Bill Details
HR.1833 - 119th Congress
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2025-03-04 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced Date
2025-03-04
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Taxation
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This bill would change the name of the standard deduction to the “guaranteed deduction” in the tax code starting with tax years after 2025. It would also add a temporary extra deduction for tax years 2026 and 2027, giving many taxpayers a larger deduction on their federal income taxes. The extra amount would be highest for married couples filing jointly, somewhat smaller for heads of household, and smaller still for other filers. The added deduction would phase out for higher-income taxpayers, and the income limits and deduction amounts would be adjusted for inflation after 2026.
- For tax years 2026 and 2027, the extra deduction would be:
- $4,000 for married couples filing jointly and surviving spouses
- $3,000 for heads of household
- $2,000 for everyone else
- For tax years after 2026, the extra deduction amounts would rise with inflation, with increases rounded down to the nearest $50.
- The extra deduction would start to shrink for taxpayers with higher income:
- over $400,000 for joint filers and surviving spouses
- over $300,000 for heads of household
- over $200,000 for other filers
- The bill would also make many related tax code references use the new name “guaranteed deduction” instead of “standard deduction.”
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1833 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1833
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to rename the standard
deduction the guaranteed deduction, and to add a bonus amount to the
guaranteed deduction for taxable years 2026 and 2027.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 4, 2025
Ms. Malliotakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means
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A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to rename the standard
deduction the guaranteed deduction, and to add a bonus amount to the
guaranteed deduction for taxable years 2026 and 2027.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Working Families Tax Cut Act''.
SEC. 2. STANDARD DEDUCTION RENAMED GUARANTEED DEDUCTION.
(a) In General.--Section 63 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended--
(1) by striking ``standard deduction'' each place it
appears and inserting ``guaranteed deduction'', and
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) in the heading, by striking ``Standard
Deduction'' and inserting ``Guaranteed Deduction'',
(B) in the heading of paragraph (2), by striking
``standard deduction'' and inserting ``guaranteed
deduction'',
(C) in the heading of paragraph (3), by striking
``standard deduction'' and inserting ``guaranteed
deduction'',
(D) in the heading of paragraph (5), by striking
``standard deduction'' and inserting ``guaranteed
deduction'',
(E) in the heading of paragraph (6), by striking
``standard deduction'' and inserting ``guaranteed
deduction'', and
(F) in the heading of paragraph (7)(A), by striking
``standard deduction'' and inserting ``guaranteed
deduction''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 1(g)(4)(A) of such Code is amended by striking
``standard deduction'' and inserting ``guaranteed deduction''.
(2) Section 56(b)(1)(D) of such Code is amended--
(A) in the heading, by striking ``Standard
deduction'' and inserting ``guaranteed deduction'', and
(B) by striking ``standard deduction'' and
inserting ``guaranteed deduction''.
(3) Section 861(b) of such Code is amended by striking
``standard deduction'' and inserting ``guaranteed deduction''.
(4) Section 862(b) of such Code is amended by striking
``standard deduction'' and inserting ``guaranteed deduction''.
(5) Section 1398(c) of such Code is amended--
(A) in the heading, by striking ``Standard
Deduction'' and inserting ``Guaranteed Deduction'',
(B) in the heading of paragraph (3), by striking
``standard deduction'' and inserting ``guaranteed
deduction'', and
(C) by striking ``standard deduction'' and
inserting ``guaranteed deduction''.
(6) Section 3402 of such Code is amended by striking
``standard deduction'' each place it appears and inserting
``guaranteed deduction''.
(7) Section 6012 of such Code is amended by striking
``standard deduction'' each place it appears and inserting
``guaranteed deduction''.
(8) Section 6013(b)(3)(A) of such Code is amended by
striking ``standard deduction'' and inserting ``guaranteed
deduction''.
(9) Section 6014(b)(4) of such Code is amended by striking
``standard deduction'' and inserting ``guaranteed deduction''.
(10) Section 6334 of such Code is amended by striking
``standard deduction'' each place it appears and inserting
``guaranteed deduction''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.
SEC. 3. BONUS GUARANTEED DEDUCTION FOR 2026 AND 2027.
(a) In General.--Section 63(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(as amended by section 2) is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
``(8) Bonus guaranteed deduction for taxable years 2026 and
2027.--
``(A) In general.--In the case of a taxable year
beginning after December 31, 2025, and before January
1, 2028, the guaranteed deduction shall be increased by
the amount of the bonus guaranteed deduction.
``(B) Bonus guaranteed deduction.--For purposes of
this paragraph, the bonus guaranteed deduction is--
``(i) $4,000 in the case of a joint return
or a surviving spouse (as defined in section
2(a)),
``(ii) $3,000 in the case of a head of
household, and
``(iii) $2,000 in any other case.
``(C) Adjustment for inflation.--In the case of a
taxable year beginning after 2026, each dollar amount
in subparagraph (B) shall be increased by an amount
equal to--
``(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by
``(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment
determined under section 1(f)(3) for the
calendar year in which the taxable year begins,
determined by substituting `2025' for `2016' in
subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.
If any increase under this subparagraph is not a
multiple of $50, such increase shall be rounded to the
next lowest multiple of $50.
``(D) Limitation on bonus guaranteed deduction
based on modified adjusted gross income.--
``(i) In general.--The bonus guaranteed
deduction determined under subparagraph (B)
shall be reduced (but not below zero) by 5
percent of so much of the taxpayer's modified
adjusted gross income as exceeds the threshold
amount. For purposes of the preceding sentence,
the term `modified adjusted gross income' means
adjusted gross income increased by any amount
excluded from gross income under section 911,
931, or 933.
``(ii) Threshold amount.--For purposes of
clause (i), the threshold amount is--
``(I) $400,000 in the case of a
joint return or a surviving spouse (as
defined in section 2(a)),
``(II) $300,000 in the case of a
head of household, and
``(III) $200,000 in any other
case.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this subsection shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.
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