U.S. foreign tax bill sends jitters across Wall Street

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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/30/us-set-to-weaponize-taxes-on-foreign-investors-via-section-899.html

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The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” includes the most sweeping changes to the tax treatment of foreign capital in the U.S. in decades under a provision known as Section 899.
Section 899 will hit entities from so-called “discriminatory foreign countries” that impose levies that disproportionately affect U.S. companies.
Under the new tax bill, the U.S. would hit investors from such countries by increasing taxes on U.S. income by 5 percentage points each year, potentially taking the tax rate up to 20%.

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homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

What does the proposed tax do?

Under the new tax bill, the U.S. would hit investors from such countries by increasing taxes on U.S. income by 5 percentage points each year, potentially taking the rate up to 20%.

Emmanuel Cau, head of European Equity Strategy at Barclays, suggested that the mere passage of the tax legislation could make dollar assets less valuable for foreign investors.

“In our view, this is a risk for those companies generating US revenues, and domiciled in countries that have enacted Digital Services Taxes (DST) or are implementing the OECD’s Under Taxed Payment Rule (UTPR),” Cau said in a Friday note to clients.

He highlighted companies such as London-listed Compass Group, which provides catering services to U.S. schools, and InterContinental Hotels, which owns at least 25 luxury hotels in the U.S., are likely to be affected by the proposed law.

“Given US net international investment position is sharply negative, there is indeed scope for capital outflows if indeed S899 passes through the Senate in its current form,” he added.

I’m just a bougie liberal but “capital outflow” sounds bad

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