Permanently Reinvested Earnings: Priceless

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Rodney P. Mock

California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo - Orfalea College of Business

Andreas Simon

Pepperdine University - Graziadio Business School

Date Written: November 17, 2008

Abstract

In this report, the authors discuss the tax and policy issues associated with repatriation under the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, P.L. 108-357, 118 Stat. 1418 (2004) (Jobs Act), and conduct an extensive survey of the financial statements of the top 81 repatriating multinational corporations. The author's findings suggest that the rate of repatriation by firms was extremely sensitive to the tax burden associated with repatriation, and the rate was further influenced by industry sector, and the amount of permanently reinvested earnings located in low-tax jurisdictions overseas. The authors' data results also evidence that firms repatriated qualifying dividends under section 965 at a U.S. effective tax rate lower than the 5.25 percent initially discussed in literature, and suggest that the amount of permanently reinvested earnings and cash holdings of firms only increased after repatriation.

Keywords: permanently reinvested earnings, American Jobs Creation Act, section 965, CFC, repatriation, jobs act, offshore, repatriation, tax rate, tax rates, tax, tax policy

Suggested Citation

Mock, Rodney P. and Simon, Andreas, Permanently Reinvested Earnings: Priceless (November 17, 2008). Tax Notes, Vol. 121, No. 7, 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1301714

Rodney P. Mock (Contact Author)

California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo - Orfalea College of Business ( email )

San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
United States

Andreas Simon

Pepperdine University - Graziadio Business School ( email )

Malibu, CA
United States

HOME PAGE: http://https://bschool.pepperdine.edu/academics/faculty/andreas-simon/

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