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Trump Tax Plan Could Tax Ohioans Twice

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Monday, October 2, 2017   

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Some Ohioans could be taxed twice under President Donald Trump's recently unveiled tax plan.

The proposed legislation would include ending the state and local tax deduction.

For more than a century, the deduction, also known as SALT, has allowed federal taxpayers who itemize to deduct state and local taxes from their return.

Repealing the deduction would generate about $1.3 trillion that would help fund the plan's major cuts to individual and corporate tax rates.

But Franklin County Commissioner John O'Grady argues it would hurt the middle class.

"This could have an impact to their bottom line,” he states. “In Ohio in 2015, about a million-and-a-half people claimed this, or almost 90 percent of households claimed this on their taxes. That's a pretty big number of folks."

O'Grady joined other local leaders in Washington last week to meet with legislators about the tax plan. And the mayors of Akron, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Findlay, Lima, Toledo and Youngstown signed a letter in opposition to repealing the SALT deduction.

The president is promoting the tax plan as a boost for working families, as it increases the child tax credit, lowers tax rates in every bracket, and nearly doubles the standard deduction.

But O'Grady argues that won't offset the impact of cutting the SALT deduction on middle class homeowners.

"Even if the standard deduction is doubled, which is what the administration is claiming, that would mean that homeowners would see an increase in their taxes by about an average of $815,” he points out. “That's pretty significant for an average homeowner that's got a household income of anywhere from $50,000 to $200,000."

O'Grady adds that besides preventing double taxation, the SALT deduction supports investments in local infrastructure, public safety and education.

This collaboration is produced in association with Media in the Public Interest and funded by the George Gund Foundation.


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