INSIGHT-U.S. companies may not be fleeing due to high tax rate, Reuters analysis shows
February 09, 2015 at 01:00 AM EST
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - When a series of big U.S. companies last year moved to reincorporate abroad in inversion deals, some Republican lawmakers and tax policy critics blamed the high U.S. corporate tax rate. Lowering it, they said, would keep companies from fleeing the country.