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24-452: ACRS may refer to: Accelerated Cost Recovery System , a historical 1981 accounting practice that preceded the 1986 (&forward) "Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System" ( MACRS ) Air Cushion Restraint System , an early airbag implementation by General Motors Area Coverage Rate (Sustained), a measurement of the effectiveness of Mine countermeasures Ancient Culture Research Society ,

48-464: A major tax cut during the Carter presidency , but President Jimmy Carter prevented the bill from passing out of concern about the deficit. Advocates of supply-side economics like Kemp and Reagan asserted that cutting taxes would ultimately lead to higher government revenue because of economic growth, a proposition that was challenged by many economists. Upon taking office, Reagan made the passage of

72-730: A majority in the US House of Representatives during the 97th Congress, but Reagan convinced conservative Democrats like Phil Gramm to support the bill. The Act passed the US Congress on August 4, 1981, and it was signed into law by Reagan on August 13, 1981. It was one of the largest tax cuts in US history, and ERTA and the Tax Reform Act of 1986 are known together as the Reagan tax cuts . Along with spending cuts, Reagan's tax cuts were

96-810: A non-profit organisation focusing on archaeological research Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards , part of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Arms Control and Regional Security in the Middle East , a working group formed as a result of the Madrid Conference of 1991 Asian Conference on Remote Sensing , a yearly event spearheaded by the Asian Association of Remote Sensing (AARS) , Asia's largest society of remote sensing scientists and professionals Astrographic Catalog Reference Stars ,

120-653: A star catalog published by the U. S. Naval Observatory Australian Camellia Research Society , a society with a register of Camellia's bred in Australia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title ACRS . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ACRS&oldid=1219865124 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

144-484: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Accelerated Cost Recovery System Representative Jack Kemp and Senator William Roth , both Republicans , had nearly won passage of a tax cut during the Carter presidency , but President Jimmy Carter feared an increase in the deficit and so prevented the bill's passage. Reagan made a major tax cut his top priority once he had taken office. The Democrats maintained

168-678: The Hundred Days of Franklin Roosevelt ." The Accelerated Cost Recovery System (ACRS) was a major component of the Act and was amended in 1986 to become the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System . The system changed how depreciation deductions are allowed for tax purposes. The assets were placed into categories: 3, 5, 10, or 15 years of life. Reducing the tax liability would put more cash into

192-591: The Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA), which is sometimes called the largest tax increase of the postwar period . The Office of Tax Analysis of the United States Department of the Treasury summarized the tax changes as follows: The accelerated depreciation changes were repealed by the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 , and the 15% interest exclusion

216-419: The 1980s economic expansion that eventually lowered the deficits. After peaking in 1986 at $ 221 billion the deficit fell to $ 152 billion by 1989. The Office of Tax Analysis estimated that the act lowered federal income tax revenue by 13% from what it would have been in the bill's absence. Canada, which had adopted the indexing of income tax in the early 1970s, saw deficits at similar and even larger levels to

240-538: The United States in the late 1970s and the early 1980s. The non-partisan Congressional Research Service (in the Library of Congress ) issued a report in 2012 analyzing the effects of tax rates from 1945 to 2010. It concluded that top tax rates have no positive effect on economic growth, saving, investment, or productivity growth. However, the reduced top tax rates increase income inequality: Tax revenue from

264-480: The act claim that it worsened federal budget deficits, but supporters credit it for bolstering the economy during the 1980s. Supply-siders argued that the tax cuts would increase tax revenues. However, tax revenues declined relative to a baseline without the cuts because of the tax cuts, and the fiscal deficit ballooned during the Reagan presidency . Much of the 1981 Act was reversed in September 1982 by

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288-598: The bill his top domestic priority. As Democrats controlled the House of Representatives, the passage of any bill would require the support of some House Democrats in addition to that of Republicans. Reagan's victory in the 1980 presidential campaign had united Republicans around his leadership, and conservative Democrats like Phil Gramm of Texas (who would later switch parties ) were eager to back some of Reagan's conservative policies. Throughout 1981, Reagan frequently met with members of Congress and focused especially on winning

312-457: The centerpiece of what some contemporaries described as the conservative " Reagan Revolution ." Included in the act was an across-the-board decrease in the rates of federal income tax . The highest marginal tax rate fell from 70% to 50%, the lowest marginal rate from 14% to 11%. To prevent future bracket creep , the new tax rates were indexed for inflation . Also reduced were estate taxes , capital gains taxes, and corporate taxes. Critics of

336-562: The credit for earned income was 20%. The amount for a married taxpayer to file a joint return increased under the Economic Recovery Tax Act to $ 125,000 from the $ 100,000 allowed under the 1976 Act. A single person was limited to an exclusion of $ 62,500. Also increased was the one-time exclusion of gain realized on the sale of a principal residence by someone aged at least 55. Representative Jack Kemp and Senator William Roth , both Republicans, had nearly won passage of

360-508: The indexing of individual income tax rates. When Reagan left office, the national debt had tripled to around $ 2.6 trillion. The sociologist Monica Prasad contends that these kinds of tax cuts became popular among Republican candidates because the cuts were well received by voters and could help candidates get elected. Conservatism in the United States Too Many Requests If you report this error to

384-431: The need for future tax cuts to address it. The first 5% of the 25% total cuts took place beginning on October 1, 1981. An additional 10% began on July 1, 1982, followed by a third decrease of 10% starting July 1, 1983. As a result of that and other tax acts in the 1980s, the top 10% were paying 57.2% of total income taxes by 1988, up from 48% in 1981, but the bottom 50% of earners' share dropped from 7.5% to 5.7% during

408-494: The nine federal tax laws between 1968 and 1981 were tax cuts compensating for inflation-driven bracket creep . Inflation was particularly high in the five years preceding the Act, and bracket creep alone caused federal individual income tax receipts to increase from 7.94% to over 10% of the GDP. Even after the Act was passed, federal individual income tax receipts never fell below 8.05% of the GDP. Combined with indexing, that eliminated

432-441: The pockets of business owners to promote investment and economic growth. For example, the agriculture industry saw a re-evaluation of their farming assets. Items such as automobiles and swine were given 3-year depreciation values, and things like buildings and land had a 15-year depreciation value. The most lasting impact and significant change of the Act was indexing the tax code parameters for inflation starting in 1985. Six of

456-466: The return of high-interest rates, and the ballooning deficits had convinced Congress that the Act had failed to create the results for which the Reagan administration had hoped. Largely at the initiative of Senate Finance Committee chairman Robert Dole , most of the personal tax cuts were reversed in September 1982 by the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA) but, most significantly, not

480-441: The same period. The total share borne by middle incomes of the 50th to 95th percentiles decreased from 57.5% to the 48.7% between 1981 and 1988. Much of the increase can be attributed to the decrease in capital gains taxes. Also, the ongoing recession and high unemployment contributed to stagnation among other income groups until the mid-1980s. Under ERTA, marginal tax rates dropped (top rates from 70% to 50%)and capital gains tax

504-513: The support from conservative Southern Democrats. In July 1981, the Senate voted 89–11 for the tax cut bill favored by Reagan, and the House approved the bill in a 238–195 vote. Reagan's success in passing a major tax bill and cutting the federal budget was hailed as the " Reagan Revolution " by some reporters. One columnist wrote that Reagan's legislative success represented the "most formidable domestic initiative any president has driven through since

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528-414: The wealthy dropped, and much of the increased wealth collected was at the top of the tax bracket. Reagan came into office with a national debt of around $ 900 billion, high unemployment rates, and public distrust in government. The Act was designed to give tax breaks to all citizens in hopes of jumpstarting the economy and creating more wealth in the country. By the summer of 1982, the double-dip recession,

552-411: Was reduced from 28% to 20%. Revenue from capital gains tax increased 50% from $ 12.5 billion in 1980 to over $ 18 billion in 1983. In 1986, revenue from the capital gains tax rose to over $ 80 billion; after the restoration of the rate to 28% from 20% from 1987, capital gains revenues declined until 1991. Critics claim that the tax cuts worsened budget deficits. Reagan's supporters credit them with helping

576-482: Was repealed before it could take effect by the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 . The maximum expense in calculating credit was increased from $ 2000 to $ 2400 for one child and from $ 4000 to $ 4800 for at least two children. The credit increased from 20% or a maximum of $ 400 or $ 800 to 30% of $ 10,000 income or less. The 30% credit is diminished by 1% for every $ 2,000 of earned income up to $ 28,000. At $ 28,000,

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