Meindl Island Pros . <| sep |> i hope so as well , but the power connections seem to be in ok <| sep |> That ' s not entirely true . There are increases to the standard deduction and other adjustments which will lower your taxable income , so someone with $ 18 k taxable income today may have less taxable with the higher standard deduction , thus with a slightly higher rate due to less tiers , simplified code , they can still pay less . There are some special circumstances where is possible someone may pay the same slightly more in a specific salary range niche , but it ' s the exception to the rule and the amount they are paying is already very low dollarwise , and the dollar impact would be low . When you propose large changes to the tax code there will always be some exceptions to the rule , but in the case of this proposal those special exceptions are a low dollar impact .