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Dergy [S] 22 points ago +23 / -1

Here's one thing I've found so far:

  1. Limit itemized deductions A ninth change Biden calls for is a cap on itemized deductions of 28%. This is to say that for each dollar of itemized tax deductions, including charitable contributions, a taxpayer or couple filing jointly would only receive a maximum benefit of $0.28. This 28% limit would hold true even if a filer is paying a higher marginal tax rate.

If this sounds in any way familiar, it's because the 28% itemized deduction threshold was championed by President Obama in the 2010s, as well as supported by his then-Vice President Joe Biden.

https://www.fool.com/taxes/2020/08/23/12-tax-changes-joe-biden-wants-to-make/

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Dergy [S] 10 points ago +10 / -0

The 28% the Obama plan had included deduction of mortgage interest: https://www.fool.com/taxes/2013/04/11/how-the-obama-budget-would-change-your-taxes.aspx

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Dergy [S] 11 points ago +11 / -0

The first and most obvious answer is that middle-class tax brackets would go up. Middle-class families by and large fall into the 12%, the 22%, or the 24% tax rates on the margin (that is, on their last dollar subject to income tax). If Biden gets his way, these tax brackets would rise to 15%, 25%, and 28% (respectively). https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/if-youre-in-the-middle-class-joe-biden-wants-to-raise-your-taxes

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Dergy [S] 8 points ago +8 / -0

That equates to about $1,500 a year at 50k there.

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Dergy [S] 7 points ago +8 / -1

This fact checker said the tax brackets wouldn't change https://checkyourfact.com/2020/10/16/fact-check-joe-biden-federal-property-tax-increase/, so now you have to decide if this "fact checker" who has no expertise in the area of taxes https://twitter.com/AtienzaElias or this guy who does have tax bonafides: https://twitter.com/ryanlellis is correct.

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MeatloafFvck 2 points ago +2 / -0

I remember this