Trump, Real Estate Investors Get Late-Added Perk in Tax Bill
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Late revision supplies break based on investments in property
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Corker, who dropped opposition, says he wasn’t aware of change
Lawmakers scrambling to lock up Republican support for the tax reform bill added a complicated provision late in the process — one that would provide a multimillion-dollar windfall to real estate investors such as President Donald Trump.
The change, which would allow real estate businesses to take advantage of a new tax break that’s planned for partnerships, limited liability companies and other so-called “pass-through” businesses, combined elements of House and Senate legislation in a new way. Its beneficiaries are clear, tax experts say, and they include a president who’s said that the tax legislation wouldn’t help him financially…
Trump, Real Estate Investors Get Late-Added Perk in Tax Bill