The blueprint, which also calls for the raising of standard deductions for individuals, is created to be a guidepost for lawmakers in Congress, though it likely will fall short of the comprehensive restructuring long discussed by Republicans. Cutting the top individual tax rate and setting the top rate for partnerships and other so-called "pass-through" businesses would also benefit high-income taxpayers.
TRUMP ON TAX: The White House unveiled broad outlines of Trump's tax plan, omitting many details.
Though many specifics have yet to be revealed, May says, the void these cuts create, could be hard to make up in economic activity.
The proposed cut to corporation tax and income tax for the US's highest earners, has caused outrage among some critics.
White House officials laid out a broad outline for changing the USA tax code, including incentives that they said would encourage multinational companies to repatriate cash parked overseas. That makes no sense, and we should have one simple tax code.
The current estate tax only applies to estates over $5.5 million. Share prices were mostly lower in Asia following U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal for tax cuts, with Japan's Nikkei 225 index down 0.2 percent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng 0.3 percent lower.
"There has never been any single credible analysis of dynamic scoring that suggests that taxes pay for themselves", Douglas Holtz-Eakin, an economist and former head of the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office who served in previous Republican administrations, told AFP. Stocks have been lifted by investor anticipation of big tax cuts as well as Trump's vow to cut red tape for businesses.
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"The general trend seems to be trying to lower the rates significantly to get business owners spending and buying again", said Brad Close, senior vice president for public policy with the National Federation of Independent Business. But especially on the business side, Trump's plan lacks numerous details needed to make the numbers work.
But measures like reducing pass through business tax and the repeal of the estate tax, have been welcomed by the richest people in the country.
The BoJ increased its real gross domestic product (GDP) forecast for the 2017-18 fiscal year to 1.6% from 1.5%, while keeping its target yield for the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond at around 0% and ¥80 trillion annual pace of expansion of its monetary base.
A tax savings will help companies' cash flow, and some will indeed have money to put toward expansion, whether that means hiring workers or investing in equipment, Escandon said. He called Mnuchin's suggestion that growth would pay for the tax cuts "pure fantasyland".
"We've been briefed on what they're going to do and it's basically along exactly the same lines that we want to go, so we see this as progress being made", Ryan said.
"I can't support it if it eliminates the property tax and state income tax deductions", Congressman Peter King of NY told AFP. The top rate will drop to 35 percent from 39.6 percent. When White House officials began talking about taxes in the early afternoon, it caused only minor ripples in the index's movement.
For individuals, the Trump administration proposes to reduce the existing seven tax brackets to three tax brackets of 10 per cent, 25 per cent and 35 per cent; doubling the standard deduction and provide tax relief for families with child and dependent care expenses. The median USA household income is slightly above $50,000 annually.
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