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Goldman warns of $5bn hit from Trump tax cut

Wall Street giant estimates the extent of its pain from short-term tax losses

Goldman warns of $5bn hit from Trump tax cut

Goldman Sachs is the latest bulge-bracket bank to reveal the short-term hit it will take thanks to tax legislation signed into law by US President Donald Trump.

In a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission today, the Wall Street titan said its earnings for the fourth quarter and year ending December 31, 2017 would be reduced by $5bn, "approximately two-thirds of which is due to the repatriation tax".

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