The Inflation Reduction Act Proposed, Episode 24, Ron Cohen

This week Ron Cohen talks about: The proposed Inflation Reduction Act, Senator Sinema & the Manchin/Schumer Build Back Better Bill & The problem with multi-variable computations!
Follow up on last week’s podcast:
1) I may have been wrong! Corporate Welfare? The Student teaches the teacher!
2) Taiwan is 80 miles from the China coast…not 10 as I said.
Inflation Reduction Act proposal Show Notes:
Inflation Reduction Act – Draft Bill
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22122279-inflation-reduction-act-of-2022
Senate Finance Committee Report saying it raises taxes at low income levels:
https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/jct_distributional_effects_inflation_reduction_act.pdf
Deloitte Report:
https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/us/Documents/Tax/us-tax-taxnewsandviews-220729.pdf
Sen. Sinema may be on the fence?
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23282983/inflation-reduction-act-kyrsten-sinema-josh-gottheimer
Sen. Manchin does not answer the question:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/01/politics/kyrsten-sinema-democrats-big-week-for-biden-presidency/index.html
Please let us know if there are specific topics you’d like to hear about in future episodes.
Ron Cohen,
CPA, Partner at Greenstein, Rogoff, Olsen & Co., LLP CPAs & Advisors
Email: rcohen@groco.com
510.797.8661
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