Expert commentary on the impact of proposed tax reform

J. Richard Harvey, Distinguished Professor of Practice at the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law and its Graduate Tax Program, provided expert commentary to numerous national and international media outlets about the effect the GOP’s proposed tax plan will likely have on U.S. multinational corporations.

Harvey, one of the nation’s leading experts on the taxation of U.S. multinational corporations, testified before the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on the offshore tax practices of Apple, Inc. in 2013. A former senior IRS and Treasury official with over 35 years of multifaceted tax experience, he has written and spoken extensively on the topic of international tax issues.

Recent media citations include:  

• NBC News, Dec. 8, 2017 “Winners and losers in the Senate tax bill.”
• Wall Street Journal, Dec. 1, 2017 “For Multinationals, the Tax Bill’s Good Likely Outweighs the Bad
• Financial Times, Dec. 5, 2017 “Apple will see up to $47bn potential benefit from tax reform.”
  
• Fortune, Dec. 6, 2017 “Apple Could See Nearly $47 Billion in Benefits From the Republican Tax Reform.”
  
• Bloomberg, Dec. 7, 2017 “Corporate Tax Cuts Lead to Mental Gymnastics.” 
• Daily Mail, Dec. 8, 2017 “Apple could save $47BILLION every year under the Republican’s tax reform plan, report finds.”
• The Hill, Dec. 8, 2017 “Analysis: Apple poised for $47 billion windfall from GOP tax bill.”
  
• The Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 2, 2017 “How the GOP plan will affect taxes in Philly, its suburbs.”
  

The New York Times also quoted Harvey in its December 2 article on Apple’s international taxation strategy. He estimated that a transfer of intellectual property to Ireland, which offers tax advantages to multinational companies, could be worth approximately $200 billion.