People with income over $1 million could pay higher tax rates on capital gains and dividends. Many gifts and inheritances would also trigger tax when the property changes hands, though the bill keeps exceptions for spouses, charities, and some family farms and businesses.
Modern Action explains what the legislation does, helps you choose whether to support, oppose, or ask for changes, and drafts a message tied to the bill, your stance, and the elected officials who can act on it.
Equal Tax Act is a Senate bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Latest action on S. 4122: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Who this affects: This bill mainly affects high-income taxpayers, people passing valuable assets to heirs, and families that use trusts or estate planning to delay tax. It also matters to family farms, family businesses, real estate investors using like-kind exchanges, and owners of pass-through businesses who claim the section 199A deduction. Executors, gift donors, and people receiving large gifts or bequests would also have new reporting duties.
Why this matters: This bill matters because it would make people pay tax sooner on gains that can now stay untaxed for years or even until death. That could raise taxes for high-income households and for people holding assets that gained a lot of value. It could also reduce popular estate-planning strategies that delay or avoid capital gains tax. But for some smaller estates, and for qualifying family farms and family businesses, the bill offers exclusions and payment rules that may reduce the immediate hit.
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Officially: Equal Tax Act
People with income over $1 million could pay higher tax rates on capital gains and dividends. Many gifts and inheritances would also trigger tax when the property changes hands, though the bill keeps exceptions for spouses, charities, and some family farms and businesses.
Use this page to support, oppose, or ask Congress to amend S4122. Modern Action explains what the bill does, helps identify the right senators or representative, and drafts a bill-specific message you can edit and send.
Where it stands
Sitting in Finance
No vote scheduled. Constituent contact is what moves bills out of committee.
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Where this bill is in the process
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Senate Committee
Under Senate committee consideration
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (3/17/2026)
Senate Floor Vote
Voted on by Senate
Passed Senate
Approved by Senate
House Review
Sent to House for consideration
Passed Both Chambers
Approved by both House and Senate
Signed into Law
Signed by the President
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This page gives you an opportunity to support, oppose, or ask for changes to Equal Tax Act, then contact the elected officials who can act. Modern Action drafts the message from your position and the reasons you select.
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