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Business and politics correspondent at the Financial Times
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Tom Braithwaite
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Obama to Crack Down on Corporate Offshore Tax Havens By some estimates, $700 billion in American corporate earnings are parked in offshore tax havens out of reach for US tax collectors. Today, President Obama announced a plan to crack down "on illegal overseas tax evasion, close loopholes, and make it more profitable for companies to create jobs here in the United States."
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