SALT Fairness and Marriage Penalty Elimination Act
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Jan 7, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 7, 2025
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
SALT Fairness and Marriage Penalty Elimination Act
This bill increases the limitation on the federal tax deduction for state and local taxes (commonly known as the SALT deduction cap) to $100,000 ($200,000 for married individuals filing a joint federal income tax return).
Under current law, the SALT deduction cap is $10,000 ($5,000 for married individuals filing separate federal income tax returns).
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Bill text
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Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 232: SALT Fairness and Marriage Penalty Elimination Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-232/
"H.R. 232: SALT Fairness and Marriage Penalty Elimination Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-232/.
H.R. 232, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-232/.
[H.R. 232: SALT Fairness and Marriage Penalty Elimination Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-232/)