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Legislative Progress
Introduced
February 14, 2017
Latest Action
February 14, 2017
Primary Sponsor
Michael C. BurgessRepublican(TX)
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Flat Tax Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize an individual or a person engaged in business activity to make an irrevocable election to be subject to a flat tax (in lieu of the existing income tax provisions) of 19% for the first two years after an election is made, and 17% thereafter. The bill calculates taxable income for individual taxpayers by subtracting a basic standard deduction and an additional standard deduction for each dependent from the total of wages, retirement distributions, and unemployment compensation. "Business taxable income" is gross active income reduced by certain deductions for the cost of business inputs, wages, and retirement contributions. The bill imposes an employer tax on the value of excludable compensation provided to employees not engaged in business activity of 19% for the first two years after an election is made under this bill and 17% thereafter. The bill also repeals the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. A two-thirds vote of the House of Representatives and the Senate is required to increase the flat tax rate proposed by this bill or to reduce the amount of the standard deduction or business-related deductions allowed by this bill.
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H.R. 1, "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" H.R. 25, S. 18, Fair Tax Act of 2017 H.R. 451, Permanently Repeal the Estate Tax Act of 2017 H.R. 198 and H.R. 631, S. 205, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 H.R. 1040, Flat Tax Act H.R. 29, Tax Code Termination Act H.R. 1262, Clarify the tax treatment of certain life insurance contract transactions S. 868, Amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a lifetime income disclosure S. 707 and H.R. 116, Main Street Fairness Act Life insurance issues related to tax reform
Client expense: $1,281,345 · Firm income: Not reported
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Congress.gov source codes: H11100, H11100-A
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
H.R. 25, S. 18, Fair Tax Act of 2017 H.R. 451, Permanently Repeal the Estate Tax Act of 2017 H.R. 198 and H.R. 631, S. 205, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 H.R. 1040, Flat Tax Act H.R. 29, Tax Code Termination Act H.R. 1262, Clarify the tax treatment of certain life insurance contract transactions S. 868, Amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a lifetime income disclosure S. 707 and H.R. 116, Main Street Fairness Act Life insurance issues related to tax reform
Client expense: $775,266 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
H.R. 25, S. 18, Fair Tax Act of 2017 H.R. 451, Permanently Repeal the Estate Tax Act of 2017 H.R. 198 and H.R. 631, S. 205, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 H.R. 1040, Flat Tax Act H.R. 29, Tax Code Termination Act H.R. 1262, Clarify the tax treatment of certain life insurance contract transactions S. 868, Amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a lifetime income disclosure S. 707 and H.R. 116, Main Street Fairness Act
Client expense: $682,009 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
H.R. 25, S. 18, Fair Tax Act of 2017 H.R. 451, Permanently Repeal the Estate Tax Act of 2017 H.R. 198 and H.R. 631, S. 205, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 H.R. 1040, Flat Tax Act H.R. 29, Tax Code Termination Act H.R. 1262, Clarify the tax treatment of certain life insurance contract transactions S. 868, Amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a lifetime income disclosure
Client expense: $708,692 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE