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S. 2976119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Oct 6, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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The HIRE Act would impose a 25% federal tax on U.S. businesses paying foreign workers for services benefiting American customers.
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The HIRE Act would create a 25% federal excise tax on U.S. businesses that pay foreign workers or companies to perform services for American customers, such as call centers or data processing. If services serve both U.S. and foreign customers, only the U.S.-facing portion is taxed. Businesses also could no longer deduct these outsourcing payments from their income taxes, meaning the cost is taxed twice.
U.S. companies that outsource customer service, tech support, or other labor overseas would be directly affected, along with foreign workers performing that outsourced work. American workers in competing domestic industries and consumers who might see higher prices could also be affected.
The tax would raise costs for businesses that outsource labor abroad, potentially encouraging them to hire domestically instead, and could lead to higher prices passed on to consumers.
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Right now: a Senate committee is reviewing it. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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