Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Is President Biden's G7 Tax Deal DOA In The U.S. Senate?

Reuters: U.S. Republicans vow to oppose Yellen's G7 tax deal, casting doubt on its future 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several top U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday rejected Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's G7 deal to impose a global minimum corporate tax and allow more countries to tax big multinational firms, raising questions about the U.S. ability to implement a broader global agreement. 

The opposition from Republicans may push President Joe Biden to attempt to use budget procedures to pass the initiatives with only Democratic votes. 

It left lawyers and tax experts in Washington wondering whether it could get done without crafting a new international treaty, which requires approval by a two-thirds majority in the evenly split 100-member Senate.

"It's wrong for the United States," Republican Senator John Barrasso said of the tax deal struck on Saturday by finance ministers from the G7 wealthy democracies.  

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WNU Editor: The Republicans are not going to support this G-7 tax deal, and I predict a number of US Democrats will also express their opposition. All of which this blog predicted a few days ago .... G-7 Nations Reach A Deal On Global Tax Reform (June 5, 2021). What a change from all the hype that we saw just a few days ago.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Seriously. WTF?

Chad, Congo, and Sudan have the highest tax rate and they are doing awesome. Don't know about Zambia. Brasil has a fairly high tax rate. It seems to muddle along, but Americans when they think about it, don't think much about it.

I think Yellen took her last exam and threw her notes and he accumulated learning in to the waste can as she walked out of the classroom.

Of course these are the same people that lied about the Russia Hoax and COVID. so none of it is surprise anymore. The lies come so fast, it is not hard at all to imagine what it is like to be bitch slapped.

Anonymous said...

This is a cartel by the G-7, also known as price fixing which is illegal in all G-7 nations.