After Republicans in Congress passed a massive tax reform bill late last year, Americans quickly felt the impact.
The Republicans passed the tax package in mid-December, and by law, the bill’s language meant it entered into force on 1 January 2018. A broad overhaul of the reduction in tax rates for corporations and individuals (although some tax cuts expire) and repealed the individual mandate of the affordable care act, effectively kick 13 million people off their insurance, according to the congressional budget office.
But the Americans will likely not see a big difference in their tax returns this spring; the proposed reduction in the bill appears , when most people file in 2019.
“When they do see the difference a year in March and April,” said Marc Goldwein, senior policy Director of the bipartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal budget.
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Still, the new tax law will more rapidly changing, including the amount of money the employer to deduct from their wages for tax purposes.
The proposed cuts, which will be displayed in the tax returns of people, there are much bigger consequences and changes along the line. The Republican tax legislation will cause the budget deficit will increase by $ 1 trillion over the next decade. It will also allow individual tax cuts expiring after 10 years, which means taxes on the middle class will eventually go up. In addition, some Republicans are promoting the idea of tax increases if the tax invoice does not produce sufficient economic growth to prevent an increase in the deficit.
Hard to predict exactly how this will affect the average American, but the tax experts can say several things with confidence: older, wealthier Americans are going to benefit in the long run, while young Americans who will work pay years.
“It’s going to be some time before all the consequences of this is manifested,” said Eric Toder, Director, Centre for tax policy urban Institute.
Indeed, some polls show most people have not noticed this year changes to your tax return. In February, politico/morning consult poll found that 25 percent of registered voters said they have noticed an increase in their salaries in accordance with the new tax laws; 51 percent say they saw no change, and 24% are not sure.
As the health care bill, the tax bill favors older, richer people
During the tax vote, business Insider conducted an analysis to estimate the amount of savings of individual workers will be seen in the framework of the tax bill the GOP house (which was not the last bill that was passed). They calculated that a single, childless taxpayer earning $25,000 a year, an average of $200 in savings, the taxpayer earns $75,000 a year will see about $2,000 in savings, and the taxpayer is $175,000 a year, about $4,200 in savings.
But the plan of the house of representatives and the Senate agreed and passed together in December, will see these tax cuts eventually expire, while the reduction of corporate tax remain unchanged.
“Basically, individual income tax returns with the applicable laws on the tax to 2026 and beyond,” said Goldwein. “People get eight years of tax reform.”
With a corporate tax rate cut from 35% to 21% and remaining constant, corporations benefit greatly from the tax cuts the GOP. But on the separate hand, the elderly and the rich people win. Several studies show that poorer Americans are losing under the bill, because individual tax cuts will disappear over time and the individual mandate will be cancelled, resulting in nearly 13 million people to lose health insurance, according to the nonpartisan congressional budget office.
As VOX’s Dylan Matthews said:
Corporate tax reduction will trickle down to shareholders and investors, and therefore be a boost to old, rich retirees who make their money from investment income, not wages. Young people and people who have to work at life, in the end, see their tax cuts expire and have to deal with the consequences if the budget deficit is growing.
“There is a redistribution of load from the old to the young,” said Toder.
Future generations have much more to lose, especially if the tax cuts ballooning the national deficit as much as they predicted. In the end, someone must pay the cost of these steep reductions, whether through an increase in future taxes, cut spending or housing programs, or a combination of all three.
“Anyway, this tax cut must be paid, [and] it will be skewed in favor of future generations,” said Goldwein. “If I were a betting man, I don’t think it will be good for the poor. But all I can confidently say that the younger generation will pay more as to how much they are getting tax cuts”.
Sourse: vox.com
