{"id":278201,"date":"2025-07-20T20:18:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T20:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/278201\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T20:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T20:18:14","slug":"trumps-big-beautiful-bill-includes-these-key-tax-changes-for-2025-what-they-mean-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/278201\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s &#8216;big beautiful bill&#8217; includes these key tax changes for 2025 \u2014 what they mean for you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"anchor-d8723d\" class=\"body-graf\">It\u2019s been about two weeks since President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s \u201cbig beautiful bill\u201d became law, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/fa-playbook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">financial advisors<\/a> and tax professionals are still digesting what the sweeping legislation means for clients.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-bf200e\" class=\"body-graf\">Meanwhile, several changes are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/1\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">effective for 2025<\/a>, which will impact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/taxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tax returns<\/a> filed in 2026.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-7a1678\" class=\"body-graf\">While the Trump administration has been promoting \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/trump-administration\/working-families-tax-cut-republicans-sell-big-beautiful-bill-medicaid-rcna217868\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">working family tax cuts<\/a>,\u201d the legislation\u2019s impact depends on your unique situation \u2014 and some updates are complex, experts say. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-63e694\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cThere are just so many moving pieces,\u201d said certified financial planner Jim Guarino, managing director at Baker Newman Noyes in Woburn, Massachusetts. He is also a certified public accountant.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-061673\" class=\"body-graf\">Currently, many advisors are running projections \u2014 often for multiple years \u2014 to see how the new provisions could impact taxes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-622db8\" class=\"body-graf\">Without income planning, you could reduce, or even eliminate, various tax benefits for which you are otherwise eligible, experts say.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-d08613\" class=\"body-graf\">When it comes to tax strategy, \u201cyou never want to do anything in a silo,\u201d Guarino said. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-85f51a\" class=\"body-graf\">Here are some of the key changes from Trump\u2019s legislation to know for 2025, and how the updates could affect your taxes.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s 2017 tax cut extensions<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-21ddd7\" class=\"body-graf\">The Republicans\u2019 marquee law made permanent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/05\/10\/trumps-tax-cuts-who-benefits.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump\u2019s 2017 tax cuts<\/a> \u2014 including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/10\/22\/irs-2025-federal-income-tax-brackets.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lower tax brackets<\/a> and higher standard deductions, among other provisions \u2014 which broadly reduced taxes for Americans.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-481c95\" class=\"body-graf\">Without the extension, most filers could have seen <a href=\"https:\/\/taxfoundation.org\/data\/all\/federal\/tax-calculator-tcja-expiration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">higher taxes in 2026<\/a>, according to a 2024 report from the Tax Foundation. However, the new law enhances Trump\u2019s 2017 cuts, with a few tax breaks that start in 2025:<\/p>\n<ul id=\"anchor-9daa07\" class=\"break-above body-ul body-list-el\">\n<li>The standard deduction increases from $15,000 to $15,750 (single filers) and $30,000 to $31,500 (married filing jointly).<\/li>\n<li>There is also a bump for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/07\/01\/senate-republicans-big-beautiful-bill-child-tax-credit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">child tax credit<\/a>, with the maximum benefit going from $2,000 to $2,200 per child.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"anchor-04249a\" class=\"body-graf\">If you itemize tax breaks, there is also a temporary higher cap on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/07\/03\/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-salt-deduction.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">state and local tax deduction<\/a>, or SALT. For 2025, the SALT deduction limit is $40,000, up from $10,000.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-ee2b30\" class=\"body-graf\">The higher SALT benefit phases out, or reduces, for incomes<strong> <\/strong>between $500,000 to $600,000, which can create an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/07\/11\/trump-big-beautiful-bill-salt-tax.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">artificially higher tax rate<\/a> of 45.5% that some experts are calling a \u201cSALT torpedo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-db6206\" class=\"body-graf\">This creates a \u201csweet spot\u201d for the SALT deduction between $200,000 and $500,000 of earnings, based on other provisions in the bill, CPA John McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/johnmccarthycpa.com\/one-big-beautiful-bill-15-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote in a blog post<\/a> this week.  <\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s new tax changes for 2025<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-0353ca\" class=\"body-graf\">Trump\u2019s tax and spending bill also introduced some temporary tax breaks, which are effective for 2025. Some of these were floated during his 2024 presidential campaign.These provisions include a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/07\/07\/why-big-beautiful-bill-doesnt-end-taxes-on-social-security-benefits.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$6,000 \u201cbonus\u201d deduction<\/a> for certain older Americans ages 65 and over, which phases out over $75,000 for single filers or $150,000 for married couples filing jointly. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-07be00\" class=\"body-graf\">There are also new deductions for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/07\/18\/trump-big-beautiful-bill-no-tax-on-tips.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tip income<\/a>, overtime earnings and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/06\/24\/how-to-get-full-big-beautiful-bill-car-loan-interest-tax-break.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">car loan interest<\/a>, with varying eligibility requirements.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-9cc789\" class=\"body-graf\">This chart shows a breakdown of some of the key individual provisions that are effective for 2025 compared to previous law.<\/p>\n<p>Premium tax credit \u2018subsidy cliff\u2019 returns <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-fb97b8\" class=\"body-graf\">During the pandemic, Congress boosted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/06\/28\/marketplace-health-insurance-more-expensive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">premium tax credit<\/a> through 2025, which made Marketplace health insurance more affordable.  <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-e28bb7\" class=\"body-graf\">But Trump\u2019s legislation didn\u2019t extend the enhanced tax break, which could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/07\/11\/aca-health-insurance-premiums-increase.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">raise Affordable Care Act premiums<\/a> for more than 22 million enrollees if no action is taken, according to KFF, a health policy organization.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-6f9a54\" class=\"body-graf\">That could impact enrollees when choosing ACA health plans this fall, according to Tommy Lucas, a CFP and enrolled agent at Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo in Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-9c62fe\" class=\"body-graf\">Starting in 2026, enrollees need to prepare for the ACA subsidy cliff, where enrollees lose the premium tax credit when income exceeds the earnings thresholds by even $1, he said.   <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-871cf3\" class=\"endmark body-graf\">Currently, most ACA enrollees receive at least part of the premium tax credit. However, the subsidy cliff means enrollees lose the benefit once earnings exceed 400% of the federal poverty limit. For 2025, that threshold was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthsystemtracker.org\/brief\/early-indications-of-the-impact-of-the-enhanced-premium-tax-credit-expiration-on-2026-marketplace-premiums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$103,280 for a family of three<\/a>, according to The Peterson Center on Healthcare, a nonprofit for healthcare policy, and KFF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been about two weeks since President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cbig beautiful bill\u201d became law, and financial advisors and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3090],"tags":[51,1700,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-278201","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114887413109726816","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}