Recalling Inversions
Recalling Inversions The U.S. tax code became increasingly uncompetitive from the late 1980s onward, resulting in a series of corporate expatriations, or inversions, whereby firms would reorganize abroad to escape the U.S. tax system. This phenomenon largely ceased following the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) in 2017; since the TCJA’s passage, not a single major inversion has been reported. The Biden Administration is proposing to return the United States to its former uncompetitive tax system, replete with higher corporate rates and an outmoded international tax regime, t...