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From today's Bloomberg article
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...id-not-to-expect-white-house-tax-plan-details
Republican congressional leaders don’t expect to release a joint tax plan with the White House next month, and they’ll rely instead on House and Senate tax-writing committees to solve the big tax questions that remain unanswered, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The so-called Big Six -- made up of White House officials and congressional leaders involved in tax negotiations -- jointly released a two-page statement in July that outlined a broad set of agreed-upon tax principles. Specifics, including such basic matters as where to set the corporate tax rate and how to set up individual tax brackets, have yet to emerge.
Trump’s administration has sent mixed signals about how many details to expect as Congress returns from its monthlong recess next month. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said during a July interview on ABC that the objective was to have “a full-blown release of the plan” in the beginning of September. Then, a White House official said earlier this month that September would see the release of a new tax document that would provide at least some additional detail.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday provided no new specifics on how Trump plans to push for tax legislation, but said “tax relief for middle-class Americans is a huge priority for this administration.” She told reporters during a briefing to expect movement on tax reform “in very short order” and perhaps as soon as next week.
Congressional leaders now view the Big Six’s broad July statement as having built the four walls of the house and believe it’s the job of congressional tax writers to furnish it, according to one of the people, who asked not to be named because the discussions are private.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...id-not-to-expect-white-house-tax-plan-details