What Tax Reform Means for Investors

At more than one thousand pages, the new tax reform package has plenty of both carrots and sticks for U.S. taxpayers. Both the short- and long-term effects of the new legislation on economic growth in the U.S. are uncertain at this point, but changes in the tax code will undoubtedly confer both benefits and penalties on certain segments of the U.S. economy. Until the tax accountants ferret out every new wrinkle, let’s examine the most likely impacts that the new law will have on the investment landscape in the coming years.