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Tax Cuts are About to Get A Lot More Popular

January 2, 2019 By Jeremy Jones, CFA

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Here come the tax refunds. Many Americans haven’t really seen what the Trump tax reform is going to do for their returns. With big checks possibly coming back to many families, the retail sector could be buoyed for longer than anticipated. Bloomberg’s Matthew Townsend reports:

Polling shows that many Americans don’t like the landmark tax overhaul passed a year ago, but maybe that’s because they haven’t received a bulk of the benefits yet.

The law cut tax rates for some individuals, but lots of Americans haven’t seen all those savings flow through to their paychecks, according to Wells Fargo & Co. That will be made up during a “historic” refund season early next year, with, for example, a household earning $45,000 a year realizing 70 percent of its tax benefit, the bank said Friday in a research note.

Oftentimes, retailers struggle to draw shoppers in February and March. But bigger-than-expected refunds could help maintain the momentum this year from what is shaping up to be one of the best holiday-shopping seasons in recent memory.

“We see reasons to be bullish,” Wells Fargo said. Households have also been aided by rising hourly wages and lower gas prices, the bank said in calling 2019 the “year of the low-income consumer.”

This creates a good environment for companies that serve this demographic. Wells Fargo pointed to Dollar General Corp., Foot Locker Inc., AutoZone Inc. and Altria Group Inc. Of course, Walmart Inc. and McDonald’s Corp. also have lots of exposure to this group.

Middle-income households, those earning from $55,000 to $75,000 a year, will also see benefits, with as much as half of their tax-cut bounty showing up in refunds, Wells Fargo said.

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Jeremy Jones, CFA, CFP® is the Director of Research at Young Research & Publishing Inc., and the Chief Investment Officer at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. was ranked #5 in CNBC's 2021 Financial Advisor Top 100. Jeremy is also a contributing editor of youngresearch.com.
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