Maybe I'm being too cynical, but it says the tax only applies to this year and the next. It seems like there is an easy workaround - don't take your salary until afterwards, and/or pay yourself in advance now. It's just lip service, really, to keep the public happy.<p>The massively wealthy can afford to wait a couple years for tax laws to revert. And they don't mind waiting - the general public, unaware of reality, believes that the rich are paying more than their fair share of taxes.<p>Meanwhile, new tax incentives and loopholes are created all the time, in every country. You won't know about them, but you can be damn sure that the expensive CPAs do.