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The Trump tax calculator — will you pay more or less?
Market Watch ^ | 11-29-17 | Steve Goldstein et al

Posted on 12/02/2017 6:36:12 PM PST by RKBA Democrat

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To: Lisbon1940

I’ve been paying more than my fair share so I am not too excited about it.


21 posted on 12/02/2017 7:07:49 PM PST by boycott
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To: henkster

Mine says about the opposite for House and Senate - either way, I’m pleased.


22 posted on 12/02/2017 7:08:46 PM PST by GnuThere
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To: Lisbon1940

I hope you simply forgot the /sarc tag


23 posted on 12/02/2017 7:09:16 PM PST by pigsmith
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To: RKBA Democrat

This calc says I’m much better off, another said I’d owe much more. Don’t know what to think, maybe wait and see..


24 posted on 12/02/2017 7:17:02 PM PST by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: Mariner; SkyPilot

In the People’s Republic of Pennysltucky I’m looking at aboutg a 40-50% tax INCREASE.

Meet the newest Libertarian.

GOP can KMRRA.


25 posted on 12/02/2017 7:21:25 PM PST by lightman (ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
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To: RKBA Democrat
Is the child tax credit no longer refundable?

That's not going to go over well with a lot of people.

26 posted on 12/02/2017 7:24:41 PM PST by Drew68
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To: RKBA Democrat

Ok, tax wizards of FR. I usually itemize, but the calculators posted in this thread say I will save a lot if I opt instead for the standard deduction. Are there any tax or accounting rules forbidding me from deciding “hey, this year I don’t wanna itemize”?


27 posted on 12/02/2017 7:26:14 PM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: RKBA Democrat

The title to the article is “Will you pay more or less?” But the calculator doesn’t tell us that. It tells us what we would pay under the House and Senate bills. Now what we would pay now. Maybe they could add a third number for comparison?


28 posted on 12/02/2017 7:29:44 PM PST by Defiant (I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
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To: lightman

Meet the newest Libertarian.


Alright, lightman! Come in and grab an Ayn Rand!


29 posted on 12/02/2017 7:30:07 PM PST by sparklite2 (I hereby designate the ongoing kerfuffle Diddle-Gate.)
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To: henkster

$2100 or $1800 in savings. I’ll take that. I would forgo the savings or even pay more to get the better lifetime earnings potential my seven young grandchildren will reap from the plan. There’s much more positive to this than simply plus or minus our personal tax liability.


30 posted on 12/02/2017 7:31:55 PM PST by hardspunned
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To: Drew68

so you want others to pay you for having kids and not making much money?


31 posted on 12/02/2017 7:39:10 PM PST by rolling_stone
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To: rolling_stone

Don’t have time to try to run this calculator, but here are my thoughts: Living in The People’s Republik of Kalifornia, I am sure that if it passes as it is now it won’t help me one bit, it probably WILL effectively raise my taxes.

I could care less.

Here is what I DO care about: I want the bill to cut the !$%@! ridiculous corporate tax rates so that the economy can grow, create jobs - and I can God willing, afford to retire as a result of that growth (and its effect on my business), in a few years - before the end of the President’s second term.

Fingers crossed. ;>)


32 posted on 12/02/2017 7:46:20 PM PST by Simon Foxx
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To: rolling_stone
so you want others to pay you for having kids and not making much money?

We pay people for having kids and not working at all.

However, if you take away working people's refundable child tax credits, the refund they use to pay for Christmas, don't expect them to be happy about it.

People will put up with the tweets, the Russia stuff, the p**sy grabbing, whatever and they don't mind but when they lose money, they take notice.

33 posted on 12/02/2017 7:46:54 PM PST by Drew68
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To: RKBA Democrat

No real change...dont care...

Pass it...


34 posted on 12/02/2017 7:55:00 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Nicojones
I'm not sure I like either calculator at all. I want to see what the tax forms themselves will look like before rendering a decision either way.

A question, though. When will all this take effect? Next year, the year after?

35 posted on 12/02/2017 7:57:00 PM PST by ducttape45 (Every Saint has a past, Every Sinner has a Future!)
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To: Nicojones

We were going to save 25%, but this 12/2 update shows we will now save only 20%.

Still, that’s thousands of dollars.


36 posted on 12/02/2017 8:02:45 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: boycott

Me either but I’m rich. Ok not really but I’m in that dual income low 6 digit (aka each of us starts with a 1) so I expect to get screwed. However I have 3 kids that need to have a good life and a good economy is essential to that. So paying a few more bucks to have a better e economy is cheaper in the long run. If this is helps, or might help good. Obama put a huge anchor on the economy that SOB (literally). So it probably costs me less to roll the dice with this than my cable/internet monthly expense so let’s see what happens. Individual mandate being killed was worth it to me. Oh yeah - Go Judge Roy Moore!


37 posted on 12/02/2017 8:04:07 PM PST by wgmalabama
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To: antidisestablishment

These Republicans would never do either tax approach.

We really need about ten years of Trump and then we’d hopefully have run enough Establishment jerks out to consider such a positive future.


38 posted on 12/02/2017 8:06:00 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: RKBA Democrat

I save $1800 on the senate version, a little less on the House version. Thank you President Trump. Also, since I won’t be itemizing after this year I will prepay 2018 property tax, charitable deductions, etc. this month to make a quick $2500 refund on $10K in extra deductions.


39 posted on 12/02/2017 8:09:24 PM PST by blue state conservative
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To: Nicojones

4K less. We’ve never itemized. Ever.


40 posted on 12/02/2017 8:10:27 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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