my preferred solution would be to (after adjusting for inflation) calculate the annualized gain over the years the asset was held. then go back and tax it as if

my preferred solution would be to (after adjusting for inflation) calculate the annualized gain over the years the asset was held. then go back and tax it as if it were additional income in each of those years, using the historical brackets, adjusting (again?) for inflation. unfortunately I don't write tax law. maybe I could get the tax prep companies to lobby on my behalf.