The Auto Care Association has joined Americans for Affordable Products (AAP), a coalition of businesses and trade associations, to stop the Border Adjustment Tax (BAT). AAP is running a national campaign to mobilize consumers and show lawmakers that a discriminatory tax on imports will result in their constituents paying higher prices for everyday items such as food, gas, auto repair, clothing and medicine, and should not be included in tax reform.
According to the group, the BAT, which is a component of the U.S. House Republican tax reform proposal, will significantly hurt American consumers and the nation’s largest employers by