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Trump’s New Car-Loan Tax Break Might Break Your Brain

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t is about boosting all American-made autos, not just EVs, but not all buyers benefit, they must be patient and the incentive is modest

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Customers browse used Ford vehicles at a dealership.

A new tax deduction is less generous, less immediate and harder to estimate than the current one for electric cars. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News

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Christopher OttsFollow

Aug. 23, 2025 10:00 am ET

General Motors’ finance chief predicts car shoppers are going to come to dealer lots with a new question: “Where was this vehicle built?” 

That is because in President Trump’s new tax law, car buyers can qualify for a tax deduction on interest from car loans used to finance the purchase of vehicles assembled in the U.S.

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