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The deal would not be structured as a so-called tax inversion.
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Sources have told Reuters that Pfizer is discussing a tax inversion.
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Pfizer takeover: what is a tax inversion deal and why are they so controversial?
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Calls for political action to stop tax inversion deals are growing in the United States.
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That puts it just below the threshold at which the tax inversion could be blocked.
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For every tax inversion deal that gets announced, they said, there are many more that don't get done.
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Mitel executives have brushed off concerns the deal could be affected by the U.S. Treasury's new tax inversion rules.
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Recent attempts by companies to do such tax inversion deals have drawn the criticism of U.S. President Barack Obama.
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What is a tax inversion?
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Such an overseas shift, called a tax inversion, has become increasingly popular among US companies and a hot political issue.
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However, analysts at Barclays said that the cost synergies and tax inversion benefits of the existing offer could be limited.
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Last month US Treasury officials unveiled new rules to make it harder for American companies to complete tax inversion deals.
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In a tax inversion, one company buys a rival based in a different country with a less onerous tax policy.
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Cash-rich companies are finally pulling the trigger on acquisitions, encouraged by tax inversion deals that allow multinationals to cut costs.
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AbbVie pulled the plug on its plan to buy Shire, blaming new U.S. tax rules aimed at curtailing tax inversion deals.
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Salix said in July it would merge with an Irish subsidiary of Cosmo Pharmaceuticals SpA COPN.S in a so-called tax inversion.