Best Buy and Target have spent big to fight border adjustment tax
August 8, 2017
Best Buy and Target combined have spent more on lobbying efforts, primarily to fight a border adjustment tax championed by some Republicans, in the first six months of 2017 than they did in all of last year. Best Buy spent $1.71 million, nearly twice the company’s 2016 figure. Target spent $1.48 during the first six months of the year, slightly less than it put into lobbying efforts last year.
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