The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed in December, 2017, eliminated any personal exemptions ($4,050 per preson) but increased the standard deduction to $12,000 for single filers and $24,000 for joint filers beginning in 2018 compared to $6,350 and $12,700 respectively in 2017. Ignoring any other changes made by the new tax law (and there are other important changes such as expansion of a child tax credit), what would the threshold for having any taxable income for a family of two adults and three dependent children be in 2018 compared to 2017? (Hint: the threshold in 2017 was the standard deduction for a married couple with five personal exemptions.)

Answer for the question = the threshold went down by = $9000.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed in December, 2017, eliminated any personal exemptions ($4,050 per preson) but increased the standard deduction to $12,000 for single filers and $24,000 for joint filers beginning in 2018 compared to $6,350 and $12,700 respectively in 2017. Ignoring any other changes made by the new tax law (and there are other important changes such as expansion of a child tax credit), what would the threshold for having any taxable income for a family of two adults and three dependent children be in 2018 compared to 2017? (Hint: the threshold in 2017 was the standard deduction for a married couple with five personal exemptions. "

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d, conspicuous consumption is when you try to increase your wealth or social status (and in the case he's trying to create the perception of wealth considering he can't really afford it)