The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is considered the most sweeping tax law change in decades, and for many individuals and businesses the massive and complex changes will have profound impacts. In particular, the multitude of provisions will vastly impact small businesses. How are you helping your small business clients prepare? The all-new CCH(R) AnswerConnect: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Impact - Guide to Small Business will address concerns and provide in-depth details on the provisions, implications and benefits small businesses may witness as a result of the new Act. Lower individual tax rates, expansion of the IRS Code Sec. 179 deduction, the new 20% deduction on qualified business income (QBI) for certain pass-through entities and the reduced corporate income tax rate are just a few of the big and somewhat complex changes that will be in effect. It's highly recommended that you prepare now to mitigate risks and ensure that your small business clients have a complete understanding of how the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will significantly impact the way they do business. The CCH Answer Connect Guide on Small Business explains the implications of the changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. affecting small businesses. Items in the Act that affect small businesses include, among others, the revised tax rate structure for corporations, the Section 179 deduction, bonus depreciation, luxury car deductions, and the changes made to the taxation of pass-through entities (including the new 20% of QBI deduction available to certain pass-throughs. Other changes are also discussed including the section 199 deduction, the rules for net operating losses, the deductibility of entertainment expenses, the deduction for fringe benefits, the deduction for on-site eating facitlities, the deduction for business interest expenses, and a tax credit for employer-paid wages for medical or family leave.

There is no consensus on how strongly the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has stimulated U.S. private fixed investment. Some argue that the business tax provisions spurred investment by cutting the cost of capital. Others see the TCJA primarily as a windfall for shareholders. We find that U.S. business investment since 2017 has grown strongly compared to pre-TCJA forecasts and that the overriding factor driving it has been the strength of expected aggregate demand. Investment has, so far, fallen short of predictions based on the postwar relation with tax cuts. Model simulations and firm-level data suggest that much of this weaker response reflects a lower sensitivity of investment to tax policy changes in the current environment of greater corporate market power. Economic policy uncertainty in 2018 played a relatively small role in dampening investment growth.

The CCH Guide on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Impact--Exceeding the Standard Deduction describes the effect of certain major changes affecting individuals.These include the changes to personal deductions, including the doubling of the standard deduction, the imitation placed on combined state and local income taxes, property taxes and sales taxes, and the elimination of home equiity interest and most itremized deductions. This Guide provides tips to maximize or preserve some of the benefits from these lost deductions.