Foxconn has been studying the possibility of moving iPhone production to the U.S.

I know I'm just saying that if it had been taxed at their marginal rate without the Irish subsidiary business they would be paying a lot more and when/if they move back they will have to pay at an albeit reduced, but still non-trivial corporate tax rate of 15% and there is talk of closing that loophole. This just means that moving factories back to the US will see increased labor and tax costs relative to where they are now which means an increase in costs. Then when you add the import tax on top you create the alternate scenario where their factories remain overseas and the costs go up. My only point in all these exchanges was to point out that I don't think we'll see savings but lowering their tax rate and adding import tax to incentive moving factories because the increased labor costs and inability to continue utilizing their current tax planning will nullify it. This just means an inevitable increase in costs assuming they don't take it from their profits which isn't likely. Realistically I'm expecting electronics costs among other categories dominated by overseas manufacturers to rise when you look at the total picture.

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