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Same income, but not taxes, in GOP plans

In bills envisioned by Republicans, corporations and other types of businesses get biggest cuts but employees don't

Published Sun, Dec 10, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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IN MOST places, a dollar is a dollar. But in the tax code envisioned by Republicans, the amount you make may be less important than how you make it.

Consider two chefs working side by side for the same catering company, doing the same job, for the same hours and the same money. The only difference is that one is an employee, the other an independent contractor.

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