yep. Trump added tariffs on physical goods, but there are no taxes on service imports.

Section 174's 15 years amortization rule on foreign R&D is kind of an indirect tax.

	▲	itake 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Overseas labor spend their salary overseas and pay no US taxes. still not the samething.

brightball 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There was talk of it. I believe the H.I.R.E. Act that’s been proposed is supposed to add a 25% fee to outsourcing overseas.

	▲	itake 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Probably a step in the right direction. But if you can hire someone abroad for 20% of the cost of an American worker, then instead of replacing one American with five workers, you replace them with four.

dilyevsky 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Wait until you hear what he did to h1b program!

	▲	itake 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The 100k fee on new applicants? drop in the ocean. The h1b people spend (most) of their salary in the USA and pay US income taxes. Whereas overseas labor spend their salary over seas and pay no US taxes.