Read the article “How Ron Wyden Wants to Weaken Taxes on Multinationals” The amount of tax paid is determined by the foreign country, but in order to determine whether the foreign rate equals the GILTI rate, it is necessary to define the tax base (tax rate = tax paid/tax base). And the base is open […]
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