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| https://seanmaloney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/maloney-votes-to-cut-taxes-for-new-york-families-and-restore-salt | Maloney Votes to Cut Taxes for New York Families and Restore SALT Deduction | 2019-12-19 | 2019 | 2019-12 | Democrat | House | NY | Sean Maloney | M001185 | seanmaloney.house.gov | legacy | Maloney Votes to Cut Taxes for New York Families and Restore SALT Deduction Washington, D.C. Today, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) helped pass legislation to provide tax relief for hundreds of thousands of Hudson Valley families. The Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act will blunt the harm from one of the most damaging provisions of the Republicans' 2017 tax bill, the $10,000 cap on the State and Local Tax (SALT) Deduction, and would also reverse the tax bill's massive giveaway to the wealthiest tax bracket. Middle-class families across the Hudson Valley have been absolutely slammed by the GOP tax bill and its unfair cap on state and local tax deductions. I'm proud to help pass this bill, which will right this wrong by ending this double taxation and bring fairness back tostates like New York, said Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney. Prior to the GOP tax plan passing in late 2017, 46.5 million households across the country utilized the SALT deduction, with nearly 200,000 taxpayers in New York's 18th Congressional District claiming the deduction. The capping of the SALT deduction was unfair to New Yorkers because: New York taxpayers already subsidize other states by paying $48 billion more in taxes than they receive back from the federal government, more than any other state. The repeal of the SALT deduction results in double taxation by imposing a federal tax on income that already paid for state and local taxes. The SALT cap drags down real estate values and eliminates most federal tax benefits supporting homeownership. The elimination of the deduction drives people to other states and forces middle- and lower-income taxpayers to pay for school, police and other essential state and local tax burdens. The cap only impacts individual taxpayers, not businesses and corporations. Because many are now forced to pay federal takes on the money they spend of state and local taxes, the SALT cap is pressuring state legislators and mayors to cut revenues and slash services and investments that benefit middle- and lower-income Americans. As taxpayers are pushed into electing the standard deduction, they lose federal tax benefits for charitable contributions, leading to a drop in charitable giving in communities across New York. The Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act also doubles deductions for teachers and creates a new deduction for First Responders. It will double educators' deductions for out-of-pocket classroom expenses like supplies, from $250 to $500. Three and a half million teachers took up this expense deduction in 2017, before it was slashed in the GOP tax bill. The bill also creates a $500 deduction for unreimbursed expenses of First Responders, related to the costs of uniforms or tuition related to training. Both of these deductions will be above the line, permanent, and indexed to inflation. -30- | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |