Hearings & Letters http://businessroundtable.org en jmembreno@brt.org Copyright 2012 2012-02-24T19:27:50+00:00 Innovating Sustainability 2011 Report http://businessroundtable.org/studies-and-reports/innovating-sustainability-2011-report http://businessroundtable.org/studies-and-reports/innovating-sustainability-2011-report#When:00:00:16Z In Business Roundtable's 2011 Sustainability Report - Innovating Sustainability - you will learn how 115 chief executive officers are addressing sustainability using innovative approaches that are smart business choices and raise the quality of life on our planet.

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 Energy And Environment 2011-04-20T00:00:16+00:00 Global Effective Tax Rates http://businessroundtable.org/studies-and-reports/global-effective-tax-rates http://businessroundtable.org/studies-and-reports/global-effective-tax-rates#When:00:00:14Z Business Roundtable engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PwC") to examine global effective tax rates of U.S.- and foreign-headquartered companies for the years 2006 to 2009. PwC calculated and compared effective tax rates by country for the 2,000 largest companies in the world as ranked by the 2010 Forbes Global 2000 list.

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 Tax And Fiscal Policy 2011-04-14T00:00:14+00:00 Business Roundtable’s Position on Regulatory Reform http://businessroundtable.org/news-center/business-roundtable-position-on-regulatory-reform http://businessroundtable.org/news-center/business-roundtable-position-on-regulatory-reform#When:16:13:48Z Business Roundtable urges swift action by both the Administration and Congress to relieve U.S. companies of burdensome regulations that threaten economic recovery and throttle job creation.

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 Corporate Governance 2011-02-11T16:13:48+00:00 Business Roundtable’s Roadmap for Growth http://businessroundtable.org/studies-and-reports/roadmap-for-growth http://businessroundtable.org/studies-and-reports/roadmap-for-growth#When:04:40:24Z American businesses create jobs, innovate, manufacture and provide the services that drive our economy. In short, they are the foundation for economic growth. Yet, a host of new laws and regulatory actions are restricting their ability to help our economy recover. This is why Business Roundtable created the Roadmap for Growth, our pro-jobs economic strategy.

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 BRT News 2010-12-08T04:40:24+00:00 BRT Letter on Summary of Benefits and Coverage Effective Date http://businessroundtable.org/news-center/brt-letter-on-summary-of-benefits-and-coverage-effective-date http://businessroundtable.org/news-center/brt-letter-on-summary-of-benefits-and-coverage-effective-date#When:19:27:50Z Our members have demonstrated their appreciation for the significant value of educating employees about each health insurance coverage option, and will continue to do so.

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 Health And Retirement 2012-02-24T19:27:50+00:00 Worldwide American Companies Face High Effective Tax Rates http://businessroundtable.org/studies-and-reports/worldwide-american-companies-face-high-effective-tax-rates1 http://businessroundtable.org/studies-and-reports/worldwide-american-companies-face-high-effective-tax-rates1#When:08:21:02Z In 2011, U.S. companies faced the second highest statutory tax rate among the 34 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The U.S. rate was 39.2%, including federal and state income taxes, according to the OECD. With the scheduled reduction in Japan's corporate tax rate taking effect on April 1, 2012, the combined statutory rate in the United States will now be the highest among the OECD countries.

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 Tax And Fiscal Policy 2012-02-24T08:21:02+00:00 Increasing Already High U.S. Corporate Taxes Will Disadvantage America http://businessroundtable.org/studies-and-reports/increasing-already-high-u.s.-corporate-taxes-will-disadvantage-america http://businessroundtable.org/studies-and-reports/increasing-already-high-u.s.-corporate-taxes-will-disadvantage-america#When:08:16:54Z America used to have one of the lowest corporate tax rates in the world but, as other industrialized nations have lowered corporate taxes, in 2011 the U.S. combined corporate rate of 39.2% was the second highest among OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries, 13 percentage points higher than the OECD average.

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 Tax And Fiscal Policy 2012-02-24T08:16:54+00:00 Proposed International Tax Increases Would Harm U.S. Economy http://businessroundtable.org/studies-and-reports/proposed-international-tax-increases-would-harm-u.s.-economy http://businessroundtable.org/studies-and-reports/proposed-international-tax-increases-would-harm-u.s.-economy#When:08:13:45Z The Administration proposes to fundamentally rewrite the basic rules of international taxation that have been in existence for nearly 100 years in a manner that would severely disadvantage American companies and make U.S. workers less secure. The proposals would increase taxes by over $100 billion on American companies over 10 years.

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 Tax And Fiscal Policy 2012-02-24T08:13:45+00:00 U.S. Taxes are Out of Sync with World’s Leading Economies http://businessroundtable.org/studies-and-reports/u.s.-taxes-are-out-of-sync-with-worlds-leading-economies http://businessroundtable.org/studies-and-reports/u.s.-taxes-are-out-of-sync-with-worlds-leading-economies#When:08:06:58Z The United Kingdom and Japan recently reformed their international tax systems to provide a permanent tax exemption for most foreign earnings of U.K. and Japanese companies. Now 26 of 34 OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries employ a “territorial” tax system that does not tax the worldwide earnings of their global companies.

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 Tax And Fiscal Policy 2012-02-24T08:06:58+00:00 Massive New Taxes on U.S. Companies Will Slow Economic Recovery and Jo http://businessroundtable.org/studies-and-reports/massive-new-taxes-on-u.s.-companies-will-slow-economic-recovery-and-jo http://businessroundtable.org/studies-and-reports/massive-new-taxes-on-u.s.-companies-will-slow-economic-recovery-and-jo#When:08:02:36Z As many of the world’s major economies take steps to enhance the ability of their companies to grow and spur economic growth and job creation, proposed new U.S. international tax policies threaten to unfairly harm American companies and make U.S. workers less secure.

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