Moderate Democrats want the $3.5 trillion spending plan to remove the limit on state and local tax deductions

Moderate Democrats want the $3.5 trillion spending plan to remove the limit on state and local tax deductions

A fight over the cap on state and local tax deductions could prove Democrats' next hurdle in passing their $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package. A host of moderate Democrats — many from New York and New Jersey — have protested former 2017 tax cuts for capping how much taxpayers in their states can deduct from their federal tax obligation. Those Democrats, including Reps. Josh Gottheimer, Mikie Sherrill, Bill Pascrell and Thomas Suozzi say they won't support any legislation that doesn't restore the full deduction for state and local taxes, known as SALT. "We need to have this state and local tax deduction. We built a whole system around it," said Suozzi, who since 2017 has represented parts of Long Island and northeastern sections of Queens, New York. "People are leaving our states. And when they leave, it leaves behind a hole in our revenues." "We're in a competition with states that do not insure their children, do not pay their teachers, do not have mass transit and think that climate change is a hoax," he said. "And as a result, their costs are cheaper." Trump's tax law limited SALT deductions to $10,000, meaning that residents in higher-tax states like New