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发帖数: 2904 | 1 Buy American — or else: GOP plan to kill import cost tax write-offs has
retail industries alarmed
As lawmakers set out to implement one of the broadest reforms to the tax
code in decades, one proposal has companies gearing up for a rebellion
against politicians they traditionally view as close, pro-business allies.
Republicans in the House of Representatives and President-elect Donald Trump
seem prepared to deal a blow to import-dependent companies with taxes aimed
at penalizing them for not buying “Made in America” goods.
The proposal is part of the House Ways and Means Committee’s blueprint for
the tax overhaul, a sweeping raft of tax cuts its authors say would lead to
an era of unprecedented growth. According to the House proposal, taxing
imported goods “will eliminate the incentives created by our current tax
system to move or locate operations outside the United States.”
Though technically not an import tariff, the so-called border tax adjustment
prevents companies from writing off import costs on their taxable income,
effectively raising their tax bills. Trump has repeatedly called for
protective tariffs, so it’s likely he will be on board unless he’s
convinced otherwise by industry leaders.
“Our goal should be to try to make everything we can in the United States
so that the money gets put in the pockets of Americans,” incoming White
House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus told radio host Hugh Hewitt on Wednesday
. “And we want to see the potential for a change in that border
adjustability so that American jobs are protected.”
To import-reliant businesses, the border tax adjustment is a poison pill,
and bigger companies are preparing for war to ensure President-elect Donald
Trump and his Republican allies in Congress know just how much they hate
this idea.
The border tax adjustment would have the biggest impact on clothing and
shoes — almost everything Americans wear is manufactured abroad — as well
consumer electronics, furniture and home appliances. Big companies like Wal-
Mart, Target, Home Depot, Nike and IKEA would see their import costs rise
immensely since so many, if not most, of the products they manufacture or
sell are imported.
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“The apparel and footwear industry has been global for more than a
generation and is reliant on global supply chains to provide the products
that American consumers want to buy,” Stephen Lamar, executive vice-
president of the American Apparel and Footwear Association, told Salon by
email. “This change to the tax code would have an outsized adverse impact
on our industry, so it is something we are taking very seriously.”
The National Retail Federation trade group agrees, and has said the import
tax could raise the tax bills of some apparel chains by a factor of five.
“The proposed border tax adjustment will distort the market, increase
consumer prices and create an uneven playing field for companies and
consumers alike,” said a statement from Koch Industries, the industrial
conglomerate principally owned and managed by Charles and David Koch, the
politically active libertarian duo that tends to throw their support to
Republicans.
Because it’s part of a larger raft of corporate tax cuts, it’s not clear
how this import tax would impact the price of goods, but Lamar said it’s
likely to cause a net increase in costs for many companies that exceed their
operating profits, tipping them into the red.
“Companies would have to deal with this existential threat by increasing
costs to consumers and/or reducing payroll – neither of which would support
sustained economic growth in our country,” he said in the email to Salon. | w*p
发帖数: 16484 | | C****2
发帖数: 2904 | 3 准备好去加拿大抢货去吧，回国别忘多点东西过来。
这样的美元虚高还有啥屁用吧，和北韩一样
Trump
aimed
for
to
【在 C****2 的大作中提到】
: Buy American — or else: GOP plan to kill import cost tax write-offs has
: retail industries alarmed
: As lawmakers set out to implement one of the broadest reforms to the tax
: code in decades, one proposal has companies gearing up for a rebellion
: against politicians they traditionally view as close, pro-business allies.
: Republicans in the House of Representatives and President-elect Donald Trump
: seem prepared to deal a blow to import-dependent companies with taxes aimed
: at penalizing them for not buying “Made in America” goods.
: The proposal is part of the House Ways and Means Committee’s blueprint for
: the tax overhaul, a sweeping raft of tax cuts its authors say would lead to
| C****2
发帖数: 2904 | 4 美国国债利率已经大涨了，狗剩那帮人早知道美元购买力不行了。
草，这种搞法，好多外国玩意儿都会贵很多，物价大涨是必须的。
【在 w*p 的大作中提到】
: 这种大面积加税，没有违反WTO的规定？
| w*p
发帖数: 16484 | 5 北美wsn正好回国潇洒
【在 C****2 的大作中提到】
: 美国国债利率已经大涨了，狗剩那帮人早知道美元购买力不行了。
: 草，这种搞法，好多外国玩意儿都会贵很多，物价大涨是必须的。
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