TAX PROPOSALS IN THE NEW “BUILD BACK BETTER” FRAMEWORK

"The White House released a new framework for the build back better plan, followed by a preliminary draft of the Bill from the house rules committee." 

Included in the proposal is a spending and tax plan. The specifics of the plan are complicated and involve "rapidly evolving, Congressional dynamics." 

The House Rules Committee text did not include provisions for tax changes like lowering of gift and estate tax exemption amounts; limitations on grantor trusts; increased corporate, income and capital gain tax rates; and provisions related to IRAs and Roth IRAs. Also notably left out was the "Billionaire Income Tax." 

Draft provisions that were included were: 

• A 15% minimum tax on corporations with more than $1 billion in profits, 1% surcharge on corporate stock buybacks for public companies, and 15% global minimum tax
• An income surtax applying a 5% percent rate on modified adjusted gross income (AGI) over $10 million, and an additional 3% on modified AGI above $25 million. The income surtax thresholds are lower for trusts, applying a 5% surtax on modified AGI over $200,000, and an additional 3% surtax on modified AGI over $500,000
• An expansion of the 3.8% net investment income (NII) tax to business profits for material participants making over $400,000, joint filers over $500,000 and all trust and estates (regardless of income levels)
• Limitation of the qualified small business stock exclusion to 50% for most sales of QSBS after September 13, 2021
• Limitations on excess business losses of noncorporate taxpayers, including a no-carryover of disallowed losses

See TAX PROPOSALS IN THE NEW “BUILD BACK BETTER” FRAMEWORK, Wealth: Northern Trust, October 28, 2021. 

Special thanks to Joel C. Dobris (Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law) for bringing this article to my attention.