Alan Cole on Tariffs and the Coming Fight over TCJA Renewal

With slim majorities in the House and Senate, Republicans hope to narrow the fiscal deficit and extend many of the tax cuts from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). A handful of fiscal hawks and the Senate’s legislative rules could limit the GOP’s ability to accomplish renewal of the TCJA’s biggest provisions. President-elect Trump also campaigned extensively on raising tariffs to increase revenues and protect domestic industry. In this episode, we talk with Alan Cole, Senior Economist with the Tax Foundation’s Center for Federal Tax Policy, about the Senate’s budget reconciliation process, the most important aspects of the TCJA up for renewal this year, and the revenue impacts of tariffs.