BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

HB 2142: Expatriate corporations

Protecting taxpayers and shareholders from expatriate corporations.

Summary

Finds and declares: (1) A growing number of publicly traded companies based in the United States are flouting United States taxation and legal protections of investors by reincorporating, in name only, in Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, and other tax haven countries; (2) This practice, also known as "corporate expatriation," is part of a larger pattern of deception and lack of integrity in the corporate boardroom that…

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to protecting taxpayers and shareholders from expatriate corporations;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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