What is the global minimum tax deal and what will it mean?

The minimum tax and other provisions aim to put an end to decades of tax competition between governments to attract foreign investment. The global minimum tax rate would apply to overseas profits of multinational firms with 750 million euros ($868 million) in sales globally.

Why is there a global minimum tax?

Why a global minimum tax rate? With budgets strained after the COVID-19 crisis, many governments want more than ever to discourage multinationals from shifting profits – and tax revenues – to low-tax countries regardless of where their sales are made.

What is the US global minimum tax?

The United States already has a version of its own global minimum tax, created as part of the 2017 GOP tax act, that imposes a 10.5 percent minimum tax on U.S. multinational firms’ foreign earnings.

What is the current global tax?

Additionally, the agreement sets up the adoption of a global minimum tax of 15 percent, which would increase taxes on companies with earnings in low-tax jurisdictions.

What is the 15\% global minimum tax?

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The new global minimum tax of 15 percent aims to reverse the decades-long decline in tax rates on corporations across the world, a trend experts say has deprived governments of revenue to fund social spending programs.

What is global tax regime?

International tax jurisprudence received a shot in the arm when 130 countries agreed to introduce a new global tax regime for taxing multinational corporations (MNCs) operating the globe over. All that a MNC had to do to avoid high tax in a country where they did business was to get registered in a tax haven.

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Is the US a tax haven?

Indeed, the United States is now ranked as the world’s No. 2 tax haven by the Tax Justice Network, sheltering more money than any other except for the Cayman Islands.