About those 87,000 new IRS "Agents"

[Bill in NC]

pdq wrote:
[quote=mattkime]
[quote=macphanatic]
It's time to end the mortgage deduction

Hasn't that one essentially been phased out?
No but Trump tightened the limits on it, mostly as an FU to places with high real estate values (ie Blue states), along with limiting deductions on State and Local taxes (for the same reason).

For a lot of people, it now makes more sense to take the standard deduction. But, for instance, we still itemize.
Yep, it really simplified filing taxes for most who will simply use the standard deduction but penalized those living in higher-cost states.