Foreign Cash: a Taxing Problem

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Most US multinational companies park their foreign earnings in jurisdictions with favourable tax policies in order to reduce their tax bill. For example, Ireland charges 12.5 % corporation tax while in the US it’s 35 %. If a multinational wants to repatriate foreign cash back to the US they need to pay the tax difference. CEIBS Prof. Cong Wang explains this taxation problem and predicts how Trump’s administration might help solve the problem.