Tag: Corporate Inversion

"Any company considering an inversion is now on notice that there is action thatâs going to be taken,âï¿½ Lew said. (Getty images/Mark Wilson)

Treasury secretary promises executive action ‘very, very soon’ on inversions

Joseph Lawler · September 17, 2014 11:55 pm

The United States has the third least competitive tax system among developed nations, according to a new ranking of countries' tax codes.ÃÂ (iStock image)

U.S. tax system ranks near bottom among developed nations

Joseph Lawler · September 15, 2014 3:36 pm

Treasury could act next week to prevent companies from leaving U.S.

Treasury could act next week to prevent companies from leaving U.S.

Joseph Lawler · September 12, 2014 3:41 pm

A group of Senate Democrats appealed directly to Burger King's CEO on Thursday to cancel the planned move of the company's headquarters to Canada. (Justin Sullivan/Getty images)

Democratic senators appeal directly to Burger King CEO to stop inversion

Joseph Lawler · September 11, 2014 9:07 pm

"I believe the Treasury Department has completed - or is very close to completing - such a plan, but refuses to make it public," House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp said (AP Photo)

GOP tax writer: Treasury has a hidden tax-reform plan

Joseph Lawler · September 10, 2014 4:13 pm

"As we press ahead, we continue to believe that any legislation addressing inversions must bridge to comprehensive tax reform," Hatch said. (Getty images/T.J. Kirkpatrick)

Support wanes for stopping tax inversions before November elections

Joseph Lawler · September 10, 2014 9:02 am

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., expresses his dismay at Russian Vladimir Putin leader granting asylum to American secrets leaker Edward Snowden, at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. Defying the United States, Russia granted Edward Snowden temporary asylum on Thursday, allowing the National Security Agency leaker to slip out of the Moscow airport where he has been holed up for weeks in hopes of evading espionage charges back home. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Schumer preps bill to penalize companies that inverted as far back as 1994

Joseph Lawler · September 8, 2014 3:08 pm

The Obama administration will make a decision on executive action to prevent corporations from leaving the country in the "very near future," Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said Monday morning. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Jack Lew: Decision on executive action on taxes ‘in the very near future’

Joseph Lawler · September 8, 2014 1:43 pm

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, called for Congress to reform the corporate tax code during a segment on CNBC. (AP Photo)

Portman pushes corporate tax reform

Kelly Cohen · September 3, 2014 6:12 pm

All that really matters to most Americans is whether Burger King burgers taste the way they're supposed to. (Getty images/Joe Raedle)

The Left’s ridiculous Burger King freakout

David Harsanyi · August 29, 2014 4:11 am

The Obama White House has announced plans to negotiate and sign a climate accord, but there's no chance that an agreement will be ratified in the Senate. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Energy and Environment

President Obama’s own inversion

Washington Examiner · August 28, 2014 10:56 pm

Signs for a Tim Hortons restaurant, foreground, and a Burger King restaurant are displayed along Peach Street Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, in Erie, Penn. Burger King struck an $11 billion deal to buy Tim Hortons that would create the world's third largest fast-food company and could make the Canadian coffee-and-doughnut chain more of a household name around the world. (AP Photo/Erie Times-News, Christopher Millette)

Tim Hortons a big part of Canadian identity

Rob Gillies · August 28, 2014 6:09 pm