CBPP: Passthrough Deduction May Encourage Harmful Workplace Trend

CBPP: Passthrough Deduction May Encourage Harmful Workplace Trend

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

The new 20 percent deduction for passthrough income may contribute to workplace fissuring as it encourages employers to hire workers as independent contractors and to push workers outside of direct employment, which can lower wages and weaken worker benefits, Brendan Duke of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities said in a December 19 report.

The new 20 percent deduction for passthrough income may contribute to workplace fissuring as it encourages employers to hire workers as independent contractors and to push workers outside of direct employment, which can lower wages and weaken worker benefits, Brendan Duke of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities said in a December 19 report.

The new 20 percent deduction for passthrough income may contribute to workplace fissuring as it encourages employers to hire workers as independent contractors and to push workers outside of direct employment, which can lower wages and weaken worker benefits, Brendan Duke of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities said in a December 19 report.

The new 20 percent deduction for passthrough income may contribute to workplace fissuring as it encourages employers to hire workers as independent contractors and to push workers outside of direct employment, which can lower wages and weaken worker benefits, Brendan Duke of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities said in a December 19 report.