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Groups Call on House to Make TCJA Individual Provisions Permanent

JUL. 24, 2018

Groups Call on House to Make TCJA Individual Provisions Permanent

DATED JUL. 24, 2018
DOCUMENT ATTRIBUTES
  • Authors
    Norquist, Grover
    Martin, James L.
    Anuzis, Saulius "Saul"
    Kerpen, Phil
    Pociask, Steve
    Weber, Dan
    Nelson, Lisa B.
    Quinlan, Andrew F.
    Mazzella, Jeffrey
    Adams, Mary
    Grady, Olivia
    Faulkner, Francis "Chip"
    Muth, Chuck
    McIntosh, David
    Kandrach, Matthew
    Morrell, Penny
    McAuliffe, Katie
    Schoening, Palmer
    Watson, Richard
    Brandon, Adam
    Perrin, Daniel
    Huelskamp, Tim
    Lopez, Mario H.
    Lukas, Carrie L.
    Higgins, Heather R.
    Giovanetti, Tom
    Trabert, Dave
    Hines, Lance
    Sutton, Paula G.
    Taylor, Jameson
    Jones, Timothy W.
    Sepp, Pete
    Stepanek, Stephen
    O'Brien, William
    Antani, Niraj J.
    Kropf, Jeff
    Maloy, Grant
    Montanari, Lorenzo
    Matheny, June
    Stenhouse, Mike
    Kerrigan, Karen
    Williams, David
    Phillips, Judson
    Martin, Jenny Beth
    Tripp, Edwin
    Thompson, Michael W.
    Schatz, Thomas A.
  • Institutional Authors
    Americans for Tax Reform
    60 Plus Association
    American Commitment
    American Consumer Institute
    Association of Mature American Citizens
    ALEC Action
    Center for Freedom and Prosperity
    Center for Individual Freedom
    Maine Center-Right Coalition
    Center for Worker Freedom
    Citizen Outreach
    Club for Growth
    Consumer Action for a Strong Economy
    Council for Citizens Against Government Waste
    Digital Liberty
    Maine Concerned Women for America
    Family Business Coalition
    Florida Center Right Coalition
    FreedomWorks
    HSA Coalition
    Heartland Institute
    Hispanic Leadership Fund
    Independent Women's Forum
    Independent Women's Voice
    Institute for Policy Innovation
    Kansas Policy Institute
    Mississippi Center for Public Policy
    Missouri Center-Right Coalition
    National Taxpayers Union
    New Hampshire Center Right Coalition
    Oregon Capitol Watch Foundation
    Property Rights Alliance
    Orlando Center-Right Coalition
    Pulaski County Republican Women
    Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
    Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council
    Taxpayers Protection Alliance
    Tea Party Nation
    Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund
    Boston Broadside
    Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy
    Citizens for Limited Taxation (Massachusetts)
  • Subject Area/Tax Topics
  • Jurisdictions
  • Tax Analysts Document Number
    2018-30633
  • Tax Analysts Electronic Citation
    2018 TNT 144-9

47 Conservative Groups & Activists Urge House Action on Making Individual Tax Cuts Permanent

July 24, 2018

The Honorable Paul Ryan
Speaker
U.S. House of Representatives
H-232, The Capitol
Washington, D.C. 20515

The Honorable Kevin Brady
Chairman
House Committee on Ways and Means
1102 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Speaker Ryan and Chairman Brady:

On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we urge the House of Representatives to take action to make all of the individual tax provisions from H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) permanent.

The TCJA has turbocharged the economy, leading to the creation of new jobs and increased take-home pay for 90 percent of wage earners.

However, many important provisions in this bill could not be made permanent because of liberal obstructionism and arcane Senate rules. Due to these constraints, Republican lawmakers were forced to sunset the individual tax provisions starting in 2026.

We urge you and your colleagues in the House to work with President Trump to make these provisions permanent so that the many benefits of the TCJA last.

Because of the TCJA, this year a family of four with annual income of $73,000 will see a tax cut of more than $2,058, a 58 percent reduction in federal taxes. Similarly, a single parent with one child with annual income of $41,000 will see a tax cut of $1,304 — a 73 percent reduction in federal taxes.

The TCJA also dramatically simplified the tax code for families and individuals. For instance, the standard deduction was doubled so that an estimated 93 percent of taxpayers can now file on a single page.

Tax reform also raised the threshold at which the alternative minimum tax hits taxpayers, offering relief for 4.3 million Americans who will no longer be forced to calculate their taxes twice and pay the AMT.

The threshold at which the death tax hits was doubled providing welcome relief for family businesses and the House should move quickly to provide permanence in this area. House leadership should consider the political and economic benefits of making President Trump's position of full repeal permanent law. Permanent death tax repeal has unanimous support among House Republicans and was passed in the House's first version of TCJA. Seven House Democrats including current lead sponsor Sanford Bishop (D-GA) joined Republicans to help pass Congressman Brady's Death Tax Repeal Act in April of 2015.

Tax reform further offered relief and simplicity to more than 22 million families who take the Child Tax Credit by doubling this provision and consolidating other family provisions.

The individual tax title of the TCJA even implemented tax reduction for 28 million small businesses through the creation of a 20 percent deduction on pass-through income, expanded 179 expensing, and other changes to encourage more investment in small firms and new business creation generally.

The TCJA has also offered relief from Obamacare by repealing the individual mandate tax penalty. More than 6.6 million individuals and families paid the individual mandate tax penalties in 2015. This tax penalty is also one of the most regressive taxes in the code — nearly 80 percent of taxpayers impacted by the mandate made less than $50,000 in annual income.

Since it was signed into law, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has increased take-home pay, simplified the tax code, and grown the economy. The House of Representatives should build on the success of this law by taking action to make individual tax provisions from H.R. 1 permanent.

Sincerely,

Grover Norquist
President, Americans for Tax Reform

James L. Martin
Founder and Chairman, 60 Plus Association

Saulius “Saul” Anuzis
President, 60 Plus Association

Phil Kerpen
President, American Commitment

Steve Pociask
President, American Consumer Institute

Dan Weber
President, Association of Mature American Citizens

Lisa B. Nelson
CEO, ALEC Action

Andrew F. Quinlan
President, Center for Freedom and Prosperity

Jeffrey L. Mazzella
President, Center for Individual Freedom

Mary Adams
Chair, Maine Center-Right Coalition Meeting

Olivia Grady
Senior Fellow, Center for Worker Freedom

Chip Faulkner
Executive Director, Citizens for Limited Taxation (MA)

Chuck Muth
President, Citizen Outreach

David McIntosh
President, Club for Growth

Matthew Kandrach
President, Consumer Action for a Strong Economy

Tom Schatz
President, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste

Penny Morrell
State Director, CWA of Maine

Katie McAuliffe
Executive Director, Digital Liberty

Palmer Schoening
Chairman, Family Business Coalition

Richard Watson
Co-Chair, Florida Center Right Coalition

Adam Brandon
President, FreedomWorks

Daniel Perrin
Executive Director, HSA Coalition

Tim Huelskamp, Ph.D.
President & CEO, Heartland Institute

Mario H. Lopez
President, Hispanic Leadership Fund

Carrie Lukas
President, Independent Women's Forum

Heather R. Higgins
CEO, Independent Women's Voice

Tom Giovanetti
President, Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI)

Dave Trabert
President, Kansas Policy Institute

Lance Hines
Little Rock City Director Ward 5, Priority 1

Paula G. Sutton
State Representative, Maine House of Representatives

Jameson Taylor, Ph.D.
Vice President for Policy, Mississippi Center for Public Policy

Tim Jones
Former Speaker, Missouri House of Representatives
Leader, Missouri Center-Right Coalition

Pete Sepp
President, National Taxpayers Union

Stephen Stepanek
Co-Chair, New Hampshire Center-Right Coalition

William O'Brien
Co-Chair, New Hampshire Center Right Coalition

Niraj J. Antani
Ohio State Representative

Jeff Kropf
Executive Director, Oregon Capitol Watch

Grant Maloy
Chair, Orlando Center-Right Coalition

Lorenzo Montanari
Executive Director, Property Rights Alliance

June Matheny
Secretary, Pulaski County Republican Women

Mike Stenhouse
CEO, Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity

Karen Kerrigan
President, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council

David Williams
President, Taxpayers Protection Alliance

Judson Phillips
President, Tea Party Nation

Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman, Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund

Edwin Tripp
Senior Political Reporter, The Boston Broadside

Mike Thompson
President, Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy

DOCUMENT ATTRIBUTES
  • Authors
    Norquist, Grover
    Martin, James L.
    Anuzis, Saulius "Saul"
    Kerpen, Phil
    Pociask, Steve
    Weber, Dan
    Nelson, Lisa B.
    Quinlan, Andrew F.
    Mazzella, Jeffrey
    Adams, Mary
    Grady, Olivia
    Faulkner, Francis "Chip"
    Muth, Chuck
    McIntosh, David
    Kandrach, Matthew
    Morrell, Penny
    McAuliffe, Katie
    Schoening, Palmer
    Watson, Richard
    Brandon, Adam
    Perrin, Daniel
    Huelskamp, Tim
    Lopez, Mario H.
    Lukas, Carrie L.
    Higgins, Heather R.
    Giovanetti, Tom
    Trabert, Dave
    Hines, Lance
    Sutton, Paula G.
    Taylor, Jameson
    Jones, Timothy W.
    Sepp, Pete
    Stepanek, Stephen
    O'Brien, William
    Antani, Niraj J.
    Kropf, Jeff
    Maloy, Grant
    Montanari, Lorenzo
    Matheny, June
    Stenhouse, Mike
    Kerrigan, Karen
    Williams, David
    Phillips, Judson
    Martin, Jenny Beth
    Tripp, Edwin
    Thompson, Michael W.
    Schatz, Thomas A.
  • Institutional Authors
    Americans for Tax Reform
    60 Plus Association
    American Commitment
    American Consumer Institute
    Association of Mature American Citizens
    ALEC Action
    Center for Freedom and Prosperity
    Center for Individual Freedom
    Maine Center-Right Coalition
    Center for Worker Freedom
    Citizen Outreach
    Club for Growth
    Consumer Action for a Strong Economy
    Council for Citizens Against Government Waste
    Digital Liberty
    Maine Concerned Women for America
    Family Business Coalition
    Florida Center Right Coalition
    FreedomWorks
    HSA Coalition
    Heartland Institute
    Hispanic Leadership Fund
    Independent Women's Forum
    Independent Women's Voice
    Institute for Policy Innovation
    Kansas Policy Institute
    Mississippi Center for Public Policy
    Missouri Center-Right Coalition
    National Taxpayers Union
    New Hampshire Center Right Coalition
    Oregon Capitol Watch Foundation
    Property Rights Alliance
    Orlando Center-Right Coalition
    Pulaski County Republican Women
    Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
    Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council
    Taxpayers Protection Alliance
    Tea Party Nation
    Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund
    Boston Broadside
    Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy
    Citizens for Limited Taxation (Massachusetts)
  • Subject Area/Tax Topics
  • Jurisdictions
  • Tax Analysts Document Number
    2018-30633
  • Tax Analysts Electronic Citation
    2018 TNT 144-9
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