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NAM Prosperity Project

Tell your Members of Congress to Oppose Increasing Taxes on World Wide American Companies

The ability of worldwide American companies to compete overseas supports and creates U.S. jobs.  An estimated 22 million people in the United States – more than 19 percent of the private sector workforce and 53 percent of all manufacturing employees – are employed by companies with operations overseas.

Fairness in the U.S. tax system is the key to the ability of American companies to compete in the worldwide economy.  Most developed companies charge little or no tax on foreign earnings so non-U.S. global companies generally pay taxes only where income is earned.  In contrast, the United States has a worldwide tax system that taxes income wherever it is earned.  The U.S. tax system, however, does include rules to minimize chances that U.S. businesses are paying both U.S. and foreign taxes on the same income.

 The Administration, however, proposes some $200 billion in tax increases on worldwide American companies, including fundamental changes to international tax policies.  These tax increases will make American companies less competitive both at home and abroad.  If U.S. companies cannot compete abroad, where 95 percent of the world’s consumers are located, the U.S. economy will suffer from the loss of foreign markets and the loss of domestic jobs that support foreign operations.

To maintain good jobs and decent wages in the U.S., we must ensure that U.S. tax laws allow worldwide American companies to compete in a global marketplace.

Contact your Member of Congress express your support for U.S. tax laws that allow worldwide American companies to compete for customers and consumers on a level playing field in markets both at home and abroad.

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