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G20 commit to work towards ‘ambitious’ international corporate tax deal backed by US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen
- US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen last week urged the adoption of a minimum global corporate income tax, citing a ‘30-year race to the bottom’ in which countries have slashed corporate tax rates to attract multinational businesses
- On Wednesday, Italian Finance Minister Daniele Franco said after a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors that the G20 was ‘committed to reaching an agreement, hopefully we expect it to take place in July’
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Italy’s finance minister said on Wednesday that Group of 20 advanced economies hope by a ministerial meeting in July to have reached an agreement on international taxation, an issue being pressed by US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
While international taxation reform has been in discussion for several years, Finance Minister Daniele Franco said there has been an “acceleration in the process” this year.
“It has been said that this is possibly the most ambitious work on taxation in a multilateral setting,’’ he said.
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Yellen last week urged the adoption of a minimum global corporate income tax, citing a “30-year race to the bottom” in which countries have slashed corporate tax rates in an effort to attract multinational businesses. She said the Biden administration would work with the other advanced economies of the Group of 20 (G20) to set a minimum.
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Yellen stressed that competitiveness is about ensuring governments have stable tax systems and revenue to “invest in essential public goods.”
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