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Income taxes could be eliminated soon due to tariffs, Trump says

The U.S. may "almost completely" eliminate income tax in the next couple of years due to tariff revenue, President Trump said late Thursday.

Why it matters: Offsetting the revenue from individual income taxes would require over $2.5 trillion a year in tariff collections, more than 10 times what the government actually took in during the last fiscal year.


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