Deals
Tax Overhaul May Be Boon to M&A Despite House, Senate Conflicts
- Repatriating foreign earnings could boost global deal making
- Big differences in how two bills treat leveraged buyouts
Bridging the Difference Between Tax Bills in Congress
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As House and Senate Republicans race to bridge differences in sweeping tax-overhaul bills, experts say the plans could be a boon to mergers and acquisitions, while their impact on leveraged buyouts wouldn’t be as painful as private equity investors feared. Yet the latest drafts of the bills differ in key ways.
“There could be a major spike in deal making” if either of the bills took effect, said Andrew Kreisberg, a partner at White & Case LLP specializing in domestic and international tax law.