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How did the TCJA affect tax expenditures?

October 30, 2018 by tpcwebsite

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How did the TCJA affect tax expenditures?

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The TCJA reduced some tax expenditure provisions, eliminated others, and introduced and expanded still others. In addition to these direct changes in tax expenditure provisions, an increase in the standard deduction and lower individual and corporate tax rates reduced the number of taxpayers using tax expenditure provisions and the value of the tax benefits they receive.

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Why are tax expenditures controversial?

December 20, 2015 by tpcwebsite

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Why are tax expenditures controversial?

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To some, tax expenditures are spending items that do not belong in the tax code. To others, they are merely a way of reducing taxes, and repealing them would amount to a tax increase.

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What is the tax expenditure budget?

December 20, 2015 by tpcwebsite

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What is the tax expenditure budget?

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The tax expenditure budget displays the estimated revenue losses from special exclusions, exemptions, deductions, credits, deferrals, and preferential tax rates in federal income tax law.

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