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Brad Schneider: “It benefits about 90% of tax filers.”

Featuring: Brad Schneider, Democratic | U.S. House Illinois, 10th Congressional District

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Rep. Van Duyne asks witnesses how the Working Families Tax Cuts are Delivering for Americans

Published | Video Starts at 04:14

… how beneficial is the permanent boosted standard deduction for middle class workers in terms of things like reporting requirements from itemizing and keeping their hard earned income? Yeah, great question. It benefits about 90% of tax filers. It's about 12 billion to 18 billion. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It affects how many? 90% of tax filers roughly. So the vast majority of the country takes the standard deduction. (04:14–04:18)

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