After weeks of heated Congressional negotiations on Capitol Hill, a tax bill has finally been cleared for President Obama’s signature. The bill temporarily extends the 2001 and 2003 federal income tax rate cuts, extends unemployment insurance for 13 months, provides new payroll tax breaks, reinstates the estate tax, and more.
The good news: The new law will give taxpayers a bit of clarity—and an opportunity to plan with relative confidence knowing that the playing field won’t change dramatically, at least for two years. But beyond that, an increase in the Medicare tax for upper-income Americans is slated for 2013. And more changes are likely in the future, given the pressure to raise revenues to reduce the deficit, and talk of sweeping tax reform.
Passage of this tax bill ensures that individuals at all income levels won’t face an automatic tax increase in January. The bill provides taxpayers with some certainty, but Congress will be back at the table having the same debate in two years.
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