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December 17, 2024 Top Federal Tax Rate Will Increase to 43.4% for 26 Million Small Businesses if Congress Fails to Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Small businesses drive America’s economy, generating jobs and economic growth in communities big and small all across the…

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December 16, 2024 Critical Protections Against Illegal Immigrant Abuse of Tax Code Disappear if Congress Fails to Act

Safeguards put in place to help prevent Child Tax Credit (CTC) benefits from flowing to illegal immigrants, that Republicans passed…

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December 13, 2024 Chairman Smith Welcomes New Republican Members of the Ways and Means Committee for the 119th Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement welcoming the new Republican members to…

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December 13, 2024 91 Percent of Americans Could Lose Half of Their Guaranteed Deduction

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Any unnecessary delay in extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts heightens the risk that all Americans will see…

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December 11, 2024 40 Million Families at Risk of Seeing Child Tax Credit Slashed in Half

Protecting Families From Tax Hikes Must Be An Immediate Priority of Next Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. – The 2017 Trump tax cuts…

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December 11, 2024 Chairman Smith: Americans Ready to Turn The Page on Bidenomics

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics…

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December 10, 2024 ICYMI – Chairman Smith on Kudlow: House Republicans Ready to Pass Trump’s Economic Agenda

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an interview with Larry Kudlow, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) stressed the importance…

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December 09, 2024 Once Again, CBO Stacks the Deck Against Tax Relief for American Families and Workers

Washington, D.C. – Allowing the 2017 Trump tax cuts to expire will result in weak economic growth and private investment, Americans…

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December 09, 2024 Smith Statement on Reappointment as Ways & Means Chairman for 119th Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after being reappointed by the Republican…

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