Multinationals Costing U.S. Billions

Large American multinational corporations are evading their domestic tax obligations through a variety of schemes costing the U.S. Treasury billions of dollars each year, according to a report released last week by the Joint Committee on Taxation.

Companies are shifting profits to nations with lower tax rates, sometimes cutting their tax U.S. tax obligations in half each year, the report found.

“I always find it impossible to explain why a pharmacist in Bastrop, Texas, or a small retail store in San Marcos is having to pay higher rates on the income that their hard-working small business owners are earning than some multinational that can duck and dodge taxes in Bermuda or the Cayman Islands,” Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) said, according to The Kansas City Star.

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