Trump Says He’s ‘Open’ to Changing SALT Deduction Cap in Tax Law (3)

Feb. 7, 2019, 5:59 PM UTCUpdated: Feb. 7, 2019, 10:12 PM UTC

President Donald Trump said he would consider changes to a controversial cap on the federal deduction for state and local taxes, one of the most divisive provisions of the 2017 Republican tax overhaul.

Trump told regional newspaper reporters in response to a question Feb. 6 that he’s “open to talking about” revisions to the so-called SALT cap, which limits to $10,000 the amount of state and local levies, including property taxes, that taxpayers can deduct each year on their federal returns.

“There are some people from New York who have been speaking to me about doing something about that, about ...

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