Senate and House tax experts met Wednesday as they pushed to strike a tax deal that could reinstate business deductions in exchange for an enlargement of the child tax credit (CTC). After failing to emerge from the yearly tax extenders debate at the ends of 2023 and 2022, the potential deal is getting new life as Congress attempts to pass a bipartisan spending bill ahead of a Jan. 19 deadline to avoid a partial shutdown. Experts say the tax deal is closer to happening now in the wake of a $1.66 trillion top-line spending agreement announced over the weekend and a flurry of House and Senate meetings. IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel…
