Average-income Buckeye residents would receive more pay and see their tax bills drop by double-digit percentage points under GOP-led initiatives in “Big Beautiful Bill," according to government reports.
The economic stimulus and spending bill, also known as the "One Big Beautiful Bill," is a GOP-created congressional reconciliation bill aimed at stimulus and taxpayer cuts. It is slated for U.S. Senate review, before it is sent to President Donald Trump for signature.
President Donald Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill” would extend the 2017 Trump-era tax cuts, which are set to expire, according to a spokesperson for Rep. Paul Gosar, Buckeye's Republican U.S. congressman.
A taxpayer in Buckeye’s congressional district, AZ-09, would see a 23% tax hike if those cuts expired, according to a House Ways and Means Committee report.
“Without this much-needed legislation, the average taxpayer in my district would see a 23% tax hike” Gosar said in a release. “To put that into perspective, a family of four making a median income of $75,000 would see a $1,555 tax increase. That is worth about seven weeks of groceries for my constituents.”
Likewise, according to an official analysis from left-leaning news outlet Politico, those making between $30,000 and $80,000 would pay around 15 percent less in taxes in 2027.
People making more than $1 million that year would see an 8.6 percent decline, which is controversial to many Democrats.
“Billionaires get the tax break—working families get the bill,” Arizona Democratic Rep. Greg Stanton said in a statement. “The GOP tax scam would rip health care from seniors, cut nutrition aid for kids, and explode the deficit by $3.8 trillion.”
Stanton’s district coincidentally averages approximately $7,000 more in per capita income, according to the nonpartisan database Census Reporter.
No tax on tips, overtime, and farming incentives
The GOP-led bill will reportedly also codify Trump’s presidential campaign promise to eliminate the tax on tips and overtime.
Tips made up approximately 20% of pay for Arizona servers in 2023, according to according to recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
With major Buckeye employers being food service and warehouses, most Buckeye employees could see significant gains.
”With the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill, families can expect to receive $7,800 to $13,300 more in annual pay,” Gosar said in a statement. “I look forward to the Senate quickly passing and President Trump signing into law this historic legislation, so Americans can begin receiving the much-needed relief this bill ensures.”
The Bill includes $60 billion in new funding for farm programs over the next decade.
Buckeye farmers would also see higher reimbursement rates for livestock losses caused by natural disasters or predator depredation. The bill also continues funding for animal disease preparedness and response.
Buckeye farmers have encountered significant losses from disease, including bird flu. Hickman's Family Farms notably recently culled 6 million chickens from a bird flu pandemic that captured the Buckeye-based organization's factory farming operation.
Past poultry operations have resulted in two probable cases of bird flu transmission to humans, according to the CDC.
Dairy and cattle ranches have been recorded to have been slightly affected, according to CDC and Arizona Department of Agriculture.
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