The depression-era shoe tax was implemented to protect the domestic footwear industry. The regressive shoe tax on footwear imports is highest – as much as 67 percent – on the least expensive shoes.
The cost is necessarily passed on to consumers at the cash register as a hidden, regressive shoe tax that can be nearly 40 percent of the price of a pair of shoes. That extra 40 percent can add up quickly and be a burden for America's hardworking families.
EndTheShoeTax.org empowers the consumer with information about the Affordable Footwear Act of 2007 (S. 2372/ H.R. 3934), links to news stories about the Act and a list of the co-sponsors of the legislation.
Visitors can easily email Congress directly from the website to demand an end to the hidden, regressive tax on the shoes hardworking American families buy for themselves and their children.
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