Corporate taxes

Group of 20 finance chiefs, encouraged by new U.S. proposals, pledged on Wednesday to reach a consensus on new rules by mid-year.

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 Treasury secretary outlined the case for a harmonized corporate tax rate across the world’s major economies.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will argue Monday for a global minimum tax rate for companies as she pushes President Joe Biden’s plans to raise levies on U.S. companies, a person familiar with her remarks said.

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.

President Joe Biden laid out what he called a “bold” plan to rebuild U.S. infrastructure, but now needs an equally ambitious effort to wrangle it through Congress in the face of Republican opposition and criticism from within his Democratic Party.

The infrastructure plan sets the stage for a drawn-out battle over his second big economic program.

As companies prepare to file for the upcoming tax season, businesses face uncertainty emerging from an enduring pandemic. Further, dealing with multiple jurisdictions’ changing laws, deadlines and requirements can often require a small army of specialists.