The Proof Is in the Pudding: IRS Data Show Trump’s Tax Cuts Benefited Middle- and Lower-Income Earners More Than the Wealthy

President Donald Trump signs the Tax Cut and Jobs Act in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, on Dec. 22, 2017. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

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Four years after President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) into law, IRS data prove the historic legislation benefited those in the working- and middle-classes more than the wealthy.