Corporate tax havens a global problem that requires a global solution

Reversing reckless tax cuts is the right goal but won’t solve the underlying problem that predated them: the use of offshore tax havens that allow corporations to skirt U.S. taxes (as well as those of other countries).

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April 12, 2021 - 8:51 AM

President Joe Biden says he wants to partly roll back the Republican tax cuts of 2017, including corporate tax reductions that amounted to a giveaway to some of the world’s richest entities. Reversing those reckless cuts is the right goal but won’t solve the underlying problem that predated them: the use of offshore tax havens that allow corporations to skirt U.S. taxes (as well as those of other countries) by funneling their profits through subsidiaries in low- or no-tax jurisdictions.

So it’s encouraging that newly installed Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is now…

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