The tariff tax on everything you buy
Trump imposed it without a vote in Congress. The average household pays about $570 a year.
- Who acted
- Trump imposed the tariffs using executive authority. Congress did not vote on them.
- Who gained
- No donor transfer is established here. This page documents a tax and who bears it.
- What working people pay
- Yale Budget Lab estimates about $570 a year for the average household. The poorest tenth loses about three times as much income proportionally as the richest tenth.
- The connection
- Importers pay tariffs at the border and pass much of the cost into prices at the register.
Receipt: Yale Budget Lab’s March 2026 estimate
Tariffs are import taxes. Companies pay them at the border and pass much of the cost into prices — so you pay at the store.
Trump imposed them without a vote in Congress. Yale Budget Lab puts this year's cost at about $570 for the average household. Because lower-income families spend more of what they earn, the burden hits the poorest tenth about three times as hard as the richest.
This entry does not claim the tariff money went to a donor. It records the part the evidence proves: Trump imposed the tax, and working households pay it.
Trump imposed the tariff tax without a vote in Congress. It costs the average household about $570 a year and hits the poorest hardest.
