{"id":1943,"date":"2017-07-28T12:11:36","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T19:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theasoe.com\/blog\/?p=1943"},"modified":"2017-07-28T12:11:36","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T19:11:36","slug":"tax-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasoe.com\/blog\/?p=1943","title":{"rendered":"Tax Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that Johnny Mac has blown the healthcare reform out of the water until the next Congress, we can get back to subjects we’re more comfortable with on business.<\/p>\n

The next order of business for the Washington Wizards is tax reform, and there’s a good editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal outlining what’s supposed to be in the tax bill. After all the misinformation on healthcare, guys, let’s get this one right.<\/p>\n

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  1. Business (I’m presumptively speaking for it, with 85,000 readers, most of which are in the US)\u00a0would like a RATE CUT FIRST, to about 15% or so, which would make us competitive with the rest of the world.<\/li>\n
  2. We agree with the Journal, make the rate cuts retroactive to January 1, 2017. Many of our clients already have low tax rates, courtesy of buying depreciable assets, but there’s a limit as to how much they can buy (only their bankers know for sure).<\/li>\n
  3. Reform second, but it’s not clear what’s going to get reformed. Maybe a shorter, simpler tax code?\u00a0More liberal business expensing? There are a lot of carve-outs (eg electric cars’ tax credits), and maybe these need to get back to a more rational basis. State and local taxes used to be deductible, too.<\/li>\n
  4. If the business rate cut goes through, it will lop off about 15% of tax revenues (our estimate). How about cutting spending 15%? Mad Dog can probably even find some in defense. Workfare is back!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So, let’s go Wizards. We and the Journal have given you some starting points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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