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Obama plans tax on overseas profits of US corporations

Geoff Riley

1st February 2015

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There are sizeable political barriers in the way of this proposal - but Obama's plans for a tax on the profits of US firms stashed overseas at least deserves some scrutiny.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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