Authors:

  • Emmanuel Farhi

Excerpt

Trump’s Tax Plan and the Dollar. Emmanuel Farhi, Gita Gopinath, January 3, 2017, Opinion, "Now that Donald Trump has been elected President of the United States and Republicans control both houses of Congress, corporate tax reform is coming to America. The package currently being discussed includes two important features: a cut in the tax rate, from 35% currently to 20% or even 15%; and a “border-adjustment” tax, which is typical of a value-added-tax (VAT) regime, but unusual for corporate taxes." Link