Effect on Economy and Investors

A financial transaction tax could create market distortions that would reduce the efficiency of markets for all participants—including fund investors—by reducing market volumes, impairing liquidity, and distorting price discovery. Learn more about this and other effects of a financial transaction tax from ICI and other sources below.

ICI Opinion

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Video

ICI Policy Video: The Trouble with Financial Transaction Taxes

ICI Policy Video The Trouble with Financial Transaction Taxes A financial transaction tax (FTT) is a...
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Letters to the Editor & Responses

Financial Transaction Tax Costs

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Opinions

“Wall Street Tax Act” Will Land on Main Street Investors

Last month, Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR) introduced the Wall...

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