“Single individuals earning up to $25,000, or married couples earning less than $50,000, you will not owe any income tax. This removes nearly 75 million households – over 50% – from the income tax rolls.”
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The September 2015 plan promised a zero income-tax threshold of $25,000 for singles and $50,000 for married couples. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, signed December 22, 2017, instead nearly doubled the standard deduction to $12,000 (single) and $24,000 (married) for 2018, so a single filer earning $25,000 still owed income tax, though larger deductions and an expanded child tax credit did eliminate liability for some lower-income families. No later law through July 2026 — including the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which set the 2026 standard deduction at $16,100/$32,200 — enacted the promised thresholds or removed 75 million households from the rolls.
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