Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981

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The Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 was a major U.S. federal law that sharply reduced income tax rates and accelerated depreciation in an effort to stimulate economic growth under President Ronald Reagan’s supply-side economic program.

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instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
tax reform law ⓘ
administration Reagan administration ⓘ
affected Internal Revenue Code of 1954 ⓘ
aimedTo stimulate economic growth ⓘ
alsoKnownAs ERTA ⓘ
Kemp–Roth Tax Cut ⓘ
appliesTo federal income tax ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch ⓘ
context post-1970s stagflation ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateSigned 1981-08-13 ⓘ
economicPolicyType supply-side economics ⓘ
followedBy Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 ⓘ
ideologicalBasis Reaganomics ⓘ
trickle-down economics ⓘ
introducedBy Jack Kemp ⓘ
William Roth ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
partOf Reagan tax cuts ⓘ
policyFeature accelerated depreciation for business investment ⓘ
across-the-board individual income tax rate cuts ⓘ
expanded Individual Retirement Accounts ⓘ
increased estate and gift tax exemptions ⓘ
indexation of individual income tax brackets (phased in later) ⓘ
introduction of the Accelerated Cost Recovery System ⓘ
reduced capital gains tax rate ⓘ
small business tax incentives ⓘ
policyGoal encourage saving and investment ⓘ
increase work incentives ⓘ
promote long-term economic growth ⓘ
presidentDuringEnactment Ronald Reagan ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 97-34 ⓘ
reduced individual income tax rates ⓘ
marginal income tax rates ⓘ
sectorImpacted businesses ⓘ
capital markets ⓘ
households ⓘ
shortTitle Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 ⓘ
signedBy Ronald Reagan ⓘ
sponsoredInHouseBy Jack Kemp ⓘ
sponsoredInSenateBy William Roth ⓘ
subjectMatter macroeconomic policy ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
timePeriod early 1980s ⓘ
title Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 ⓘ
yearEnacted 1981 ⓘ

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97th United States Congress → enacted → Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 ⓘ
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Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 → legalCitation → Internal Revenue Code amendments of 1981 ⓘ
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Public Law 97-34 → officialName → Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 ⓘ
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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 → relatedTo → Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 ⓘ
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982 → relatedTo → Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 ⓘ
U.S. Individual Retirement Accounts → expandedBy → Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 ⓘ
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Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 → alsoKnownAs → Kemp–Roth Tax Cut ⓘ
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