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- zaq4
"And after refunds, the IRS collected about $93 billion more from individual American taxpayers than it did in 2017. Interestingly, that number stands close to the tax break amount that corporations received from the TCJA in 2018. Last year, big businesses paid $91 billion less in taxes than they had in 2017, prior to the new law’s passage. "
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- Filling that swampmonospaced
- What a coincidence.PhanLo
- What's the definition of a fascist state again?Nairn
- The increase in personal taxes is because of population and wages gains. It really is a coincidence.zarkonite
- That's not entirely true. They got a lot more from people who can no longer write off business supplies, etc.monospaced
- aka, he reduced tax breaks for the working people and gave them to the corporations, to the tune of billions.monospaced
- and by "he" i mean the current administration, which is often considered Trump's.monospaced
- Yeah, it's a big and complex issue. Right after the tax code changes a lot of big corps had bad quarters because some of their deferrals had been killed off.zarkonite
- and I am in no way trying to endorse the bullshit they pulled!zarkonite
- Upping the individual limiting and putting caps on on salt is "equality"********
- Personally I benefited. Mostly do to I was involved in any previous tax breaks which were uneven. no mortage, not living in sales tax states********
- turthfully why should those that can afford homes or multiple properties see reductions. why should states that charge more for state see reduction in federal********
- taxes. home interest shouldn't be deductible period. nor state taxes from federal. but a lot mroe to the tax code than those things********
- it really needs to be simplified even more. still so many arbitrary practices and loopholes. some i benefit from. but could use a rebuild********