Friday, April 28, 2017

China Sees A Lower US Corporate Tax Rate As A Threat

The People's Republic of China flag and the U.S. Stars and Stripes fly along Pennsylvania Avenue near the U.S. Capitol in Washington during Chinese President Hu Jintao's state visit, January 18, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Hyungwon Kang

South China Morning Post: Trump’s tax cut plan poses a new threat to China

A lower US corporate tax rate could prompt companies to pull out of China and set up shop across the Pacific, analysts say.

A tax cut planned by US President Donald Trump will be a test for Beijing in managing its capital outflows and its troubled manufacturing sector.

The Trump administration’s tax proposal, including cutting the corporate tax rate to 15 per cent and providing a one-time repatriation tax rate for trillions of dollars in international earnings stashed overseas, is aimed at luring US firms to remit overseas profits home and even to bring such operations back to the United States.

Beijing is already worried about a capital exodus following the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate increases and a retreat by manufacturers to lower-cost countries in Asia and Africa. Lower taxes in the US could make the situation even worse, putting pressure on the central government to be more serious about tax cuts and friendlier to investors.

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WNU Editor: It is always about the money.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Maybe little princelings won't be attend American universities while tooling around in brand new cars and throwing away computer equipment after a year.

They might have take the bus, drive used cars and keep their computer equipment for the duration.