Seatacus, the 15% bracket is broader than I would have thought. I found an online calculator that tells you the tax bracket (current brackets of which there are 7; so, may be meaninngless as far as the Trump tax cuts.) Here's the link...
https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/taxes/income-taxes/federal-income-tax-brackets/
I tried different salary levels and got this spread...
Income.....Bracket....Fed Tax........Tax cuts as % of taxes...............Fed. Tax as %-age of income
$15,000......15%.......$1786.................16.98......................................................12
$25,000......15%.......$3286...................9.12......................................................13
$35000.......15%.......$4789...................6.26......................................................14
$40,000......25%.......$5771.................17.32 (flat $1000 for this bracket.........14
Notes;
1. Website did not say whether income was gross or net taxable.
2. I assume that Fed. Tax assumes standard deductions.
3 The higher you go in a bracket the less a flat payment (i.e, $300) reduces ones taxes as a %-age.
4. $40,000 is at the bottom of the 25% bracket; so the flat $1000 payment to that bracket would mean more at the bottom of the bracket than at the top.
5. Repeat these figures are based on current IRS tax brackets. Under Trump supposed to be reduced to 3; so each bracket wil be broader, I'm sure.
Time for flat tax for everyone with minimum deductions.