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Comment by nostromo

This isn't a great article. It's more about the politics than the actual proposal.

Bloomberg has a better write up: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-08/plans-for...

To answer your question, this wouldn't create a new organization to collect a global tax. Instead it would give the IRS the authority to tax American companies (say, Google) an additional amount on their overseas earnings. So, if they paid 13% in Irish tax, but the American tax rate is %21, the IRS could charge them the gap (an additional 8%). This would be true in all countries that sign the agreement.

Obviously tax havens would still exist, but they'd be harder for big multinationals (like American tech giants) to abuse.

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