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Senate Tax Plan Will Include Repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s Individual Mandate

Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch recently revised the Senate tax proposal to include a repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate. Recent revisions also made many of the tax cuts for individuals temporary. Corporate tax cuts remain permanent. These changes were made so that the tax proposal would comply with the Senate’s Bryd Rule, which prevents legislation that...

Senate Releases JCT Description of the Committee on Finance’s Markup of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

The Senate Committee on Finance released the description of the Chairman’s markup on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts, prepared by the Joint Committee on Taxation, in anticipation of the Senate’s markup process, starting Monday, November 13. 2017. Read the description here; read the estimated revenue impact here.

House Bill Passes Out of Committee; Senate Releases Policy Highlights in Advance of Release of Proposed Tax Legislation

The House Ways and Means Committee finished their markup of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and voted to advance the bill. The House plans to vote on the proposed bill next week. The Senate Committee on Finance released a summary highlighting the policy underpinnings for the Senate’s version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Now that the House Ways and Means Committee has finished the markup...