GOP Budget Bill Would Repeal Tax on Firearm Suppressors

The proposed repeal of the $200 transfer tax is part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act reconciliation underway in Congress.

A SureFire firearm sound suppressors, commonly referred to as a silencer, is displayed during the National Rifle Association Annual Meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center, in Houston, Texas, on May 28, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

WASHINGTON—A major fiscal policy bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on May 22 would rescind the tax imposed on suppressors—colloquially called “silencers"—for firearms.

Suppressors are thick cylinders attached to the muzzle of firearms in order to reduce the sound produced when fired. They are popular with hunters, who seek to remain undetected by animals when shooting game, and others seeking to reduce the recoil of a shot.