Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTrump says a 25% tariff "must be paid by Apple" on iPhones not made in the US, says he told Tim Cook long ago that iPhones sold in the US must be made in the USprogramming.devimagemessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1432file-text
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minus-squareNutWrench@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·9 hours agoOnce again. Companies do NOT pay tariffs. They pass on those costs of those tariffs to their customers. YOU are gonna pay that extra 25% not Apple.
minus-squareslappypantsgo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoIt’s extremely misleading to say “companies do not pay tariffs” and then immediately explain that companies do indeed pay tariffs.
minus-square/home/pineapplelover@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoUnless the companies eat the tariffs. But greedy companies will pass them on
minus-squareDoorbook@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoStill there is another side of it that also interesting. These companies has done their calculations so the cost of the product is perfect. Increasing that price means less people will buy the product.
minus-squareDaneGerous@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoIs it only tariff costs that are passed on to employees and customers or are all corporate tax costs passed on to employees and customers?
minus-squareDicJacobus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agohow long is it going to take, before you realize its too late? if they didn’t realize by now, they aren’t going to
Once again. Companies do NOT pay tariffs. They pass on those costs of those tariffs to their customers. YOU are gonna pay that extra 25% not Apple.
It’s extremely misleading to say “companies do not pay tariffs” and then immediately explain that companies do indeed pay tariffs.
Unless the companies eat the tariffs. But greedy companies will pass them on
Still there is another side of it that also interesting. These companies has done their calculations so the cost of the product is perfect. Increasing that price means less people will buy the product.
Is it only tariff costs that are passed on to employees and customers or are all corporate tax costs passed on to employees and customers?
how long is it going to take, before you realize its too late? if they didn’t realize by now, they aren’t going to