U.S. Cross-border Tax Reform and the Cautionary Tale of GILTI
U.S. Cross-border Tax Reform and the Cautionary Tale of GILTI Daniel Bunn Key Findings The U.S. joined many other developed nations in adopting territorial provisions and anti-base erosion rules as part of the 2017 tax reform. One major piece of that reform, that is not typical in other territorial systems, is a new definition of currently taxable foreign earnings, Global Intangible Low Tax Income (GILTI), which is taxed at an effective rate of 13.125 percent, with the rate set to increase after 2025 to 16.4 percent. Recent research has shown that foreign earnings of U.S. companies remain tax...
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