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JCT Releases Report on the Taxation of Repatriated Foreign Earnings: Today, the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) released a report (JCX-96-15) that examines the taxation of repatriated foreign earnings. The report provides a description of present law related to the repatriation of foreign earnings, analyzes recent tax reform proposals that have included a deemed repatriation as part of a transition to a new international tax system, and discusses the economic impact and design of a one-time tax on historic foreign earnings. The report concludes that “[a] one-time tax on historic earnings is a more efficient method of raising revenue than increasing the tax burden on future earnings.”
The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures will hold a hearing on the taxation of repatriated foreign earnings as a source of funding for the Highway Trust Fund on June 24.