Gray believes the crunch will continue through much of next year, as spin doctors scrounge for ad time and space to pitch millennium-celebration sales, election-year ads and promos for the Summer Olympics.
For assets acquired in earlier years, the 20percentt rate would still be applicable unless you make the deemed-sale election on your 2001 tax return.
But there is no danger of that because the deemed sale election does not have to be made until the 2001 tax return is filed, usually by April 15 , 2002
Reynolds, who also hosts a radio show called "The Shooting Bench," said his shop has seen an increase in gun sales since the election, a trend that also appeared when Obama was first elected in 2008.
"This is the company that has all the experience and the wherewithal to manage a big account the Detroits, the Minneapolises, the Fort Lauderdale-Broward Counties," said Judd Ryan, a sales manager for Election Systems and Software.
Rebecca Solnit's political manifesto, published to encourage activists while George W Bush waged war in Iraq, has enjoyed a huge resurgence in sales since the election of Donald Trump as the next US president.
He said he had flagged an exemption for settlement of property sales before the election, and other exemptions for life events including divorce settlements were still "being worked through".
"Super great election sales," he says.
And Kohl's chief executive, Kevin Mansell, said the company typically experienced sales slowdowns pre-election and postelection, "and then the business kind of accelerates".
Also, computer users registered at washingtonpost.com received e-mail messages on Wednesday promoting "Inauguration Central," including information on coming news coverage, "inauguration collectibles" and photographs for sale of the election and inauguration of Mr. Obama.
The other big news was Kelly's unveiling of her new book, "Settle for More"—not a good slogan for the G.O.P. at the moment which will go on sale after the election and in which, she said, "For the first time, I will speak openly about my year with Donald Trump".
