The Price of the Pelosi Bill

The house is now looking into the Pelosi bill hoping to pass some variation of it. But what exactly will it cost? It is estimated to be around 900 billion dollars, although most serious resources will tell you it could end up in the long run costing up to 2 trillion. But what they aren't telling you, is the huge tax burden it will impose, along with 400 billion in medicare cuts.

American's for Tax Reform, has looked over the nearly 2000 page bill and has pulled out all of the taxes in the bill.

* Employer Mandate Excise Tax (Page 275): If an employer does not pay 72.5 percent of a single employee’s health premium (65 percent of a family employee), the employer must pay an excise tax equal to 8 percent of average wages. Small employers (measured by payroll size) have smaller payroll tax rates of 0 percent (<$500,000), 2 percent ($500,000-$585,000), 4 percent ($585,000-$670,000), and 6 percent ($670,000-$750,000).
* Individual Mandate Surtax (Page 296): If an individual fails to obtain qualifying coverage, he must pay an income surtax equal to the lesser of 2.5 percent of modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) or the average premium. MAGI adds back in the foreign earned income exclusion and municipal bond interest.
* Medicine Cabinet Tax (Page 324)
* Cap on FSAs (Page 325)
* Increased Additional Tax on Non-Qualified HSA Distributions (Page 326)
* Denial of Tax Deduction for Employer Health Plans Coordinating with Medicare Part D (Page 327)
* Surtax on Individuals and Small Businesses (Page 336)
* Excise Tax on Medical Devices (Page 339)
* Corporate 1099-MISC Information Reporting (Page 344)
* Delay in Worldwide Allocation of Interest (Page 345)
* Limitation on Tax Treaty Benefits for Certain Payments (Page 346)
* Codification of the “Economic Substance Doctrine” (Page 349)
* Application of “More Likely Than Not” Rule (Page 357)