For 15 years, our State Business Tax Climate Index has been the standard for legislators and taxpayers to understand how their state’s tax code compares and how it can be improved. Now, for the first time ever, you can explore our Index’s 100+ variables in an easy to use, interactive format.
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The broad conclusion here is that, in drafting the Republican Framework, lawmakers have left themselves with at least one significant lever for delivering middle class tax relief: the child tax credit.
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A cap on the state and local deduction would limit tax increases for high-income taxpayers but also raise about one-quarter the revenue as full repeal.
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If lawmakers are looking to maximize the positive economic effects from a tax bill, then improving tax depreciation for structures should probably be part of the conversation. Here are a few options.
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Instead of making expensing temporary, lawmakers could pursue other ways to speed up cost recovery with permanent economic gains and without drastically reducing revenue. One way to do that is by enacting “depreciation indexing.”
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Based on the details we have, the Big Six tax plan would lower taxes on the bottom 80% of taxpayers, and raise the tax burden on the top 20% of taxpayers.
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