If the Republican’s proposed tax reforms are enacted, a large proportion of overseas income held by US multinational enterprises (MNEs) could be returned to the US. We anticipate that a sizeable share of this repatriated income would be used for share buy-backs, as was indirectly the case during the 2004 tax holiday. However, we do not think that this would provide a marked boost to the US stock market.
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