National Bureau of Economic Research
NBER: RE: Issues to discuss on Thursday

RE: Issues to discuss on Thursday

From: Dietz, Robert <rdietz_at_nahb.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:56:32 -0400

Just for the record, JCT uses for its tax expenditure distribution tables:

Income classifier = AGI + tax-exempt interest + employer contributions for health and life insurance + employer-share of FICA taxes + workers comp + nontaxable SS benefits + insurance value of Medicare benefits + AMT preference items + tax-excluded items of foreign income.

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It may be desirable to use a modified AGI that more closely resembles the
income one might find on a survey, perhaps by adding back IRA and Keogh
contributions, or Schedule E losses, or capital gains.

Dan
Received on Mon Nov 05 2007 - 19:18:21 EST