Gerhard Randers-Pehrson, an 81-year-old resident of Ossining, N.Y., believes the $10,000 cap ought to go up — however not an excessive amount of. Whereas Mr. Randers-Pehrson, a retired analysis scientist, mentioned he paid $16,000 in state and native taxes final 12 months, he doesn’t count on to personally profit from a better cap. He would take the usual deduction as a substitute of itemizing. However the difficulty nonetheless bothers him.

“I don’t suppose we must always punish areas that attempt to do proper by the municipal providers they supply,” he mentioned. His congressman, Consultant Mike Lawler, a Republican and one of many holdouts on the difficulty, has proposed lifting the cap to $100,000 for people and $200,000 for married {couples}. Mr. Randers-Pehrson believes such a rise could be too excessive.

Even amongst Republicans who need to elevate the restrict, agreeing on a requirement has been a problem.

Consultant Jeff Van Drew, Republican of New Jersey, has mentioned {that a} cap round $30,000 or $40,000 could be acceptable, whereas a bunch of 4 New York Republicans put out an announcement on Thursday calling a $30,000 cap “insulting.” Consultant Younger Kim, Republican of California, just lately floated a $62,000 deduction per particular person. Consultant Nicole Malliotakis, a New York Republican on the Methods and Means Committee, in the meantime, has recommended that People underneath a sure earnings restrict ought to be capable of take the complete deduction.

“I used to be at all times centered on those that I symbolize in Staten Island and Brooklyn, who largely all make underneath $500,000,” she mentioned.

Home Republican leaders stay optimistic they will thread the needle. Past SALT, they’re additionally grappling with a last-minute push from Mr. Trump to lift taxes on the wealthy, although the president appeared to once more again away from that concept in a social media put up on Friday. “Republicans ought to in all probability not do it, however I’m OK in the event that they do!” the president wrote.