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John Thune: “The 20% deduction that was written into the 2017 bill.”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Interview with Senator John Thune on Tax Policies and Economic Growth

Published | Video Starts at 03:06

As you point out they are, they're 96% of the businesses in this country. The one thing of course pass throughs want is they want to keep their 199A deduction, The 20% deduction that was written into the 2017 bill. But as you look at what's currently in law, all of it expiring at the end of the year, on the business side, what you want is growth. (03:06–03:10)

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Asserts that a 20% deduction for pass-through businesses was included in the 2017 tax bill.

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