HR 1 · 115th Congress · Taxation

An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.

Introduced 2017-11-02· Sponsored by Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]· House

Bill Progress

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Latest: Became Public Law No: 115-97.(2017-12-22)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2017-12-20
Roll #699
Yea 224Nay 201
Democrats
0 Yea·189 Nay
Republicans
224 Yea·12 Nay
PassedHouse · 2017-12-20
Roll #699
Yea 224Nay 201
Democrats
0 Yea·189 Nay
Republicans
224 Yea·12 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Tax Cuts and Jobs Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce tax rates and modify policies, credits, and deductions for individuals and businesses. With respect to individuals, the bill: replaces the seven existing tax brackets (10%, 15%, 25%, 28%, 33%, 35%, and 39.6%) with four brackets (12%, 25%, 35%, and 39.6%), increases the standard deduction, repeals the deduction for personal exemptions, establishes a 25% maximum rate on the business income of individuals, increases the child tax credit and establishes a new family tax credit, repeals the overall limitation on certain itemized deductions, limits the mortgage interest deduction for debt incurred after November 2, 2017, to mortgages of up to $500,000 (currently $1 million), repeals the deduction for state and local income or sales taxes not paid or accrued in a trade or business, repeals the deduction for medical expenses, consolidates and repeals several education-related deductions and credits, repeals the alternative minimum tax, and repeals the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes in six years. For businesses, the bill: reduces the corporate tax rate from a maximum of 35% to a flat 20% rate (25% for …

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

Estimated deficits and debt under the Chairman’s amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Nov 8, 2017

As posted on the website of the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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H.R. 1, a bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2018

Nov 13, 2017

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on November 9, 2017

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H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Nov 13, 2017

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on November 9, 2017

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Effects of legislation that would raise deficits by an estimated $1.5 trillion over the 2018-2027 period

Nov 14, 2017

Letter to the Honorable Steny H. Hoyer

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Cost Estimate for the Conference Agreement on H.R. 1

Dec 16, 2017

Letter to the Honorable Kevin Brady, Chair of the Conference Committee on H.R. 1, with the estimated budgetary effects of the conference agreement as posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on December 15, 2017.

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Estimated Deficits and Debt Under the Conference Agreement of H.R. 1

Jan 3, 2018

As filed by the Conferees to H.R. 1 on December 15, 2017.

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Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (20)

20 Republicans