For one, the new law eliminates
the Pease phaseout on itemized deductions for taxpayers with high AGIs from 2018 to 2025.
Not exact matches
PEP is the
phaseout of the personal exemption and
Pease (named after former U.S. House Representative Donald
Pease) phases out the value of most itemized deductions once a taxpayer's adjusted gross income reaches a certain amount.
The personal exemption
phaseout begins to apply at the same income levels as the
Pease rule.
The personal exemption
phaseout and the
Pease rule for reducing itemized deductions are revived, but at higher income levels than under prior law.
Yet the irony is that while they are referred to as «
phaseouts of itemized deductions» and a «personal exemption
phaseout» the reality is that the
Pease limitation and PEP are applied primarily based on the extent by which someone's income is over specified thresholds.
These two rules, triggering a
phaseout of itemized deductions and personal exemptions, are also known respectively as the
Pease Limitation on itemized deductions (named after Representative Donald
Pease [D - Oh.]
• Reinstates the
Pease / PEP
phaseouts for deductions; for married taxpayers with AGI above $ 300,000 ($ 250,000 single), the
Pease limitation reduces total itemized deductions by 3 percent for the dollar amount of AGI above the thresholds.