Number: RS22464
Title: The PEP and Pease Provisions of the Federal Individual Income Tax
Authors: Gregg Esenwein, Government and Finance Division 
Abstract: The personal exemption phaseout (PEP provision) and the limitation on itemized deductions (Pease provision) were enacted as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990. In 2001, the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act enacted a phased-in repeal of these provisions beginning in 2006. Repeal of these provisions greatly reduces the complexity of the federal individual income tax. Repeal of these provisions, however, will reduce federal revenues by approximately $33 billion over the next five years. In addition, the tax benefits from repeal of these two provisions are highly concentrated in the upper end of the income spectrum.
Pages: 4
Date: June 28, 2006