Tuesday, July 14, 2009

House bill to hit millionaires with 5.4 pct surtax | Markets | Markets News | Reuters

House bill to hit millionaires with 5.4 pct surtax | Markets | Markets News | Reuters
WASHINGTON, July 14 (Reuters) - A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system to be announced on Tuesday in the U.S. House of Representatives will include a surtax on millionaires of 5.4 percent, congressional sources said.



The tax rate is higher than the 3 percent surtax lawmakers had been discussing earlier and would be imposed on those making more than $1 million a year, the sources said.

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