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Article: The U.S. tax treatment of foreign source income earned in developing countries: A policy analysis
- Article from:
- The George Washington International Law Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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The purpose of this Article is to explore whether the United States should amend its international tax rules in ways that might encourage U.S. companies to invest in developing countries. Some scholars, notably Professor Karen Brown, have argued that the current U.S. international tax regime works against the interests of developing countries and should be replaced by one that, she asserts, would benefit developing countries in general and African nations in particular.1 She has proposed that the United States replace its foreign tax credit mechanism with an exemption system for developing countries, at the least for Africa. One of the reasons for the proposal is that, as explained below, ...