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Tax Incentives for Pass-Through Income

  • Aravind Boddupalli
Benjamin R. Page, Jeffrey Rohaly, Thornton Matheson, Aravind Boddupalli
July 15, 2020
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This chartbook explores the implications of the tax-advantaged treatment of pass-through income enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). Section 199A of the TCJA allows a deduction from taxable income of 20 percent of certain pass-through income. We look specifically at the incentives that deduction created for taxpayers to shift the form of entity through which they choose to receive income. We then analyze the revenue and distributional effects of permanently extending that deduction, which is currently scheduled to expire after 2025. We demonstrate that such an extension could have a significant impact on the form of income chosen by taxpayers among wages, corporate earnings, or pass-through income. Moreover, such income shifting could have a substantial effect on the revenue cost of extension and could affect the distribution of the tax benefits of the deduction.

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  • Benjamin R. Page
    Senior Fellow
  • Jeffrey Rohaly
    Principal Research Associate
  • Thornton Matheson
    Senior Fellow
  • Aravind Boddupalli
    Aravind Boddupalli
    Research Analyst
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Elaine Maag, Nikhita Airi
June 1, 2020
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