The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared leery of either striking down or upholding a 2017 tax provision on foreign gains: worrying about dismantling huge parts of the tax code on the one hand or unleashing a tide of new taxes on unrealized wealth on the other.  

The justices spent more than two hours debating the constitutionality of the Mandatory Repatriation Tax, a one-time tax on the past earnings of foreign companies included in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

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