The bill, titled the "Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act of 2024," aims to amend the Internal Revenue Code to impose a wealth tax on individuals with net assets exceeding $50 million. The tax rate starts at 2% for assets over this threshold and increases to 3% or 6% if certain health legislation...
Simple Explanation
The bill wants to make super-rich people, who have more than $50 million, pay extra money to the government to help share the wealth more evenly, and it plans to give lots of money to the tax office to make sure they check if everyone is paying correctly. This is like asking those with lots of toys to share a bit more and giving helpers extra tools to count all the toys.