ERTA

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ERTA is a landmark 1981 U.S. federal law that significantly reduced individual and business income taxes to stimulate economic growth during the Reagan administration.

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instanceOf United States federal law
tax reform law
affected depreciation rules for business investment
aimedTo stimulate economic growth
alsoKnownAs Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981
surface form: Kemp–Roth Tax Cut
benefited business investors
high-income taxpayers
committee United States House Committee on Ways and Means
surface form: House Ways and Means Committee
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateSigned 1981-08-13
expanded IRA eligibility
followedBy Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982
hasAbbreviation ERTA self-linksurface differs
ERTA of 1981
indexed personal income tax brackets for inflation
intendedEffect increase labor supply
increase savings and investment
promote long-term economic growth
introduced Accelerated Cost Recovery System
indexed individual income tax brackets
individual retirement account expansion
introducedDuringAdministrationOf Ronald Reagan
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
legalCitation Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981
surface form: Internal Revenue Code amendments of 1981
originatedIn United States House of Representatives
partOf Reagan administration economic program
phasedInTaxCutPercentage 25%
policyApproach Reaganomics
supply-side economics
presidentDuringEnactment Ronald Reagan
provided across-the-board individual income tax rate cuts
publicLawNumber Public Law 97-34
reduced business income taxes
capital gains tax rate
individual income tax rates
sectorImpacted corporations
households
small businesses
signedBy Ronald Reagan
sponsoredBy Jack Kemp
William Roth
statutesAtLargeCitation 95 Stat. 172
subjectMatter business taxation
capital gains taxation
federal income taxation
tax incentives for investment
taxCutPhaseInPeriod three years
topMarginalRateAfter 50%
topMarginalRateBefore 70%
yearEnacted 1981

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ERTA hasAbbreviation ERTA self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981