GSP saved American companies $894 million in 2017, an increase of nearly $30 million from past estimates. The new estimates are based on revisions and updates from the U.S. Census Bureau published in June and August, and details on some of the increases are below. Even before upward revisions, U.S. companies’ tax benefits from GSP...
Continue readingGSP benefits kick back in in just a few days, but it will be a while until we know the full cost of tariffs paid by American companies due to expiration. According to the latest available data, American companies paid $67 million in extra taxes because Congress failed to renew GSP last year. In the...
Continue readingNew trade data for January came out yesterday and the numbers aren’t pretty: American companies paid $77 million in extra taxes because Congress failed to renew GSP last year. By comparison, the most tariffs paid in a single month during the last 2-year expiration was “just” $61 million. So the stakes for a swift, retroactive...
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