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Taxes as Tariffs: The HIRE Act

09.24.2025 | Duration: 15:32

This episode of Catching Up on Capitol Hill covers a newly proposed tax bill, the HIRE Act, which in many ways acts as a tariff on services.

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September 24, 2025 | Washington can't stop talking about the recently proposed HIRE Act. The bill would impose an excise tax on certain payments to foreign service providers – in effect a tariff on many imported services. Should the tax community take this bill seriously?

Listen as Jennifer Acuna and Dan Winnick join John Gimigliano to break down what the bill does, what its policy goals might be, and whether it could be signed into law any time soon.

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Jennifer Acuna
Principal, Washington National Tax, KPMG US
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John P. Gimigliano
Principal, Washington National Tax, KPMG US
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Daniel J. Winnick
Principal, Washington National Tax, KPMG US
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Jennifer Acuna
Principal, Washington National Tax, KPMG US
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John P. Gimigliano
Principal, Washington National Tax, KPMG US
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Daniel J. Winnick
Principal, Washington National Tax, KPMG US
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