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June 7, 2021, 12:42 AM

G-7 Strikes Deal to Revamp Tax Rules for Biggest Firms (2)

David Goodman
David Goodman
Bloomberg News
William Horobin
William Horobin
Bloomberg News
Saleha Mohsin
Saleha Mohsin
Bloomberg News

The Group of Seven rich nations secured a landmark deal that could help countries collect more taxes from big companies and enable governments to impose levies on U.S. tech giants such as Amazon.com Inc. and Facebook Inc.

The agreement by the G-7 finance ministers in London satisfies a U.S. demand for a minimum corporate tax rate of “at least 15%” on foreign earnings and paves the way for levies on multinationals in countries where they make money, instead of just where they are headquartered.

The deal is aimed at modernizing the century-old international tax code and cools transatlantic tensions that ...

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