It would take 20 years to pull it off, and tax legislation may change, but a married couple can earn next year ~$115k/yr federally tax-free ($89k long-term cap gains + $27k earned income). So that source of income would only be subject to the initial 20% corporate tax.
ghiculescu|3 years ago
Asking for a married friend…
datalopers|3 years ago
* Standard-deduction next year is $27,700 married ($13,850 single)
* Long-term-capital-gains is 0% on first $89,250 ($44,625 single)
Thus if you have the tooling to perfectly control your income, e.g. you take $27,700 in treasury bill payments and then sell off enough stock (or take qualified dividends from your corporation's bank account) in the total of $89,250, you'd end up with:
* Ordinary Income: $27,700 - standard deduction of $27,700 = $0 taxable income
* Long-Term-Capital-Gains of $89,250 = 0% ltcg tax bracket
= $116,950 ($58,427 single) of federally tax-free income
Then if you're in a no-income-tax state (such as WA, like the Adams brothers), you don't owe any taxes at all.
[1] https://www.kitces.com/blog/long-term-capital-gains-bump-zon...