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Tax Foundation · Nov 18, 2025

Tariff Dividends Would Cost More than Tariff Revenues Will Generate

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Bottom Line

💡 Tariff Dividends Would Cost More than Tariff Revenues Will Generate. General industry update.

Summary

Under nearly any design option, sending out $2,000 payments to Americans would increase, not decrease, the federal budget deficit. A better way to provide relief from the burden of tariffs would be to eliminate the tariffs.

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Category: backgroundPriority: informationalReason: General tax news

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All tax practitioners

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