Laura Davison

The U.S. is proposing that countries should be able to tax more corporate profits based on revenues within their borders, according to two people familiar with the offer.

The administration views GOP attacks on its proposal to use corporate tax hikes to pay for a vast infrastructure program as a losing argument in the battle for public opinion.

The Treasury secretary says the plan aims to remove incentives for companies to shift investments and profit abroad and raise more money for critical needs at home.

The challenge for legislators will be to minimize loopholes that could diminish the impact.

Three top Senate Democrats released a proposal to overhaul the U.S. international tax system that could shape the outcome of the global tax revamp that the White House is pursuing to fund infrastructure spending.

The corporate tax-cut party President Donald Trump kicked off will soon be over if his successor proves able to enact proposals to roll back half of the 2017 domestic income-tax reduction and to radically revamp levies on profits earned abroad.

Estimates suggest that the total of the net operating loss refunds may eventually top $25 billion.

President Joe Biden’s Treasury Department is calling for a “more robust minimum tax” on profits earned by American corporations overseas to remove incentives for companies to shift earnings outside U.S. borders.

The U.S. Senate approved a two-month extension of a popular U.S. small-business relief program that still has about $79 billion left to distribute, giving companies until the end of May to apply for the forgivable loans.

The government has so far sent about 127 million stimulus payments to individuals and households.