Corporate taxes

Finance ministers are due to begin meeting this week to home in on an accord that might feature both a minimum rate and encompass digital giants.

Even as they look to ramp up acquisitions, funds are worried about the potential impact of these much-discussed taxes.

GOP lawmakers reject the White House’s latest counteroffer of $1.7 trillion as too costly and object to corporate tax increases.

A U.S. proposal for a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15% met with an enthusiastic reception in Europe, bringing the world closer to a deal on sweeping changes to how much multinationals pay, and to which governments.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s team has proposed a 15% global minimum corporate tax in international negotiations aimed at ending competition to lure companies through cheap rates, which then end up eroding government revenues.

Technology hardware, health care and pharmaceutical companies would be most impacted by U.S. proposals to rewrite international tax rules, according to a new analysis.

Business groups were unmoved by the Treasury Secretary’s call for U.S. companies to accept higher taxes in return for a huge public investment in infrastructure aimed at boosting the American economy.

Republican senators say they’re encouraged about the prospects for a deal with President Biden on his $2.25 trillion infrastructure proposal after an Oval Office meeting but want to exclude any move to roll back the 2017 tax cuts to help pay for the package.

The president and Republican congressional leaders see a narrow opening for compromise on infrastructure spending yet significant obstacles remain, particularly on tax increases.

European regulators failed to show that the U.S. online retailer was given special treatment by Luxembourg’s tax authority in violation of state-aid rules.

Financial executives are eyeing tax changes expected in the Biden administration, demands for more environmental, social and governance reporting, and diversity efforts.

Congressional Democrats have reintroduced legislation in the House and Senate to shed more light on the use of corporate tax havens and incentives for outsourcing jobs abroad.

'It doesn't have to be exactly' 28 percent, the president said, in a signal that a final package could well have a lower rate.

The Biden administration has proposed that the U.S. apply a 21 percent global minimum rate.

The tax would discourage companies from shifting operations to nations with less-stringent rules.

Biden's infrastructure plan calls for an expansion of tax credits for low-income housing, energy-efficient buildings and renewable energy, and that could boost the finance industry's options.

A U.S.-driven effort to reach a global accord on taxing big tech companies’ overseas profits is getting bogged down over ensnaring one company in particular.

Finance leaders are in a pivotal position to be even more strategic partners to leaders across the enterprise.

There are financial, operational and remedial measures that companies can implement to mitigate the eventual impact of the administration's tax plan.

The Netherlands, long considered to be at the heart of a system of multinational corporate profit-shifting, has signaled that it’s ready to support a U.S. proposal that ends the practice.