Random thought. This tariff war is due in part to manufacturing jobs being sent over seas. Will we see tariffs/penalties on accounting firms as they’ve sent 100,000s of jobs to India?

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no, because the tariff policies are not actually designed to penalize businesses for sending jobs overseas. you’re beginning from a false premise.

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i didn’t say it was remotely smart. but trump was pretty straight up that the point was to demonstrate strength on the international stage. like a” look, if you don’t want more of our goods, we don’t need yours either!” sort of thing.

This would be 🔥

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These might be taxed by local govt through vat/gst taxes in the offshoring country. But no, not tariffed

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Why would VAT ever apply on exported services?

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Have tariffs ever been applied in a context that didn’t involve physical movement of goods?

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