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Trump dice que aceptará el recorte a 21% a las corporaciones.
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Trump says he would sign bill with 21 percent corporate tax rate
House and Senate leaders have a tentative deal on a final tax bill, Sen. Orrin Hatch says.
Hatch did not go into any more details about what the plan would contain.
Republicans want to pass a tax-cut bill and send it to President Donald Trump's desk before the end of the year.
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House and Senate negotiators have reached a deal on a tax plan, moving the GOP one step closer to its goal of passing a sweeping tax overhaul this year, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch said Wednesday.
The two chambers hope to pass a joint plan and send it to President Donald Trump's desk before Christmas. Republican leaders have scrambled to push through major tax changes and earn a legislative win ahead of next year's midterm elections.
"I think we have a deal," Hatch, a Utah Republican, told reporters without going into more detail about what it would include. He said he believes Republicans have the votes to pass it.
A White House source separately confirmed to CNBC that a tax deal is in place. Republicans aim to vote first in the Senate, then the House, and pass it next week.
"We're very, very close to a historic legislative victory the likes of which rarely this country has ever seen," Trump told reporters Wednesday at a lunch with Republican members of the conference committee negotiating the bill. He added that the GOP is "very close" to voting.
Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, talks with President Donald Trump during a meeting on tax policy with Republican lawmakers in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Thursday, Nov. 02, 2017.
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Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, talks with President Donald Trump during a meeting on tax policy with Republican lawmakers in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Thursday, Nov. 02, 2017.
Two crucial GOP senators — Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Susan Collins of Maine — said they would reserve judgment on the bill until they see the final text.
CNBC previously reported that a version of the GOP proposal — as of Tuesday — features a 21 percent corporate tax rate and a top individual rate of 37 percent. It would also allow a mortgage interest deduction on loans up to $750,000. The corporate alternative minimum tax — which the Senate included in its bill but House leaders vehemently opposed — will not be included in the plan, two sources told CNBC.
On Wednesday, Trump said he would sign a bill that includes a 21 percent corporate tax rate. The White House repeatedly said it wanted a 20 percent rate. However, he cautioned that the corporate rate was not final.
It is unclear if the final bill would expand state and local tax deductions beyond the limited $10,000 in property tax deductions proposed in the bills already passed by the House and Senate.
The House and Senate conferees working on a final tax deal are set to hold an open meeting later Wednesday. Trump is slated to make remarks on the tax bill later in the day.
U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) (C) holds up a tax filing 'postcard' as Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) (L) and Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (R) looks on during a press event on tax reform September 27, 2017 at the Capitol in Washington, DC.
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U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) (C) holds up a tax filing 'postcard' as Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) (L) and Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (R) looks on during a press event on tax reform September 27, 2017 at the Capitol in Washington, DC.
Hatch told reporters that he expects more details to emerge following the White House meeting.
The Republican proposal chops tax rates for businesses and at least temporarily trims the tax burden on individuals. It changes numerous deductions and tax breaks and is expected to add $1 trillion or more to federal budget deficits over a decade, according to congressional estimates.
Democrats argue that the plan does too much to help wealthy individuals and corporations and does not provide enough relief to the middle class.
Earlier Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., urged Republicans to delay voting on the tax bill until Alabama Democrat Doug Jones get sworn into the Senate. Jones is projected to win Tuesday's special election for the Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Schumer called it "wrong for Senate Republicans to try to jam through this tax bill" before Jones can vote. Republicans have talked for months about passing a tax plan before the end of the year and appear unlikely to delay.
Once made official, Jones' victory would reduce the Republicans' edge in the Senate to 51-49 seats.
This story is developing. Please check back for updates.
— CNBC's Ylan Mui and Eamon Javers contributed to this r