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Re:American big business faces the G20 in a fight for $2.1T ... by rayiner on Sunday November 29, 2015 @09:50PM (#10647335)
What exactly is the "loophole" here, and how could small companies take advantage of it?
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Re:American big business faces the G20 in a fight for $2.1T ... by deoptimo on Sunday November 29, 2015 @10:43PM (#10647563)
The loophole is setting up a multi-national structure to implement the base erosion and profit-shifting strategies discussed here:

https://www.oecd.org/tax/aggressive/beps-2015-final-reports....

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Re:American big business faces the G20 in a fight for $2.1T ... by rayiner on Monday November 30, 2015 @12:01AM (#10647822)
How is that a "loophole." Multi-national structures seem like a necessary facet of the tax code. And the listed strategies don't seem to take advantage of obscure provisions, but basic mechanics of the tax system: deduction of costs from gross revenues, etc.
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Re:American big business faces the G20 in a fight for $2.1T ... by deoptimo on Monday November 30, 2015 @10:49AM (#10649962)
Take a closer look at the sections on hybrid entities, treaty shopping, and transfer pricing. There are loopholes wide enough to let tanker ships pass.
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Re:American big business faces the G20 in a fight for $2.1T ... by joeblow99 on Monday November 30, 2015 @12:11AM (#10647849)
"loophole" is a word for "a completely legal tax maneuver I don't like"
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Re:American big business faces the G20 in a fight for $2.1T ... by rhino369 on Monday November 30, 2015 @01:27PM (#10650837)
Worse, it's often a work for "a completely legal tax provision I don't understand."
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