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A destination-based cash flow tax (DBCFT) is a form of border adjustment tax (BAT) that was proposed in the United States by the Republican Party in their 2016 policy paper "A Better Way — Our Vision for a Confident America", which promoted a move to the tax. It has been described by some sources as simply a form of import tariff, while others have argued that it has different consequences than those of a simple tariff.

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  • Die destinationsabhängige Cash-flow-Steuer (englisch destination-based cash flow tax, DBCFT) ist ein zentraler Punkt der Steuerreform, die 2016 von der Republikanischen Partei im Grundlagenpapier „A Better Way – Our Vision for a Confident America“ vorgestellt wurde. Sie basiert auf den Ideen des Ökonomen . Während die herkömmliche Unternehmenssteuer den Unternehmensgewinn besteuert, besteuert die DBCFT den Cashflow der Unternehmen. Ein entscheidender Faktor jedoch ist, dass die Steuer in den Außenhandel eingreift – darum der Namensbestandteil „destination-based“: Ausgaben für den Kauf ausländischer Güter können nicht mehr von den Einnahmen abgezogen werden, während aber Einnahmen aus Exporten nicht mehr besteuert werden. Besteuert wird dann nur noch die Differenz zwischen den Einnahmen aus dem Verkauf inländischer Güter und den Ausgaben für die Herstellung inländischer Güter. Dies kommt im Endeffekt einer Importsteuer und einer Exportsubvention gleich. Als Vorteil gilt, dass Unternehmen ein Anreiz gegeben wird, Produktionsstätten in die USA zu verlagern, da Importe verteuert werden. Als Nachteile gelten, dass durch den größeren Exportüberschuss der Kurs des US-Dollars steigt, was den Besitzern von US-Staatsanleihen (v. a. China) hohe Buchgewinne beschert, während amerikanische Besitzer von Fremdwährungsbeständen Einbußen erleiden werden. Ebenso schreiben die WTO-Regeln vor, dass importierte Güter steuerlich gleich behandelt werden müssen wie im Inland hergestellte. Im Vergleich dazu fallen Mehrwertsteuern beim Kauf in- wie ausländischer Güter an. Befürworter der neuen Steuer sind vor allem multinationale Exportunternehmen wie Dow Chemical Co., Pfizer und Boeing, während etwa Detail- und Spielzeughändler sowie Automobilfirmen die neue Steuer ablehnen. (de)
  • A destination-based cash flow tax (DBCFT) is a form of border adjustment tax (BAT) that was proposed in the United States by the Republican Party in their 2016 policy paper "A Better Way — Our Vision for a Confident America", which promoted a move to the tax. It has been described by some sources as simply a form of import tariff, while others have argued that it has different consequences than those of a simple tariff. The proposed tax is a destination-based, border-adjustable international corporate consumption tax system in which a tax is "applied to all domestic consumption and excludes any goods or services that are produced domestically, but consumed elsewhere." The border adjustments included in the proposal are "taxes or tax reductions that apply when payments for goods and services cross international borders." Imported goods purchased/consumed domestically are subject to the tax while goods produced domestically and sold internationally are exempt. According to economist Alan J. Auerbach at the University of California, Berkeley, who is the "principal intellectual champion" of the "package of ideas" surrounding border-adjustment tax that had been evolving in academia over a number of years, the destination-based system, which is focused on where a product is consumed, eliminates incentives that multinationals now have to "game the system" through tax inversion and other means, in order to "avoid taxes" and to "shelter profits" by "shifting" "intangible assets to low-tax nations." Introducing this was the linchpin of the Republican Party's 2016 tax-reform proposal. A major aspect of the tax policy change would result in lowering the corporate tax rate from 35% to 20% by adjusting or removing export sales from the company's taxable revenue, thus leaving domestic exporters with a tax advantage. Offsetting that reduction in tax revenue, the border-adjustment tax applied to imports consumed domestically. Auerbach's theory is that a border-adjustment tax of 20% would strengthen the US dollar by about 25%. More exports will assumedly be sold because of their lower costs under the border tax subsidy. The stronger dollar would keep domestic consumer costs lower in spite of the 20% corporate income tax being applied to imported goods consumed domestically, effectively cancelling out the higher tax on imports and making the border-adjustment tax value-neutral. However, both The Economist and the Brookings Institution caution that there is uncertainty as to how the currency exchange will respond. Unless it is immediate and as complete as Auerbach anticipates, the increased cost to importers would result in higher consumer prices which would "hit low-income households disproportionately." Some economists and policy makers have also expressed concern that other countries could challenge border-adjustment tax with the World Trade Organization or impose retaliatory tariffs; and there is also strong opposition by some US corporate interests. (en)
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  • A destination-based cash flow tax (DBCFT) is a form of border adjustment tax (BAT) that was proposed in the United States by the Republican Party in their 2016 policy paper "A Better Way — Our Vision for a Confident America", which promoted a move to the tax. It has been described by some sources as simply a form of import tariff, while others have argued that it has different consequences than those of a simple tariff. (en)
  • Die destinationsabhängige Cash-flow-Steuer (englisch destination-based cash flow tax, DBCFT) ist ein zentraler Punkt der Steuerreform, die 2016 von der Republikanischen Partei im Grundlagenpapier „A Better Way – Our Vision for a Confident America“ vorgestellt wurde. Sie basiert auf den Ideen des Ökonomen . Befürworter der neuen Steuer sind vor allem multinationale Exportunternehmen wie Dow Chemical Co., Pfizer und Boeing, während etwa Detail- und Spielzeughändler sowie Automobilfirmen die neue Steuer ablehnen. (de)
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  • Destinationsabhängige Cash-flow-Steuer (de)
  • Destination-based cash flow tax (en)
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