According to the FT this morning:
Three US companies seeking to use controversial takeovers to cut their US tax bills hold at least $21bn in “trapped” offshore cash that the deals could unlock.
According to data compiled by Moody's for the Financial Times, the biggest offshore cash piles held by companies pursuing so-called “tax inversions” belong to Medtronic, a medical devices group; AbbVie, a drugmaker; and Applied Materials, a technology group.
I could spend ages explaining how and why this works. Thankfully I don't have to. Pulitzer prize winning journalist David Cay Johnston has done it in Newsweek.
Can I strongly recommend it's worth a visit to read his article?
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