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Let's start with ron johnson from wisconsin. he is very concerned about small businesses. he wanted to change the deductions for small businesses about 17.4% now. it would be 20% in this bill. maybe bring it up to 25%. that's the first problem. the second problem comes from someone who is not a senator, elizabeth mcdonagh, the senate parliamentarian. powerful in washington and works behind the scenes. they had built into this bill a provision called a trigger so in case they started to cut taxes and run big deficits the triggers would kick in and start to produce more revenue. tax increases. t...

Let's start with ron johnson from wisconsin. he is very concerned about small businesses. he wanted to change the deductions for small businesses about 17.4% now. it would be 20% in this bill. maybe bring it up to 25%. that's the first problem. the second problem comes from someone who is not a senator, elizabeth mcdonagh, the senate parliamentarian. powerful in washington and works behind the scenes. they had built into this bill a provision called a trigger so in case they started to cut taxes and run big deficits the triggers would kick in and start to produce more revenue. tax increases. t...

Rate of all individuals. basically, wiping it away. that is something that senators bob corker and jeff flake want to see. another issue at hand, this is the pass through rate. this is for business entities, partnerships, that file on the individual side. they get a pass through rate. it's normally 17.4%. well now it's been up to 20%. there are some folks like senator lindsey graham who want it to be 27%. ron johnson as well. bigger tax credit if you will for the smaller business entities. that is something. the child tax credit another thing that folks are looking at. it has since doubled. or...

17.4% to 20%. is that going to be enough? that's still an open question. then you talk about people like jeff flake, bob corker, there issue has been throughout the deficit. this is where things are most complex where negotiations as i speak are ongoing with staff and those senators whachlt they are trying to do is implement some type of trigger mechanism. if the rosy projections don't end up panning out in the near term, this would trigger immediate tax increases. who you that tax increase would work, would it be corporate, whether it be on the individual side, that's the open question. if th...

That file on the individual side, what are the rates here? initially it was 17.4%, and it has been increased to 20%. there are still senators that say let's raise that higher, that tax credit to 27% for some of the smaller business entities. the other issue, the child tax credit. this has doubled since this process began, it was $1,000 now it's $2,000. senator marco rubio wants it fully refundable and that will cost money. you will look at other amendments as well as promises of other legislation such as repealing the obamacare individual mandate, and all of these things will have to be paid f...