Thursday, November 3, 2022

"Caterpillar’s 15-Year Tax Saga Ends With $740 Million IRS Settlement"

Bloomberg a few days ago:

The $740 million sum is far less than the $2.3 billion the company had been disputing for years.

Reuters two years ago:

Before William Barr became President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the U.S. Department of Justice, he represented Caterpillar Inc, a Fortune 100 company, in a federal criminal investigation by the department.

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Since 2018, the Internal Revenue Service has been demanding $2.3 billion in payments from the company in connection with the tax matters under criminal investigation. The company is contesting that finding.

A week after Barr was nominated for the job of attorney general, Justice officials in Washington told the investigative team in the active criminal probe of Caterpillar to take “no further action” in the case, according to an email written by one of the agents and reviewed by Reuters.