Overview

• Four New York Republican members of the SALT Caucus formally rejected a $30,000 cap on state and local tax deductions proposed by GOP leadership.
• The lawmakers criticized the proposal as inadequate for their constituents in high-tax states and accused party leaders of acting unilaterally without consultation.
• The SALT deduction cap dispute has become a key sticking point in the broader GOP tax bill, which requires near-unanimous Republican support to pass in the narrowly divided House.
• Speaker Mike Johnson and House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith continue negotiations, with Johnson signaling that the final cap figure remains undecided.
• Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, another New York Republican, did not join the joint rejection statement, describing the SALT negotiations as ongoing and expressing optimism for a compromise.