| This week, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) released a memo outlining the House GOP's supposed "jobs agenda." In addition to being an assault on organized labor and recommending the elimination of environmental regulations that save tens of thousands of lives every year, the document proposes reviving some of the GOP's favorite tax cuts, including the so-called "20% Small Business Tax Deduction."
The GOP plan proposes to allow a "small business" to take a tax deduction of 20% of its pretax income, whether the small business is a corporation or a sole proprietor. The plan defines a "small business" as one with 500 or fewer employees. It makes no distinction based on income. A "small business" making $100 million would get to deduct $20 million of its income right off the top. (A company with slightly more than 500 employees would have an great incentive to lay off!!) |
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