https://thehill.com/opinion/finance...enefited-middle-working-class-americans-most/
IRS data proves Trump tax cuts benefited middle, working-class Americans most
The fact is, Republicans’ 2017 tax reform law did exactly what was promised: It lowered taxes for all income groups, provided the greatest benefits for middle-income households, and spurred economic growth that helped reduce poverty and improve prosperity.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-tax-cuts-working-middle-class-rich-wealthy-11663018174
The Trump Tax Cuts Were Not ‘Tax Cuts for the Rich’
The most significant benefits accrued to working- and middle-class filers.
IRS data reveal that all income brackets benefited as result of the Trump tax reforms, with the most significant benefits accruing to working- and middle-class filers, not to the wealthiest, as media and Democrats have ceaselessly claimed. For instance, those earning between $50,000 and $100,000 a year had a reduction in taxes of about 17%, while those with $100,000 to $500,000 in income saw their tax bill reduced by about 13%. All working Americans shared in the economic benefits of the 2017 legislation.
https://www.grassley.senate.gov/new...cans-saw-biggest-tax-reduction-trump-tax-cuts
ICYMI: IRS Data: Middle Class Americans Saw Biggest Tax Reduction From Trump Tax Cuts
By Alex Hendrie
Americans for Tax Reform
Published September 22, 2020
The IRS has
released 2018 Statistics of Income (SOI) data.
This data shows that middle income American families saw the biggest tax cut – measured as the percentage decrease in "total tax liability" between 2017 and 2018 – from the Trump-Republican Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).
Total tax liability includes federal income taxes as well as taxes listed on IRS form 1040 such as social security taxes on self-employment income and tax applicable to individual retirement arrangements (IRAs).
As the data notes, Americans with incomes between $50,000 and $100,000 saw their tax liability drop by twice as much as Americans with income above $1 million:
- Americans with adjusted gross income (AGI) of $50,000 to $74,999 saw a 13.2 percent reduction in average tax liabilities between 2017 and 2018.
- Americans with AGI of between $75,000 and $99,999 saw a 13.6 percent reduction in average federal tax liability between 2017 and 2018.
- Americans with AGI of $1 million or above saw a 5.8 percent reduction in average federal tax liability between 2017 and 2018, less than half the tax cut seen by Americans with AGI between $50,000 and $100,000.