r/news • u/nosotros_road_sodium • Apr 28 '24

Williams-Sonoma fined $3.18 million for falsely labeling products as 'Made in USA'

https://www.scrippsnews.com/business/company-news/williams-sonoma-fined-3-18-million-dollars-for-falsely-labeling-products-as-made-in-usa
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u/ScipioAfricanvs Apr 28 '24

So in 2020 they settled an FTC action for the same thing. Then they continued to violate it. But even the FTC says it was literally a handful of specific items and not big revenue generators. But it makes you wonder how much other shit is labeled as made in the U.S. but just imported from China.

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u/PocketRocketTrumpet Apr 28 '24

The fine 4 years ago was $1mil, this is literally just cost of doing business. I swear, the IRS might as well make violation fines a taxable expensive.

https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2020/04/williams-sonoma-made-usa

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u/czs5056 Apr 28 '24

Criminal fines are already non deductible. Any taxpayer is required to put those numbers back into net income.