SALT Cap Ruling Challenged on Appeal by Four Eastern States (1)

Four states in the eastern U.S. will attempt to revive their lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s cap on the deduction for state and local taxes, known as SALT, after a judge dismissed the case.

New York, Connecticut, Maryland and New Jersey will take their challenge to the federal appeals court in Manhattan after a judge tossed their lawsuit in September, New York Attorney General Letitia James and the state’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, said Tuesday in a statement.

The 2017 tax law passed by Republican lawmakers capped the amount of state and local taxes that can be deducted on individual ...