Because the promised new tax plan, reducing the number of tax brackets from seven to three and repealing the alternative minimum tax, would reduce the capital gains tax by 15 - 20 % by some estimates. (edgeandodds.com)
Trump's tax plan originally called for cutting the number of tax brackets in the federal income tax system from seven to four, but the final version of the bill maintains the seven brackets. (smartasset.com)
The tax bill on the cusp of being passed by Congress is not the grand simplification of the code that Republicans promised when they set out to eliminate tax breaks and cut the number of tax brackets. (nystateofpolitics.com)