Individuals, households, and businesses are all affected by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. And with many of its provisions set to expire at year-end 2025, the U.S. tax code is likely to change yet again. Here’s an overview of the act and its key features. 1. The standard tax deducti...
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was passed into law at the end of 2017 and made changes that affect all kinds of taxes – individual, corporate, partnership and other “passthrough” business entities, estate, and even tax-exempt organizations. While this article looks at tax changes for ...
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: §§ 1221(a)(3)/1235 DisconnectBerkeley Electronic Press Selected WorksDeborah A. Geier
The recent Tax Cuts and Jobs Act includes many sweeping tax law changes, some of which left taxpayers scrambling at the end of 2017 to maximize tax saving opportunities. While the dust settles on tax reform at the federal level, the whirlwind at the state level is just beginning, with many...
TheTax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)was a major overhaul of thetax code, signed into law by President Donald Trump on Jan. 1, 2018. The Senate passed TCJA on Dec. 2, 2017, by a party-line vote of 51 to 49. The House passed its version by a vote of 224 to 201.1No House Democrats...
On December 20, 2017, the House passed the reconciled tax reform bill, commonly called the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017” (TCJA), which the Senate had passed the previous day. It’s the most sweeping tax legislation since the Tax Reform Act of 1986. The bill makes small reductions ...
On December 20, 2017, for the first time in 30 years, Congress passed major tax legislation in the form of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Pub. Law No. 115-97 (Act), signed into law by President Donald J. Trump on December 22, 2017. ...
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TJCA) was signed into law in 2017. The act nearly doubled the standard deduction and eliminated or limited many itemized deductions.1As a result of the act, many people who used to itemize on Schedule A took the standard deduction instead. ...
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which was signed into law on December 22, contains a treasure trove of tax breaks for businesses. Overall, most companies and business owners will come out ahead under the new tax law, but there are a number of tax breaks that were eliminated ...
Enacted just before the end of 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is a major overhaul of federal income taxation. Most of its provisions affecting individual taxpayers take effect in 2018 and are scheduled to expire eight years later.