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Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT)

The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), established by the Revenue Act of 1926, is a nonpartisan congressional committee that provides legislative services to members of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, including legislative scoring with preparation of official revenue impact estimates for all tax legislation and assessing how proposed changes would affect federal revenues.

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