# How will the new tax reform affect the poor and middle class?

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**Created:** [November 5, 2017, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-new-tax-reform-affect-the-poor-and-middle-class/800844 "2017-11-05T23:30:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-new-tax-reform-affect-the-poor-and-middle-class/800844/27 "2017-11-07T07:44:08Z")

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> [@Barack\_Obama](#):
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> This seems like a blatantly untrue statement… is there any statistics on the poor not filing for their deductions?

Err… “the poor” take deductions, they just take the standard deduction. Unless your itemized deductions are more than 6300/12600, or more potentially under the new plan, you might as well take the standard.

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