Ah, yes, the fictions a certain party spins.
Continue reading My spell check always makes this ATM. Even though that’s wrong.
Ah, yes, the fictions a certain party spins.
Continue reading My spell check always makes this ATM. Even though that’s wrong.
It would help if the IRS were a fully funded agency. But, for the past four years or so, it has suffered because the GOP claims (FAKE NEWS) that WrongWing (non-)charities had a tough time getting approved as non-profit entities. The GOP feels that these Political Action Committees (PAC) were chosen for special scrutiny. (FACT: All these fake charities that are really aimed at promoting political candidates from the Left, the Right, and the Middle were subject to the same extra scrutiny.)
Today, we wrap up our discussion of the changed IRS code, the changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (sic). The series started last Wednesday or Thursday, where we discussed personal tax provisions of the law. On Monday, we started discussing the business tax provisions. And, now some 6000 words later, we are completing the changes in the bill.
So, what does the Senate version of this bill (HR-1) do? By and large, the Senate bill matches HR-1. But, there are some significant differences. It’s not clear which house will prevail in their interpretation of the various changes (or that the Senate version passes at all). But, again, tax planning is critical- we need to know what may happen. We need to discern what changes this Senate version- if it passes- will have in conference, when the House and Senate work out the differences in their versions.
We began discussing the proposed changes to personal tax filings yesterday. We’ll finish with the changes to the individual tax system today-and then go on to the changes to the business tax filings.
Let’s reiterate what I said yesterday– I don’t expect this bill to pass. Certainly not the way it was presented in the bill. These posts were written on 2 November- when the bill was published. Since then, the House has proposed changes to its own bill. And, 1 week later, the Senate published a slightly different version- which means that I will be adding to this series to contrast the differences between the two bills. (This series that was 5 blogs will now be 7.)