美國國會共和黨稅改將增加國債1.7萬億美元
An independent analysis has concluded the U.S. tax overhaul being advanced by Republican leaders in the House of Representatives would add $1.7 trillion to the country's debt during the next decade, about $259 billion more than previously assumed.
The Congressional Budget Office analysis was released Wednesday as lawmakers continue to consider an array of proposals aimed at cutting the country's corporate tax rate from 35 to 20 percent and trimming tax rates for many, but not all, middle-class families, broadly defined in the United States as those with an annual household income of $49,000 to $86,000.
The new analysis from the agency that is considered to be the independent scorekeeper for congressional financial policies could complicate Republican plans for the House to adopt the tax overhaul before the country's Thanksgiving holiday on November 23.
Republican lawmakers had pledged the tax cuts over the next decade would not add any more than $1.5 trillion to the country's current and growing long-term debt of more than $20 trillion.
With the CBO's estimate the tax changes would cost more, the majority Republicans in the House would have to change their proposals to keep the additional costs within the $1.5 trillion limit they have imposed on themselves.
The tax overhaul could be the country's first substantial changes to its labyrinth tax code in more than three decades. Senate Republicans are expected to unveil their tax change proposals on Thursday, which are likely to be widely different than the House proposals.
President Donald Trump has called for the tax overhaul, but both chambers of Congress would have to approve identical pieces of tax legislation before he could sign the measure.一項獨立的分析得出結論說，由國會衆議院共和黨領導人推動的美國稅制改革將在下個10年內，增加美國國債達1萬7千億美元，這比之前的估算多出了2590億美元。
國會預算辦公室的分析星期三公佈之際，國會議員們繼續考慮一系列旨在把美國公司稅從百分之35減爲百分之20並且削減許多中產階級家庭稅率的計劃。美國對中產階級家庭的廣泛定義是年收入在4萬9千美元到8萬6千美元之間的家庭。
這個機構被認爲是國會財政政策的獨立記分員。它的分析可能會使共和黨人推動衆議院在11月23日感恩節之前通過稅改法案的計劃複雜化。
共和黨議員們曾經保證，下個十年的減稅不會讓美國目前以及不斷增加的20多萬億美元的長期國債增加幅度超過1.5萬億美元。
鑑於國會預算辦公室估計稅改會花費更多，衆議院佔多數的共和黨人將不得不修改他們的計劃，以使額外的稅收缺口不超出他們自己設定的1.5萬億美元。
目前的稅制改革可能是30多年來美國複雜的稅法首次做出的實質性變化。參議院共和黨人預計星期四將推出他們的稅改計劃，參議院的版本可能與衆議院的版本大相徑庭。
川普總統一直要求進行稅改，但是在他簽署稅改法之前，必須由國會參衆兩院先批准相同的立法法案。
