Though the recession had technically ended, many Americans were still reeling from its effects.

Feb 28, Congress scheduled the Bush tax cuts to expire in to comply with the Byrd rule, which prohibits any tax law to increase the deficit beyond 10 years.

However, that was a mid-term election year. No Congressperson wanted to jeopardize re-election by voting against a proposed extension to the Bush tax cuts and thereby raising taxes on low- and middle-income Americans.

Oct 23, The biggest tax policy changes enacted under President George W. Bush were the 20tax cuts, often referred to as the “Bush tax cuts” but formally named the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of (EGTRRA) and the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of (JGTRRA). High-income taxpayers benefitted most from these tax cuts, with the top 1 percent of households receiving an average tax cut Estimated Reading Time: 11 mins.

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Feb 20, The Bush tax cuts phased out the death tax. It was supposed to be completely eliminated after However, after being dormant for one year inthe deal between President Obama and. The Bush tax cuts are currently scheduled to expire at the end ofand the tax parameters revert back to their values (the current law baseline).

Figure 4 displays the trend in federal deficits as a percentage of GDP from to Under current law, the federal deficit is projected to decline from % of GDP in to less than 2% of GDP in If the Bush tax.

The Bush tax cuts under EGTRRA and JGTRRA were slated to expire in andrespectively. However, following the economic recession, the tax cuts were extended to The Bush tax cuts are scheduled to expire at the end ofand the tax parameters revert back to their values (the current law baseline).

Some policymakers have proposed to permanently extend the Bush tax cuts (for example, the Tax Hike Prevention Act of (S. ) introduced by Senator Mitch McConnell). CBO estimates that permanently extending the tax provisions of EGTRRA and JGTRRA Cited by: 1.

Jun 07, In order to make such a large tax cut politically palatable, and in order to conform to procedural rules in the Senate, Bush tax cuts scheduled designed the bill such that most of the provisions were set to expire on December 31 st, The impending expiration of the Bush tax cuts became a major focus of the tax debate during the first decade of the takedownstump.barted Reading Time: 7 mins.

Jan 02, With Tuesday’s House vote, the George W. Bush tax cuts, born inreach a new milestone. Originally scheduled to expire at the end ofthey Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. Jun 07, Debt will reach 93 percent of GDP by if the bonus tax cuts on income of more than, are allowed to expire but the rest remain.

If we allow all the Bush tax cuts to Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins.