What Could a Partial Repeal of the State and Local Tax Deduction Look Like?
A cap on the state and local deduction would limit tax increases for high-income taxpayers but also raise about one-quarter the revenue as full repeal.
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Options for Improving Cost Recovery for Structures
If lawmakers are looking to maximize the positive economic effects from a tax bill, then improving tax depreciation for structures should probably be part of the conversation. Here are a few options.
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Economic and Budgetary Impact of Temporary Expensing
Instead of making expensing temporary, lawmakers could pursue other ways to speed up cost recovery with permanent economic gains and without drastically reducing revenue. One way to do that is by enacting “depreciation indexing.”
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Testimony: The Startup Slump: Can Tax Reform Help Revive American Entrepreneurship?
Tax reform should aim to get the tax code out of the way of entrepreneurship by making it simpler, less burdensome, and eliminating its anti-growth biases.
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What Would the “Big Six” Framework Mean for Lower-Middle Income Households?
Based on the details we have, the Big Six tax plan would lower taxes on the bottom 80% of taxpayers, and raise the tax burden on the top 20% of taxpayers.
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Eliminating the SALT Deduction Under the “Big Six” Tax Plan
The state and local tax deduction favors high-income individuals in high-tax states. Six states—California, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Texas, and Pennsylvania—claim more than half of the value of the deduction.
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