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The Democrat effort to repeal the Trump tax cuts would re-impose the Obamacare individual mandate tax penalty on millions of households, hitting thousands of families in every state and Congressional district.

Americans for Tax Reform has broken down the most recent IRS data on the individual mandate tax penalty by Congressional district, which you can view here.

The individual mandate was one of the most regressive taxes in the code before it was repealed in 2017 by the Republican passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Every single Democrat in the House and Senate voted against the repeal of the Obamacare individual mandate tax. 

Prior to repeal, the mandate forced households to purchase government approved health insurance or pay a $695 tax for an individual and $2,085 for a family.

Reinstatement of this tax will hit low and middle-income families hard.

In 2017, the tax hit 4,654,990 households according to IRS data. Nationwide, roughly 74 percent of those paying the mandate had annual income of less than $50,000 and roughly 32 percent had annual income of less than $25,000. 

Key swing states that President Trump won in 2016 would be hard-hit if the Democrats reimposed the individual mandate tax penalty. 

In Pennsylvania, the tax hit 153,140 households. 

  • 56,490 of those households, or 37 percent, had annual income of less than $25,000. 
  • 121,100 of those households, or 79 percent, had annual income of less than $50,000.

In Wisconsin, the tax hit 80,240 households. 

  • 24,550 of those households, or 31 percent, had annual income of less than $25,000. 
  • 62,440 of those households, or 78 percent, had annual income of less than $50,000. 

In Michigan, the tax hit 132,750 households. 

  • 50,920 of those households, or 38 percent, had annual income of less than $25,000. 
  • 106,910 of those households, or 81 percent, had annual income of less than $50,000. 
     

Here is the breakdown from some notable House members: 

In Ways and Means Ranking Member Rep. Kevin Brady’s district (R-Texas), 13,880 households paid the Obamacare individual mandate tax penalty in 2017.

  • 3,270 of those households, or 24 percent, had annual income of less than $25,000.
  • 8,900 of those households, or 64 percent, had annual income of less than $50,000. 
     

In Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Richard Neal’s district (D-Mass.), 10,140 households paid the Obamacare individual mandate tax penalty in 2017.

  • 3,390 of those households, or 33 percent, had annual income of less than $25,000.
  • 8,060 of those households, or 79 percent, had annual income of less than $50,000. 
     

In House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s district (D-Calif.), 9,700 households paid the Obamacare individual mandate tax penalty in 2017.

  • 2,280 of those households, or 24 percent, had annual income of less than $25,000.
  • 6,050 of those households, or 62 percent, had annual income of less than $50,000. 
     

In House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s district (R-Calif.), 8,000 households paid the Obamacare individual mandate tax penalty in 2017.

  • 2,530 of those households, or 32 percent, had annual income of less than $25,000.
  • 5,870 of those households, or 73 percent, had annual income of less than $25,000. 
     

[View ATR’s breakdown of the most recent IRS individual mandate tax penalty data by Congressional district