LOWER CORPORATE TAX RATE IS SOUGHT

rate. I know right now that the White House has it pegged at 15 percent. I hope they are right. I will support 15 percent.

“The reality of the situation maybe will be something a little bit different,” Heller said. “But as far as I’m concerned, getting that tax rate as low as possible and as aggressive as we can is key to getting this done.”

President Donald Trump has been pushing the 15 percent corporate tax rate. Yet some congressional leaders say the proposal doesn’t add up on tax ledgers.

“The numbers are hard to make that work,” U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan told The New York Times. “He obviously wants to push this as low as possible. I completely support doing that, but at the end of the day we’ve got to make these numbers work.”

Heller said any tax relief must include small businesses and average Americans. He said the Trump administration also wanted any new plan to be easier for taxpayers to navigate.

“If you are talking about the average taxpayer, I don’t believe we can do corporate tax reform Sen. Dean Heller, R-nev.

without helping the small businesses and the individuals,” Heller said.

“The goal from this administration, as they have reiterated time and time again — they want you to be able to do your tax form on a large postcard. It used to be a postcard. Now it is a large postcard. But if they can manage a large postcard, I’m all in.”

Trump has more expertise in taxes than he does on health care, Heller said.

“The obvious difference between this and health care is that we have a president who truly understands taxes,” Heller said. “He will be more engaged in the process. The big news and the good news is that the Big Six, which is the White House and leadership in both houses, are all on the same page.

“With health care, the House came in with their bill, the Senate came in with their bill, the White House had their bill. Everybody was on a different page. We’re all on the same page with this.”

Ray Hagar is a retired political journalist from the Reno Gazette-journal and current reporter/columnist for the Nevada Newsmakers podcast and website, nevadanewsmakers.com.