and calendar constraints over the resolution window.
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