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jmowreader

(53,194 posts)
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 02:18 PM Dec 2025

Has anyone done an income tax vs tariffs analysis?

Those of us to the left of Genghis Khan are somewhat aware that King Donald, in the first year of his revenge tour, has signed "the biggest tax cut in history" with his "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" - and signed the biggest tax increase in history by tariffing the living shit out of everything from clothes to coffee.

I'd like to know two things that I'd need six months and a mainframe to discover: if the "average taxpayer" has seen his or her total federal tax bill increase because the added taxes from tariffs are more than the decreased taxes from Trump's "big beautiful" cut, and if the "average taxpayer" is now paying more in tariffs than he or she is in income tax.

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Has anyone done an income tax vs tariffs analysis? (Original Post) jmowreader Dec 2025 OP
I'm a Trade Compliance Officer JustAnotherGen Dec 2025 #1

JustAnotherGen

(38,055 posts)
1. I'm a Trade Compliance Officer
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 02:46 PM
Dec 2025

At a US Manufacturer hard hit by tariffs.

At a personal level? Yes I have. But I also purchased a key few things in January of last year for tariff avoidance.

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