The GOP tax overhaul just made Goldman Sachs $5 billion poorer

Goldman Sachs expects to lose $5 billion in Q4 from the Republican tax overhaul.
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The Republican tax overhaul will leave Goldman Sachs an estimated $5 billion shorter in profits in its final quarter of this year, CNN Money reports. While that is partially due to changes to tax credits, which will be worth significantly less next year under the new rules, most of the hit comes from the "repatriation tax," which involves money returned to America from overseas.

"U.S. companies had found ways to legally park money overseas to avoid the higher U.S. corporate tax," The Associated Press explains. "It has been expected that changes in the law would prompt some of those companies to return money to the U.S., potentially $2.5 trillion or more," although "historically, repatriated profits have not had a broad effect on the U.S. economy."

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.