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Old 08-08-2019, 12:20 PM   #6
Jim in CT
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Originally Posted by spence View Post
This makes absolutely no sense at all.
a vague insult from YOU? get outta here.

before the salt caps, two
identical people ( same income, mortgage, other deductions, similar in every way except state taxes) paid very different federal income tax rates. because the person in a high tax rate got a large federal deduction for his high state taxes, not available to the person in a low tax state. so the person in the low tax state paid
much more in federal income tax, than they’d pay ( all other things being equal) in a high tax state.

it’s pretty simple and obvious, take off the tin foil hat for a second.
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