Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 1


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In this report, you will find guidance about the tax rate reform legislation for working American taxpayer citizens that file Federal individual tax returns. This report outlines modifications for taxable years 2018 through 2025. Populations covered are married individuals filing joint returns and surviving spouses, head of households, unmarried individuals other than surviving spouses and heads of households, married individuals filing separate returns, estates and trusts, and more. Additionally, you will find specific tax rate information and criteria relating to deductions for qualified business income, simplification and reform of family and individual tax credits including child tax credit and new family credit, credit for elderly and permanently disabled, repeal of credit for plug-in electric drive motor vehicles, modification of deduction for home mortgage interest, modifications to the deduction for charitable contributions, reform of American opportunity tax credit and repeal of lifetime learning credit, reforms to discharge of certain student loan indebtness, repeal of deduction for student loan interest and qualified tuition and related expenses, reduction in corporate tax rate, and much more. Adult American citizens required to file Federal income taxes, small businesses and corporation owners and staff, certified public accountants, tax professionals including tax advisors and preparers, payroll staff, IRS officials and agents, members of Congress, and charitable organizations may be interested in this legislation. Students pursuing coursework in tax preparation, business accounting, tax advisory, and public finance courses may find this primary source legislation helpful for research papers and testing requirements. Related products: H.R. 1, To Provide for Reconciliation Pursuant to Titles II and V of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2018, Title A, Individual Tax Reform produced by U.S. Senate with Amendments specifically to the repeal of sections with amendments for the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/hr-1-individual-tax-reform Jobs & Employment resources collection here:https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/jobs-employment Taxes, Audits & Accounting collection here:https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/taxes-audits-accounting




Advances in Taxation


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In the latest volume of Advances in Taxation, editor John Hasseldine includes studies from expert contributors to explore topics such as: the stock market reaction to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; strategic repatriations made by firms; and corporate social responsibility and tax planning.




U.S. Investment Since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017


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There is no consensus on how strongly the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has stimulated U.S. private fixed investment. Some argue that the business tax provisions spurred investment by cutting the cost of capital. Others see the TCJA primarily as a windfall for shareholders. We find that U.S. business investment since 2017 has grown strongly compared to pre-TCJA forecasts and that the overriding factor driving it has been the strength of expected aggregate demand. Investment has, so far, fallen short of predictions based on the postwar relation with tax cuts. Model simulations and firm-level data suggest that much of this weaker response reflects a lower sensitivity of investment to tax policy changes in the current environment of greater corporate market power. Economic policy uncertainty in 2018 played a relatively small role in dampening investment growth.




Estimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment and Economic Output as of September 2009


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The Amer. Recovery and Reinvest. Act of 2009 (ARRA) contains a variety of provisions intended to boost economic activity and employment. This report comments on the reports filed by certain recipients of funding under ARRA that detail how many jobs were created or retained from ARRA. It also provides estimates of ARRA¿s overall impact on employment and economic output in the 3rd qtr. of 2009. Those estimates are based on evidence from similar policies enacted in the past and various economic models. Contents: (1) Measuring ARRA¿s Impact Using Recipients¿ Reports, and Economic Models and Historical Data: A Modeling Approach; (2) Updated Estimates of the Impact of ARRA; (3) Evidence on the Economic Effects of Fiscal Stimulus. Illus.




Tax and Time


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How tax law perpetuates injustice but might instead be used as a powerful force for creating a more just and equitable society The relationship between tax law and society, Anthony C. Infanti asserts, is too often overlooked by those who work outside of the field of fiscal policy. Yet, the way a country collects and spends its revenue can be viewed as a quantifiable reflection of how a country sees itself, sending messages about both what it values now and what it aspires to be in the future. Tax and Time sheds light on two of the most misunderstood universal human experiences: time and taxes. Anthony C. Infanti asserts that time in tax law is the product of pure imagination and calls into question the world beyond time that we have created for ourselves. Written with clarity and powerful insight, Tax and Time demonstrates how the tax laws have been used to imaginatively manipulate time in ways that perpetuate economic and social injustice. With its social justice focus, the book brings a sorely needed critical perspective to technical tax policy discussions. Infanti calls for a systematic reexamination and reworking of the relationship between time and tax law, asserting that the power of the legal imagination to manipulate time in tax law can both correct past injustices and help us to envision—and actually work toward—a better and more just society.




Budget and Economic Outlook 2018 to 2028


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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) routinely presents the latest possible forecast of economic activity projected a decade in advance. These forecasts are continually updated to reflect social, political, and economic changes that could impact financial reporting results.




Deficit Politics in the United States


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From the clashes between Federalists and Republicans in the 1790s until today, partisan battles over taxing, spending, and public debt have shaped American political development. These battles were formerly constrained by fiscal norms that mandated balanced budgets and low debt. In his Farewell Address, President George Washington counseled the nation to "cherish public credit" by using "it as sparingly as possible". In the 1980s, however, tax cuts and spending increases created large structural deficits and much higher debt levels. With only a brief interruption in the late 1990s, deficit politics has been a mainstay ever since. Over this period, the Republican Party has passed large tax cuts but failed to retrench the large entitlement programs that continue to raise spending. Likewise, the Democratic Party has expanded the domestic role of government but has abandoned the broad-based taxation it supported in the 1990s. Funding their domestic agenda with matching revenues is now as unappealing for Democrats as entitlement cutbacks are for Republicans, contributing to the current stalemate of Republican tax policy, Democratic spending policy, and soaring deficits and debt. The economic risks this entails are serious, yet an end to the era of deficit politics is nowhere in sight.




The Wolf at the Door


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“Deep, informed, and reeks of common sense.” —Norman Ornstein “It is now beyond debate that rising inequality is not only leaving millions of Americans living on a sharp edge but also is threatening our democracy...For activists and scholars alike who are struggling to create a more equitable society, this is an essential read.” —David Gergen We are in an age of crisis. That much we can agree on. But a crisis of what, exactly? And how do we get out of it? In a follow up to their influential and much debated Death by a Thousand Cuts, Michael Graetz and Ian Shapiro focus on what really worries people: not what the rich are making or the government is taking from them but their own insecurity. Americans are worried about losing their jobs, their status, and the safety of their communities. They fear the wolf at the door. The solution is not protectionism or class warfare but better jobs, higher wages, greater protection for families suffering from unemployment, better health insurance, and higher quality childcare. And it turns out those goals are more achievable than you might think. The Wolf at the Door is one of those rare books that doesn’t just diagnose our problems, it shows how to address them. “This is a terrific book, original, erudite, and superbly well-informed, and full of new wisdom about what might and what might not help the majority of Americans who have not shared in our growing prosperity, but are left facing the wolf at the door...Everyone interested in public policy should read this book.” —Angus Deaton, Princeton University “Graetz and Shapiro wrestle with a fundamental question of our day: How do we address a system that makes too many Americans anxious that economic security is slipping out of reach? Their cogent call for sensible and achievable policies...should be read by progressives and conservatives alike.” —Jacob J. Lew, former Secretary of the Treasury







Brookings Papers on Economic Activity: Spring 2018


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Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) provides academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities with timely research on current economic issues. Contents: Is Automation Labor Share-Displacing? Productivity Growth, Employment, and the Labor Share David Autor and Anna Salomons Safety Net Investments in Children Hilary W. Hoynes and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach Jobs for the Heartland: Place-Based Polices in 21st-Century America Benjamin Austin, Edward Glaeser, and Lawrence Summers Macroeconomic Effects of the 2017 Tax Reform Robert J. Barro and Jason Furman Liquidity Crises in the Mortgage Market You Suk Kim, Steven M. Laufer, Karen Pence, Richard Stanton, and Nancy Wallace Mortgage Market Design: Lessons from the Great Recession Tomasz Piskorski and Amit Seru