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President Biden's tax plan in progress

Bob8283
Level 1

Anybody think the tax plan in progress (Feb-21) will have any changes to the 2020 tax filing?

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TaxGuyBill
Level 15

I can't imagine that it would, at least not to any significant affect.  While it could be possible to have some seldom-used provisions that would be retroactive, the mainstream part of it would not take effect until 2021.

IRonMaN
Level 15

No.

But I am a bit curious.  Since so many folks think he lost the election and isn't the real president, will they accept any benefits that come their way or will they refuse them since he isn't their president?


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abctax55
Level 15

Hold your horses....

I did see on a different list-serve that there IS discussion of declaring some/all of the Federal $600/week unemployment to be non-taxable and yes, for 2020.

I swear if that does pass at this late date I am going to shut down my practice until April 1st in hopes that by THEN they will have stopped with this last minute/after the fact crap.  And I'll just put everyone on extension and disappear for a few months.

 

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Just-Lisa-Now-
Level 15
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@IRonMaN wrote:

No.

But I am a bit curious.  Since so many folks think he lost the election and isn't the real president, will they accept any benefits that come their way or will they refuse them since he isn't their president?


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IRonMaN
Level 15

April 1st?  But you might miss out on being part of the tax professionals storming of the Capitol Building if you are taking off until then.


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IRonMaN
Level 15

@Just-Lisa-Now-  - yeah I missed that.  But I don't follow stuff that is way, way out there.  I spend my spare doing worthwhile things like tracking Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster.


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TaxGuyBill
Level 15

@abctax55 wrote:

Hold your horses....

I did see on a different list-serve that there IS discussion of declaring some/all of the Federal $600/week unemployment to be non-taxable and yes, for 2020.


 

I REALLY hope that Congress isn't stupid enough to retroactively do that at such a late date.  I have not read about that, but I suspect that the "discussion" will just be that, and not make it to law.  There are countless "discussions" about things, but the vast majority don't make it to becoming the law.  But with the ongoing stupidity of politicians, who knows what will actually happen.

 

Just-Lisa-Now-
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Just-Lisa-Now-
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I miss bigfoot and the loch ness monster those were fun ones!

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TaxGuyBill
Level 15

Just a proposed bill means nothing.

But I think it is funny that the Senator said he was "proud" to introduce that legislation ... almost a YEAR after the CARES act passed that expanded and extended unemployment.  I would be embarrassed if I were him.

pamdory
Level 8

Thank you for this!! 

I will be setting aside the returns with unemployment income for the moment.

I need to check in with this gang more often...

abctax55
Level 15

I need to check in with this gang more often...

If only for the laughs & sparkling repartee.

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BobKamman
Level 15

The big issue is whether eligibility for the $1,400 EIP#3 will be based on 2019 income, 2020 income, or maybe 2018 for the 7 million whose 2019 returns are still being processed.  And then, for those who don't receive it, will it be added to the rebate recovery credit for 2020 -- which IRS could compute, once the return is processed -- or for 2021.  

There's precedent for excluding part of unemployment benefits.  I think the amount was $2,400, back in 2009.  But pay no attention to the headline grabbers, who should just stick with their committee work.  Not only would it mess up IRS, but many states that use federal AGI as a starting point for taxable income. 

The sense of the Senate was that taxpayers with "higher incomes" should not receive EIP#3, but of course none of the people making $174K a year wanted to define that amount.  The number $300K was thrown around, and I thought, where have they come anywhere close to that?  But I don't remember how EIP#1 and EIP#2 were computed for families with a dozen kids.  Maybe the income cutoff was that high, for them., 

Then there's the guy who invented Obamacare, back when it was promoted by conservatives like the Heritage Foundation, and installed it in Massachusetts.  He recently popped up in Utah, promoting universal income for families with children, some or all of to replace EIC and CTC.  That's the kind of Marxist Socialism we may see later this year.  Unity in the Senate, brought to you by Mittens and Mitt.  

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itonewbie
Level 15

In terms of EIP3, I'd think they should go with MAGI instead of AGI.  It is unusual for benefits such as this to be computed on AGI and to think that they didn't find it important enough to address not once but twice in spite of the fiscal impact.  I tend to think there wouldn't be a third time.

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BobKamman
Level 15

@itonewbie 

What are you adding to AGI to get MAGI?  Untaxed Social Security benefits?  There goes the AARP vote.  Then there are VA benefits.  You're going to cut off the guys in the Soldiers' Home?

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itonewbie
Level 15

@BobKamman 

I should have been more specific.  MAGI is defined differently, depending on the code section.  I was referring to §911 exclusions, which are substantial.

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BobKamman
Level 15

@itonewbie 

I figured you were living in your own little world.  Or rather, your own big world.  But now I look forward to raising a fuss, to see if I can get IRS to enact legislation without the benefit of Congress, as it did with decedents and inmates.  

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itonewbie
Level 15

@BobKamman  I'm not the only one who noticed that you're in the habit of speculating about people you don't know.

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IRonMaN
Level 15

As the philosopher Rodney King once said - can't we all get along?


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qbteachmt
Level 15

"can't we all get along?"

Apparently, no, not all of us. Some of us seem to find personal statements about others to be necessary, instead of pausing before hitting that reply button and reconsidering that reply.

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