On April 26, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin released the administration’s one-page “first draft” of their plan to cut taxes. What effect will this proposal have on the amount you pay?
Individual Taxes
- Cut brackets to three: 12-25-35%
- Double the standard deduction
- Unspecified new relief for families with children and dependent care costs
- Eliminate itemized deductions other than mortgage interest and charitable gifts
- Repeal Alternative Minimum Tax
- Repeal “Obamacare” 3.8% tax on net investment income
- Repeal additional 0.9% Medicare tax on earned incomes over $200,000
Estate Taxes
- Repeal Gift & Estate Tax
Corporate Taxes
- Cut top rate to 15%, including on pass-through income
- Eliminate “tax breaks for special interests”
- Impose repatriation tax to bring back accumulated profits of foreign subsidiaries
- Move to “territorial system” (taxing companies on U.S. earnings only) to “level the playing field for American companies”
The Trump administration has outlined a conventionally Republican suite of changes: lower rates, unspecified new deductions for families, and incentives to repatriate foreign earnings. At the same time, they have proposed to limit certain breaks and eliminate nearly all itemized deductions, including state and local taxes.
However, these are just the latest of several proposals Trump has floated since the 2016 campaign. And many of these items are mere starting points for discussion rather than detailed policy proposals. So we shouldn’t be surprised if the White House lets Congressional Republicans take the lead on legislation.
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