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How does the tax system affect US competitiveness?

December 23, 2015 by tpc-admin

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How does the tax system affect US competitiveness?

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The international tax policies that best encourage firms to invest in the United States are not necessarily the policies that best help US multinational companies compete with foreign-based multinationals. Policymakers face a trade-off among goals.

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How does the current system of international taxation work?

December 23, 2015 by tpc-admin

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How does the current system of international taxation work?

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All countries tax income earned by multinational corporations within their borders. The United States also imposes a minimum tax on the income US-based multinationals earn in low-tax foreign countries, with a credit for 80 percent of foreign income taxes they’ve paid. Most other countries exempt most foreign-source income of their multinationals.

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What are the consequences of the new US international tax system?

December 23, 2015 by tpc-admin

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What are the consequences of the new US international tax system?

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Despite enactment of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which reduced these incentives, current rules still encourage US multinational firms to earn and report profits in low-tax foreign countries, enable both US- and foreign-based firms to shift profits earned in the United States to other countries, and encourage companies to incorporate in foreign jurisdictions.

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