G7 agrees to avoid higher taxes for US and UK companies

Reuters ^ | June 28, 20253:41 PM CDT | Harshita Meenaktshi, Bipasha Dey and Promit Mukherjee

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June 28 (Reuters) - The United States and the Group of Seven nations have agreed to support a proposal that would exempt U.S. companies from some components of an existing global agreement, the G7 said in a statement on Saturday.

The group has created a "side-by-side" system in response to the U.S. administration agreeing to scrap the Section 899 retaliatory tax proposal from President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill, it said in a statement from Canada, the head of the rolling G7 presidency.

The G7 said the plan recognizes existing U.S. minimum tax laws and aims to bring more stability to the international tax system.

The U.S Treasury Department said that following the removal of Section 899 from the U.S. Senate version of the tax and spending bill, there is a shared understanding that a side-by-side system could preserve important gains made by jurisdictions inside the Inclusive Framework in tackling base erosion and profit shifting.

"We look forward to discussing and developing this understanding within the Inclusive Framework," the Department said in a post on X on Saturday.

UK businesses are also spared higher taxes after the removal of Section 899 from President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill.

Britain said businesses would benefit from greater certainty and stability following the agreement. Some British businesses had in recent weeks said they were worried about paying substantial additional tax due to the inclusion of Section 899, which has now been removed.

"Today's agreement provides much-needed certainty and stability for those businesses after they had raised their concerns," finance minister Rachel Reeves said in a statement, adding that more work was needed to tackle aggressive tax planning and avoidance.

G7 officials said that they look forward to discussing a solution that is "acceptable and implementable to all".

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