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What's in the House GOP's ‘Big Beautiful’ Tax Bill?

2025/5/13
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Kate Batchelder-Odell: 我认为众议院筹款委员会的税收草案好坏参半。一方面,它延长了一些促进增长的条款,并顶住了提高最高边际税率的压力,保留了较低的公司税率。但另一方面,草案中也包含了一些扣除和例外情况,这些实际上削弱了2017年税改的成果,并增加了一些不太好的新想法。总的来说,该草案试图在增加政府收入、减少市场扭曲和改善工作投资激励之间取得平衡,但最终效果还有待观察。 Alicia Finley: 我对这份税收法案持悲观态度,认为除了延长税率之外,几乎没有亮点。虽然取消国税局的直接申报程序和增加对泄露纳税人信息的惩罚值得肯定,但法案中充斥着针对特定群体和行业的例外和漏洞,这不仅扰乱了税法,还逆转了2017年税改的简化。更令人担忧的是,许多条款都只是暂时的噱头,最终可能会被无限期延长,导致财政负担进一步加重。 Kyle Peterson: 我对法案中不向小费和加班费征税的条款表示担忧,这与税法应平等对待所有收入来源的原则背道而驰。我认为,这可能会鼓励人们重组业务和工作安排,从而引发关于谁有资格享受这些优惠以及如何构建这些优惠的争议。此外,由于政府需要定义哪些行业属于习惯性收取小费的行业,这可能会给税务游说者带来新的机会。

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House Republicans outline their plan to extend the expiring 2017 tax cuts and prevent a $4.5 trillion tax increase, but the bill also includes a long list of political giveaways, including President Trump's promised tax exemption for tips and overtime, a tripling of the SALT deduction, and a $1,000 taxpayer contribution to "MAGA accounts" for babies. Is this the new GOP consensus?

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