Steve King: No more tax deductions for businesses who claim expenses for illegal aliens

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Employers of illegal aliens deduct as a business expense the wages and benefits paid to illegal alien workers – but not for long, if Iowa Congressman Steve King has his way.

“No employer should be rewarded with a tax deduction for illegal activity,” Steve King says. He has introduced legislation called “New IDEA” tied to a tax cut bill that would end this practice.

On Monday, Steve King and 11 of his House colleagues sent a letter to Chairman Kevin Brady asking the Ways and Means Committee to include King’s HR 176- New IDEA (Illegal Deduction Elimination Act) into H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Congressman Steve King has also published an op-ed arguing for the inclusion of New IDEA in the tax reform legislation. That op-ed can be found here.

An analysis by the Center for Immigration Studies found that King’s legislation would raise more than a quarter of a Trillion ($254 billion) in revenue over ten years.