How a Border Tax Would Affect You

A plan to limit imports could raise prices but also create more jobs.

- Sandra Block

After grappling with your own tax return, you probably haven’t given a lot of thought to how much Apple and ExxonMobil pay Uncle Sam. But a Republican plan to re-engineer the corporate tax code could have a direct impact on your bottom line. How much? That depends on whom you talk to and where they stand on the border adjustment tax.