Yellen Praises Ireland, Says U.S. to Go First on Minimum Tax

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen praised Ireland’s government during a visit to Dublin for embracing a global corporate tax agreement, and pledged that the U.S. would follow through on implementing its own minimum tax rules.

• Her visit follows the endorsement of a new international regime for corporate taxation by G-20 government leaders in Rome on Saturday
• “The global economy will only thrive by leveling the playing field for businesses and encouraging countries to compete on a positive basis,” Yellen says in speech to Irish think tank, the Institute of International and European Affairs
• “That’s also why we are moving forward with ...