Conservatives eye using Treasury to index capital gains to inflation 

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Some conservatives have called on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to use executive authority to index capital gains taxes to inflation after congressional Republicans declined to include such a provision in a major spending bill.

Such a move would undoubtedly face a legal challenge, and questions about its legal durability have prevented past Republican administrations from attempting it.

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