A recent has revealed that U.S. companies hold an estimated $2.1 trillion in profits in overseas tax havens. Many of these companies have subsidiaries in Ireland and collectively, they would owe the United States $620 billion if they repatriated their profits there. Apple is the worst offender with $181 billion, followed by GE and Microsoft. Read more in ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ's latest feature in Irish online news publication
U.S. companies hoard billions of dollars offshore
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This chart shows money held offshore by U.S. companies in 2015 (in billion U.S. dollars).
