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Just heard that the tax rate on pass-through income will be 20%!
I don't know if most folks know what that means. I know what it means for me and my partners. It means that we and other tens of thousands of professionals like us and working in "high dollar" firms -- doctors, consultants, accountants, attorneys, engineers, architects, etc. -- even though we earn very handsome incomes, we'll pay federal income tax on our incomes at rates lower than will people who earn less or more and are paid as employees.
I wouldn't have much to say about the drop in the tax rate, but for the fact that the drop amounts, for many such folks, to a 19.6% tax cut! If you think your doctor(s) are well-off now, make no mistake, they are about to see a huge bump in their after-tax income. To see what I mean, check out what the taxable income range is for folks in the current 15% and 25% brackets. Now consider that people such as those I've described above and who quite often earn or earn more than $420K/year will be paying in comparison to folks who fall into the 15% to 25% bracket range.
I don't know if most folks know what that means. I know what it means for me and my partners. It means that we and other tens of thousands of professionals like us and working in "high dollar" firms -- doctors, consultants, accountants, attorneys, engineers, architects, etc. -- even though we earn very handsome incomes, we'll pay federal income tax on our incomes at rates lower than will people who earn less or more and are paid as employees.
I wouldn't have much to say about the drop in the tax rate, but for the fact that the drop amounts, for many such folks, to a 19.6% tax cut! If you think your doctor(s) are well-off now, make no mistake, they are about to see a huge bump in their after-tax income. To see what I mean, check out what the taxable income range is for folks in the current 15% and 25% brackets. Now consider that people such as those I've described above and who quite often earn or earn more than $420K/year will be paying in comparison to folks who fall into the 15% to 25% bracket range.