Republicans, Not Biden, Are About to Raise Your Taxes, tRump built in tax increases beginning in2021

[calguy]

Republicans, Not Biden, Are About to Raise Your Taxes, tRump built in tax increases beginning in2021

The Trump administration has a dirty little secret: It’s not just planning to increase taxes on most Americans. The increase has already been signed, sealed and delivered, buried in the pages of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

President Trump and his congressional allies hoodwinked us. The law they passed initially lowered taxes for most Americans, but it built in automatic, stepped tax increases every two years that begin in 2021 and that by 2027 would affect nearly everyone but people at the top of the economic hierarchy. All taxpayer income groups with incomes of $75,000 and under — that’s about 65 percent of taxpayers — will face a higher tax rate in 2027 than in 2019.

For most, in fact, it’s a delayed tax increase dressed up as a tax cut. How many times have you heard Trump and his allies mention that? They surmised — correctly, so far — that if they waited to add the tax increases until after the 2020 election, few of the people most affected were likely to remember who was responsible.

Looking at the analyses of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation at the time the December 2017 tax bill was enacted, we see very clearly how different income groups are affected by the Trump tax plan. And it’s disturbing.

The current poverty line for a family of four is $26,200: People with incomes between $10,000 and $30,000 — nearly one-quarter of Americans — are among those scheduled to pay a higher average tax rate in 2021 than in years before the tax “cut” was passed. The C.B.O. and Joint Committee estimated that those with an income of $20,000 to $30,000 would owe an extra $365 next year — these are people who are struggling just to pay rent and put food on the table.

Of course, the poor have never mattered much to the Republican Party, but those on the edge of poverty have been particularly hard hit by the pandemic and the recession it has caused, so Trump’s planned tax increases seem especially heartless, and impractical, when you consider that their higher tax payments, while a huge burden for them, will add little to the budget.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/31/opinion/republicans-biden-taxes.html

[crazyhole]

Stupid post is stupid.    

[JoeAverage]

The IRS has already published the tax rates for 2021, please show us where the tax increase has been applied.

 

2021 Tax Brackets and Rates for Single Filers, Married Couples Filing Jointly, and Heads of Households

Rate	For Unmarried Individuals	For Married Individuals Filing Joint Returns	For Heads of Households
Source: Internal Revenue Service
10%	Up to $9,950	Up to $19,900	Up to $14,200
12%	$9,951 to $40,525	$19,901 to $81,050	$14,201 to $54,200
22%	$40,526 to $86,375	$81,051 to $172,750	$54,201 to $86,350
24%	$86,376 to $164,925	$172,751 to $329,850	$86,351 to $164,900
32%	$164,926 to $209,425	$329,851 to $418,850	$164,901 to $209,400
35%	$209,426 to $523,600	$418,851 to $628,300	$209,401 to $523,600
37%	Over $523,600	Over $628,300	Over $523,600

2021 Standard Deduction and Personal Exemption

The standard deduction for single filers will increase by $150 and by $300 for married couples filing jointly (Table 2).

The personal exemption for 2021 remains eliminated.

2021 Standard Deduction

Filing Status	Deduction Amount
Source: Internal Revenue Source
Single	$12,550
Married Filing Jointly	$25,100
Head of Household	$18,800

[JoeAverage]

For comparison:

 

2020 Tax Brackets for Single Filers and Married Couples Filing Jointly

Tax Rate	Taxable Income (Single)	Taxable Income (Married Filing Jointly)
10%	Up to $9,875	Up to $19,750
12%	$9,876 to $40,125	$19,751 to $80,250
22%	$40,126 to $85,525	$80,251 to $171,050
24%	$85,526 to $163,300	$171,051 to $326,600
32%	$163,301 to $207,350	$326,601 to $414,700
35%	$207,351 to $518,400	$414,701 to $622,050
37%	Over $518,400	Over $622,050

[JoeAverage]

A larger portion of your taxable income taxed at a lower rate IS A TAX INCREASE?

 

And these idiots want to run the country?

 

Too fucking funny!