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Spontaneous Tax Coordination: On Adopting A Comparative Approach To Reforming The U.S. International Tax Regime, Anthony C. Infanti

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The excessive complexity of the U.S. international tax regime is well documented. Although many commentators have cited the need for simplification, their proposals often maximize other policy goals at the expense of simplicity. Even reform proposals aimed principally at clarifying the tax code are ordinarily focused on the "internal" complexity of the code, seeking improvements only for U.S. taxpayers struggling with a single complex provision of the code or the baffling interaction, of two U.S. rules. This Article focuses on the interaction between U.S. tax law and the rules of other nations, and is intended to illustrate the benefits that …