Progressives reflexively denounce tax cuts and spending cuts as "giveaways to the wealthy" or "stealing from the poor." ...

The SALT deduction allows taxpayers who itemize their federal returns to deduct certain taxes paid to state and local governments. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, signed by Trump during his first term ...

President Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill" added a "SALT torpedo" for higher earners that could incur a 45.5% tax rate.

The House-passed version of the legislation quadruples the cap to $40,000 and only limits deductions for households making more than $500,000 per year.

A higher cap on the deduction for state and local taxes is one element of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill that Gov. JB Pritzker ...

A new $40K SALT cap could deliver long-awaited tax relief to homeowners in high-cost states like NJ, NY, and CA by cutting their tax burden.

Middle-income seniors gain most as the SALT cap quadruples, offering rare relief in one of the nation's costliest states.

Senate Republicans’ tax bill raises the ‘SALT’ deduction cap to $40,000. Here’s who could benefit from the change.

But the GOP leaders who implemented the cap in 2017 saw it not only as a revenue raiser, but also as a way to discourage state governments from taxing the rich — while keeping the largest tax ...

For taxpayers with MAGI exceeding $500,000, the new SALT cap phases down by 30% of the amount over the threshold, though it never drops below the original $10,000 limit.

They argue that SALT deductions primarily benefit high-income earners in blue states and subsidize spending by state and local governments led by Democrats. So, the $40,000 cap surviving the ...