And it is likely to necessitate eliminating or curbing other popular deductions, a politically risky pursuit. The plan will also include child-care benefits, a cause promoted by Trump's daughter, Ivanka. Trump doesn't intend to include the provision in his proposals today, said the White House official, who asked not to be named because the discussions are private.
An announcement on such reforms is due Wednesday, according to Mr Trump, and all eyes will be on the tax rates the White House proposes and their impact on the national debt.
White House officials earlier said the plan would reduce the top corporate income tax rate from to 15 percent from 35 percent.
By the last weeks of the campaign, Trump actually dialed back some of his promises.
"With a federal rate of 20 percent. we would be right around the world average", Edwards said. Some lawmakers have expressed concerns that Trump's call for a big corporate tax cut would balloon the almost $20 trillion in long-term debt the US has accumulated if there are not corresponding measures to raise more revenue.
Democrats have expressed little appetite for dramatically reducing taxes, especially for big business.
"By my calculations, 1% of Americans, who control 90% of the wealth in this country, would be affected by my plan", Trump said at the time, framing his argument in remarkably prescient terms.
The border adjustment tax may be revisited later but was considered too controversial to include now.
On Friday, Trump is expected to sign an order that will fit into his administration's "America First" energy policy, the source said, but did not provide details.
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'In theory this tax plan looks like it should extend the rally for U.S. stocks, ' said Kathleen Brooks, research director at City Index.
But Moore conceded that finding ways to offset the large revenue reductions envisioned in the blueprint would be a challenge.
Government officials crafting the tax plans are aware of the math problem, one of the people involved in the proposal said, but they see the 15 percent corporate tax rate as a compelling starting point for negotiations. "Our objective is simplifying personal taxes", he said. He seized on two polls' findings in a pair of tweets Sunday afternoon, saying: "New polls out today are very good considering that much of the media is FAKE and nearly always negative". While on paper this would be positive for United States stocks and the dollar, investors will immediately attach a low probability of such a tax package overcoming the first hurdle. First, work with the true fiscal conservatives in Congress to come up with a great tax plan. Twenty-eight percent said they align more with Republicans, and the rest did not see themselves as aligning with a party. The Journal reported that Mnuchin may want a top individual tax rate of 37 percent.
This is important because the Senate can not pass legislation that would add to long-term budget deficits without a 60-vote majority.
If Senate leaders are unable to muster 60 votes for a tax bill, they could still pass one with a simple majority - but only if the legislation didn't add to the federal deficit outside the normal 10-year window that lawmakers apply to budget legislation. "I will work with Congress to introduce the following broader legislative measures and fight for their passage with the first 100 days of my administration", he said in the Contract. Orrin Hatch, chairman of the Finance Committee. "We don't start out for what the model is, we start out with what we think should be passed". Even with dynamic scoring - meaning you assume tax cuts lead to economic growth - the government would still be out more than $1 trillion.
The White House says President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had "a very amicable call" Tuesday evening, hours after Trump claimed Canada had "outsmarted" the US for a long time but his administration is "not going to put up with it". To make up for those losses without raising taxes elsewhere, the economy would have to become 5 percent larger.
But the proposal will likely fall short of the comprehensive changes long discussed by Republicans, and lawmakers viewed it as just a starting point for a tax bill. "You didn't hear much of anything about working families", Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden told Politico.
"It's clear that the House, the Senate, the administration are all on the same page: that tax reform is a major priority to boost the economy", Mnuchin said.
Many economists are skeptical that growth could consistently eclipse 3 per cent.
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