Tax Cut Calculator Unveiled by Treasury to Verify Withholding

Democrats have asked for more information about the withholding tables and how the calculations are made. The Treasury Department indicated in a letter that it’s seeking to “help workers ensure they are not having too much or too little withholding taken out of their pay.”

Republicans have emphasized the bonuses and raises that companies have awarded workers after enactment of the law, which cut the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent. The Senate Finance Committee’s top Democrat, Ron Wyden of Oregon, said Wednesday that many companies are using their after-tax gains to buy back their shares on the stock market.

The full effects of the tax law for 2018 won’t be felt by Americans until the April 2019 filing season.

The tax law lowered individual rates across the board while increasing the child tax credit and limiting some deductions and personal exemptions; those changes are set to expire after eight years. The law is projected to raise the deficit by about $1.5 trillion over a decade.