ERTA of 1981

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ERTA of 1981 is a major U.S. federal tax law enacted under President Ronald Reagan that significantly reduced individual income tax rates and aimed to stimulate economic growth through supply-side policies.

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instanceOf United States federal tax law ⓘ
tax reform legislation ⓘ
affectedAgency Internal Revenue Service ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kemp–Roth Tax Cut ⓘ
appliesTo business taxpayers in the United States ⓘ
individual taxpayers in the United States ⓘ
codifiedIn Internal Revenue Code ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateSigned 1981-08-13 ⓘ
economicPhilosophy trickle-down economics ⓘ
enactedUnderPresident Ronald Reagan ⓘ
followedBy Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 ⓘ
Tax Reform Act of 1986 ⓘ
hasAcronym ERTA ⓘ
ERTA of 1981 ⓘ
introducedMarginalRateCut 25 percent across-the-board reduction in individual income tax rates ⓘ
introducedProvision Accelerated Cost Recovery System ⓘ
Enhanced depreciation allowances for business investment ⓘ
Estate and gift tax reductions ⓘ
Expanded eligibility for Individual Retirement Accounts ⓘ
Increased contribution limits for Individual Retirement Accounts ⓘ
Indexing of individual income tax brackets for inflation ⓘ
Targeted tax incentives for small businesses ⓘ
Tax incentives for savings ⓘ
legislativeChamber United States Senate ⓘ
legislativeChamberOfOrigin United States House of Representatives ⓘ
namedAfter Jack Kemp ⓘ
William Roth ⓘ
partOfEconomicProgram Reaganomics ⓘ
policyGoal reduce individual income tax burden ⓘ
stimulate economic growth ⓘ
policyOrientation supply-side economics ⓘ
precededBy Revenue Act of 1978 ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 97-34 ⓘ
rateCutPhaseInPeriod three years ⓘ
reducedTaxType business taxes ⓘ
estate tax ⓘ
individual income tax ⓘ
signedBy Ronald Reagan ⓘ
soughtToInfluence business investment ⓘ
capital formation ⓘ
labor supply ⓘ
sponsoredBy Jack Kemp ⓘ
William Roth ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 95 Stat. 172 ⓘ
title An Act to encourage economic growth through reductions in individual income tax rates, the expensing of depreciable property, incentives for small businesses, and incentives for savings, and for other purposes ⓘ
topMarginalRateAfter 50 percent ⓘ
topMarginalRateBefore 70 percent ⓘ
yearEnacted 1981 ⓘ

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Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 → hasAbbreviation → ERTA of 1981 ⓘ
subject linked to: ERTA
Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 → hasAcronym → ERTA of 1981 ⓘ
subject linked to: ERTA of 1981