Did you know that Burger King is about to become a Canadian company. Walgreens is about to become Swiss. And Medtronics is set to become Irish. What does this mean to you and me? Not much of anything. It’s just some paper shuffling. Although Burger King could actually move to Canada, in most cases like this the corporate headquarters stay put. So do the managers and workers. But these maneuvers, called “corporate inversions,” mean a lot to Uncle Sam.
Why Do People Move? One Reason Is Taxes
Also published in Forbes Wed. August 27, 2014
John C. Goodman is a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, author of Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis and President of the Goodman Institute for Public Policy Research.
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