HatchSumDet

Effects of Orrin Hatch’s “Tax Simplification” Plan
(Annual effects at 1999 income levels, $-billions)
Income Group Number of tax units (000) Income Range Average Income Repeal Alternative Minimum Tax Repeal Itemized Disallowance & Personal Exemption Phase-Out More Capital Gains Tax Cuts Earned-Income Tax Credit Increases Total Tax Cuts
Lowest 20%   Less than $13,600 $ 8,600 $ — $ — $ –0.0 $ –0.2 $ –0.2
Second 20%   $13,600–24,400 18,800 — — –0.1 –3.6 –3.6
Middle 20%   $24,400–39,300 31,100 –0.0 — –0.2 –4.2 –4.3
Fourth 20%   $39,300–64,900 50,700 –0.1 –0.0 –0.8 –0.2 –1.1
Next 15%   $64,900–130,000 86,800 –0.6 –0.1 –2.8 — –3.4
Next 4%   $130,000–319,000 183,000 –1.5 –3.7 –3.3 — –8.6
Top 1%   $319,000 or more 915,000 –2.3 –12.4 –5.2 — –19.9
ALL     $ 50,800 $ –4.5 $ –16.2 $ –12.4 $ –8.2 $ –41.2
ADDENDUM                
Bottom 60%   Less than $39,300 $ 19,500 $ –0.0 $ — $ –0.3 $ –7.9 $ –8.2
Top 10%   $92,500 or more 218,000 –4.2 –16.1 –9.8 — –30.2
                 
                 

Last Updated on 6/20/2000
By Michael Ettlinger