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U.S. Stop Corporate Inversions Act Reintroduced in House and Senate

21 January 2015

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United States

On 20 January 2015, the bill known as The Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2015 was reintroduced by U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Jack Reed, and U.S. Representatives Sander Levin and Lloyd Doggett. The bill was originally introduced in the U.S. House of Representative and the Senate in May 2014, but was not enacted. The bill is focused on closing what is seen as a corporate inversion loophole, and includes the following main provisions: When a foreign corporation directly or indirectly acquires substantially all properties or assets of a domestic corporation, the foreign corporation will be treated as an inverted...