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This bill matters because it directly impacts how much income many workers have to pay taxes on, potentially reducing their tax burden. Currently, most work-related expenses paid by employees, including union dues, cannot be deducted due to changes made in 2017. If this bill becomes law, union members would see an immediate benefit, as their dues would reduce their taxable income directly.
For other employees with significant out-of-pocket work costs, it restores a deduction that was taken away, helping to offset some of those expenses. If it doesn't pass, workers will continue to be unable to deduct these expenses until at least 2026, when the current suspension is set to expire for miscellaneous itemized deductions, and union dues would still not have the "above-the-line" treatment.
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This bill matters because it directly impacts how much income many workers have to pay taxes on, potentially reducing their tax burden. Currently, most work-related expenses paid by employees, including union dues, cannot be deducted due to changes made in 2017. If this bill becomes law, union members would see an immediate benefit, as their dues would reduce their taxable income directly.
For other employees with significant out-of-pocket work costs, it restores a deduction that was taken away, helping to offset some of those expenses. If it doesn't pass, workers will continue to be unable to deduct these expenses until at least 2026, when the current suspension is set to expire for miscellaneous itemized deductions, and union dues would still not have the "above-the-line" treatment.
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