Roughly 62,000 residents depend on this deduction every year. It’s a way for families to pay for home improvements, school supplies, and groceries. If this deduction is eliminated Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi says it could decimate the middle class in our region.

“The motives right now of house leaders in taking away things like the state and local tax deduction is essentially so they can give a nice big tax cut to their contributors and the wealthiest Americans who really don’t need a tax cut right now,” said Brindisi.

The SALT deduction saves families in our area on average over $10,000 a year on their taxes.



“We look forward to that deduction in order to be able to maintain our house.”

Judy Jerome, a homeowner in Utica says while they own their house, it costs a lot to maintain it. Something she feels her and her husband Bob Rowe wouldn’t be able to do if the salt deduction goes away.

“This disastrous plan would saddle working families with higher taxes and take away the deductions they’ve been used to under federal tax regulations they’ve been used to for several years.”

Jerome is one of the many local homeowners who’s approached brindisi to fight against any effort to repeal the salt deduction… She’s also made calls to local congresswoman Claudia Tenney.

Tenney’s office sent out a statement saying, “From day one, Claudia Tenney has fought tirelessly against the elimination of the federal deduction for state and local taxes (SALT), and joined her NY colleagues in June to urge the trump administration to reconsider the elimination.”

This repeal will impact middle-class Americans. People who have income under $200,000 those are the ones who are gonna be hurt by this tax reform plan if this passes through Congress,” said Brindisi.

Nationally about 44 million tax filers claim SALT deductions every year, meaning a potential loss of over $1 trillion.