>Schatsky said that the incentive to get under $250,000 may be more so if the tax plan outlines that an individual who goes over a prescribed limit would face a reduced value of their itemized deductions.

>"If the value of all your itemized deductions goes from a 33 percent level to a 28 percent level than there would be a reason for people to do dramatic things to reduce their incomes," said Schatsky.

This is coming from "Gary Schatsky, a financial adviser and the president of N.Y.-based Objectiveadvice.com". As such, he presumably has a clue about taxation matters, so I hesitate to call him out on this, but... surely no government would ever enact such a scheme; they would bracket the deductions in a similar way to the income, rather than having a magic barrier of $250k, in order to avoid a situation where people have an incentive to earn less. To me this seems common sense, but at the same time, I'm not a financial adviser -- does anyone have any input on this?