U.S. President Donald Trump's tax-cut plan will generate growth, but not almost enough to replace trillions of dollars in lost revenues, while rising deficits could even take back some of the economic gains, fiscal experts said on Wednesday.
"The president has no intention", Mnuchin said. While there is broad bipartisan support for plans that both cut rates but make up for it with the elimination of certain tax breaks or reductions in spending, coalitions have frequently fallen apart over where those savings should come from.
The average state and local tax deduction claimed by NY itemizers was $21,038-highest in the nation, McMahon said.
Locally, it is set to be a fairly flat open and at 8:00am (AEST) the Australian dollar was falling to 74.69 U.S. cents. "We are trying to stimulate business investment".
Mnuchin and Cohn could not provide basic details, such as what income tax brackets would be, or say what a family of four earning a little more than $60,000 could expect to see in tax cuts.
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The president and his economic advisers say not to worry, the lower tax rates will generate so much economic growth that the resulting bigger economy will generate tax revenues to pay for them. "Under the Trump plan, we will have a massive tax cut for businesses".
The higher federal debt load will "crowd out" capital for private use, dampening economic activity in the long run, Elmendorf said. "This isn't going to be easy", Cohn said. But one thing is certain.
Sound familiar? Baby boomers like me may remember President Ronald Reagan's supply-side economics. "He will get this done for the American people". But Mark Hamrick, a senior economic analyst for Bankrate.com, voiced skepticism about the plan's eventual fate in Congress. The president has released plenty of information and I think has given more financial disclosure than anybody else.
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Weaver said the tax plan could be especially beneficial for companies and industries that can't find ways to lower their tax rates as readily as some firms in the energy and other sectors can.
"We will be back to you with very firm details", Cohn said, although he and Mnuchin couldn't say when that might be.
It would whittle the number of tax brackets for individuals from seven to three, lower the top tax rate from 39.6 percent to 35 percent and double the standard amount taxpayers could deduct. Eliminating this deduction could save more than $1 trillion over 10 years, but inflame lawmakers and governors in states that have high income tax rates.
Opposition Democratic lawmakers in Congress have called on Trump, a billionaire real estate mogul turned Republican politician, to release his federal tax returns so they can determine how much he might benefit from his own tax proposals.
Statewide, the loss of the deduction could worsen an imbalance in which NY already sends more money to the federal government than it gets back, experts said.
Trump gained one quick ally for the coming legislative fight over US tax policy.
It also does not fully embrace tax proposals backed by Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan, an essential ally if the president is to make good on his promise to deliver a tax overhaul that creates growth and brings jobs to struggling parts of the country.
"We like it a lot, it puts us on the same page, we're in agreement on 80 percent, and on the 20 percent we're in the same ballpark", said Ryan. The median USA household income is slightly above $50,000 annually.
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