In: Accounting
1.) Identify at least one change from the new Tax Reform Act of 2017 to 2018 for each of the following areas:
-Income
-Adjustments for Adjusted Gross Income
-Adjustments from Adjusted Gross Income
-Taxable Income
-Tax Rates
2.) For each of the five changes explain the current tax law and then explain the new requirement or change. Explain the effect of each change on the affected area. Do you think this will increase or decrease most taxpayers taxes? Explain why.
3.) Identify what group of people this change will potentially benefit and those it will potentially hurt.
4.) Identify what you believe are the 5 most important items that are remaining the same from 2017 to 2018. Explain why you think not changing these requirements are good or bad, explain each of the 5 items separately.
ANSWER:-
1. Tax rates and Taxable income
Joint Married Filer
single filer
2 In the 2108 the tax rates are changed by U.S Congress Comittee In the new tax Threholds are increased in the lower income tax brackets so thats poor people have to paid the lower income tax on his income if they will increase a little income and the some tax brackets also change for single filing person but its same for the joint filling person. and joint filling couples Thresholds are increased so they have to paid higher tax rate. I think taht thats the prefect changes in the all taxs because there is no much difference between the joint filing and single filing it have to made and its benifit to government because tax income is increased.
3 In the single filing lower thresholds are the get benifit because thats amounts are increased and there some tax brackets are decreased. In the tax rate who take the deduction of medical treatment that will potentially hurt beacause the deduction is reduced from 10% to 7.5%.
4 a) Deduction :- medicial deduction is decreased so is very bad that is not to decreased because there are many old people thats have the higher medical expenses and lower income than they have to paid more tax.
b) Increased standard deduction: The new tax law nearly doubles the standard deduction amount. Single taxpayers will see their standard deductions jump from $6,350 for 2017 taxes to $12,000 for 2018 taxes. It is good beacuse lower income people saved some money for there future.
c)Increased Child Tax Credit: For, families with children the Child Tax Credit is doubled from $1,000 per child to $2,000. In addition, the amount that is refundable grows from $1,100 to $1,400. The bill also adds a new, non-refundable credit of $500 for dependents other than children. Finally, it raises the income threshold at which these benefits phase out from $110,000 for a married couple to $400,000.
d)Personal and dependent exemptions: The bill eliminates the personal and dependent exemptions which are currently $4,050 for 2017 and were expected to increase to $4,150 in 2018. It is good beacuse a person have more money to spend on himself and do more expenses.
e) Self Employeed and Small businesses: The biggest includes a reduction in the top corporate rate to 21%, a new 20% deduction. Its is good beacuse a person can easly start a small business and self employeed himself.