Tax Bill

[thethe]

regardless, I am responsible for my taxes and am curious how and what is changed

Speak to your tax preparer. If you have specific questions I'll be happy to answer them for you.

[57Brave]

You are saying there is you (have) / there (are ) no links to answer questions on this bill that was intended to simplify the tax structure.

[thethe]

You are saying there is you (have) / there (are ) no links to answer questions on this bill that was intended to simplify the tax structure.

There is plenty of sources. Will the lay person understand tax law? Not sure about the answer to that.

[goldfly]

making billions upon billions for years making a few people of a family richer than over half the country combined

and they get praised cause they cite a tax bill that will make them richer by giving less than $3 a day bonus to workers

ah, i feel the trickle down

[sturg33]

regardless, I am responsible for my taxes and am curious how and what is changed

You can look it up

[sturg33]

Lol you guys are sad.

Billions of bonuses have already been announced.

Minimum wage hikes have been announced by dozens of massive companies.

Yall can't be happy about that?

[57Brave]

You can look it up

That was what I asked, where to look it up

[57Brave]

Lol you guys are sad.

Billions of bonuses have already been announced.

Minimum wage hikes have been announced by dozens of massive companies.

Yall can't be happy about that?

Wal-Mart minimum hike was announced before tax bill.
While learning that also learned 154 stores will close this year.
Cutting corporate expenses further.
At the cost of ...

[thethe]

Lol you guys are sad.

Billions of bonuses have already been announced.

Minimum wage hikes have been announced by dozens of massive companies.

Yall can't be happy about that?

This message from the left will resonate well with voters who got bonuese/pay raises.

[Tapate50]

ACA after these number of years is proving to be the proverbial vampire that just won't die.
How many attempts to kill it this year ?
Outside of Right Wing talking points it has hardly being referred to as a debacle.
Not far enough for some, but hardly a debacle

Leading an outside opinion to derive, it has been effective.
Perhaps this attempt at tax cuts will prove effective, we don't know.

$20 a week before taxes . Half a tank of gas is a half a tank of gas I guess
Funny how these bonus are subject to taxes yet these tax cuts for others --- go the opposite direction

No one has answered, are these bonus' now annual or a one off

Vampire indeed. Premiums are crushing people in our corner of GA. I guess that's positive? Not from I can tell. No one is calling in looking for coverage that didn't have it before, and the only ones I've seen benefit are the people getting the gov't reimbursement which should be unsustainable long term.

People that had small group coverage before are getting slayed.

[sturg33]

That was what I asked, where to look it up

There's a new company called Google.com. I'd try that out

[sturg33]

This message from the left will resonate well with voters who got bonuese/pay raises.

"LOL $1,000??? Yall don't know what REAL money looks like. Enjoy your pittance!"

[Jaw]

they throw you $20 a week for a year so Trump can make $30,000 a day . For years. Plural

Nope. You earn an extra $1,000. For doing the same stuff you were already doing. Just because the government suddenly confiscates less of it.

[Jaw]

"LOL $1,000??? Yall don't know what REAL money looks like. Enjoy your pittance!"

That is exactly the tone coming from the Democrat side of the aisle right now. It's unbelievable.

[Jaw]

Vampire indeed. Premiums are crushing people in our corner of GA. I guess that's positive? Not from I can tell. No one is calling in looking for coverage that didn't have it before, and the only ones I've seen benefit are the people getting the gov't reimbursement which should be unsustainable long term.

People that had small group coverage before are getting slayed.

Yep. It will push my wife back in to the workforce this year. It sucks, but what can you do when you look down and realize health insurance costs more than your mortgage, car payment, and electric bills?

[thethe]

That is exactly the tone coming from the Democrat side of the aisle right now. It's unbelievable.

Winning messages

[Julio3000]

I'm just not sure the cause-and-effect here is as clear cut as you guys are suggesting it is.

Wal-Mart (for example) is not going to start paying workers more and offering better benefits because they want to. A tight and competitive labor market dictates that they should.

[Julio3000]

That is exactly the tone coming from the Democrat side of the aisle right now. It's unbelievable.

I think the message is more that the modest and temporary benefits that most folks will see from the tax bill don't do much to address the needs of their households.

And a $1000 bonus is terrific. My wife got a bonus like that (pre tax bill). Cool. That's less than 2/3 of our monthly child care costs. She has student loans. And let's not even talk about health care.

It's not that $1000 is nothing, it's just irrelevant to what actually hampers working families from getting ahead.

[sturg33]

I'm just not sure the cause-and-effect here is as clear cut as you guys are suggesting it is.

Wal-Mart (for example) is not going to start paying workers more and offering better benefits because they want to. A tight and competitive labor market dictates that they should.

Walmart has increased its minimum wage by 22% in 2 years. They do it for a competitive advantage, but this tax bill makes those decisions easier.

They are the biggest employer in the world and just committed nearly a billion $ to their workforce

[sturg33]

Walmart has increased its minimum wage by 22% in 2 years. They do it for a competitive advantage, but this tax bill makes those decisions easier.

They are the biggest employer in the world and just committed nearly a billion $ to their workforce

People wanna focus on the bonuses... That's fine.

But we've seen pay increases, 401k increases, cost reductions (utility companies), benefit increases, Capex commitments, charitable contributions increases as well.

The bill passed last month.

Not to mention the increase in stock equities and eventually earnings which should increase dividends

I'm not sure why this is being downplayed from the left. The benefits are helping everyone financially