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Trump is expected to travel on Wednesday to Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, where he will explain to a group of workers,
including many truckers, how he believes they will benefit from
his tax plan released two weeks ago.
The president is expected to describe how, if his plan became
law, truckers would benefit from proposals to lower tax rates
for the middle class, cut taxes paid by the manufacturers whose
products they transport, create a new tax category and rate for
"pass-through" companies, and eliminate a tax paid by the
wealthiest 0.2 percent of estates, a senior administration
official said.
Trump has said his tax plan would be a "miracle for the middle
class" and spur economic growth by creating a better tax climate
for businesses.
Independent analysts have said it would provide uneven tax
relief, add to the federal budget deficit and, in some cases,
benefit the very wealthy.
Taxpayers in the highest 1 percent of incomes, making more than
$730,000 annually, for example, would receive about half of the
total tax benefit from Trump's proposed overhaul, with their
after-tax income expected to increase an average of 8.5 percent,
according to the Tax Policy Center, a Washington-based
nonprofit.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted from Sept. 29 to Oct. 5 found
that 53 percent of adults "strongly agree" that the wealthiest
Americans should pay higher tax rates.
An additional 23 percent "somewhat agree" the wealthiest should
pay higher tax rates, according to the poll of 1,504 people,
which had a credibility interval, a measure of accuracy, of plus
or minus 6 percentage points.
Trump's tax framework proposed cutting the corporate tax rate to
20 percent from 35 percent and creating a new category for
pass-through income earned by partners and sole proprietors,
which would be taxed at 25 percent, instead of the 39.6 percent
top individual rate currently paid by some.
It also proposed cutting the top individual rate to 35 percent,
but the congressional tax-writing committees fleshing out
Trump's plan may opt to create an additional, higher rate for
the highest earners.
Trump's plan also suggested eliminating the 40 percent tax paid
on estate assets worth more than $5.5 million, or $11 million
for a married couple.
(Additional reporting by David Morgan and Eric Beech in
Washington and Chris Kahn in New York; Writing by Amanda Becker;
Editing by Peter Cooney)
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