📊 Tax Rates & Income Tax Structure
- Permanently extends the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) individual tax brackets and lower rates rather than allowing them to expire after 2025.
- Income tax brackets continue to be indexed for inflation.
📈 Standard Deduction & Personal Exemptions
- Standard deduction increased and made permanent:
• 2025 — $15,750 (single), $23,625 (head of household), $31,500 (married filing jointly).
• Indexed for inflation thereafter.
- Personal exemptions remain permanently eliminated.
🧒 Child Tax & Dependent Credits
- Child Tax Credit made permanent and increased to ~$2,200 per qualifying child with inflation indexing beginning after 2026.
- $500 credit for other dependents (like elderly parents or non-child dependents) also made permanent.
🏡 State & Local Tax (SALT) Deduction
- SALT cap temporarily increased from $10,000 to $40,000 for individual filers through 2029 (phase-outs above $500,000 AGI).
👵 Senior & Other Special Deductions (Temporary)
- Additional senior deduction ($6,000 for age 65+) for 2025–2028 (phases out with income).
- “No Tax on Tips” deduction: up to $25,000 in qualified tips deductible annually (phase-outs based on income).
- New deduction for auto loan interest on qualifying U.S.-assembled vehicle loans (up to $10,000).
- “No Tax on Overtime” deduction: up to $25,000 in qualified overtime (phase-outs based on income).
💼 Qualified Business Income & Other Deductions
- Qualified Business Income (QBI) deduction (20%) is made permanent for eligible pass-through income.
- Expanded Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution limits for certain income categories.
- Mortgage interest deduction limits from TCJA continue permanently (up to $750,000 of acquisition debt).
- Casualty loss deduction rules remain limited to federally or certain state-declared disasters.
📉 Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)
- AMT exemption amounts and phaseouts from TCJA made permanent for individuals (higher thresholds).
🪙 Estate & Gift Tax
- Estate and gift tax exemption increased to $15 million per person (indexed for inflation), permanently.
🌱 Repeals & Expirations of Other Credits
- Certain clean energy and electric vehicle tax credits are ended early compared to prior law.
🧾 What This Means for Individuals
- Most lower tax rates and larger deductions under the 2017 tax law are now permanent.
- New deductions and credits (tips, car interest, senior deduction) provide extra relief through 2028.
- Higher limits on SALT and estate exemptions benefit taxpayers in high-tax states and those with estates.
- Some energy and clean-energy tax incentives are reduced or repealed earlier than previously scheduled.