U.S. Unveils Rules to Make Corporate Inversions More Difficult

The Wall Street Journal (online registration required): WASHINGTON—The Treasury Department on Thursday released new rules to restrain U.S. companies from putting their addresses in foreign countries to reduce their tax bills.

The changes will make it harder for U.S. companies to buy a company in one foreign country and locate the combined entity’s address in a different country. They also would limit companies’ maneuvers before a merger to make a foreign company look bigger and thus escape existing U.S. tax restrictions.

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