S. 409 (119th)Bill Overview

No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act

Taxation|Taxation
Cosponsors
Support
Democratic
Introduced
Feb 5, 2025
Discussions
Bill Text
Current stageCommittee

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Introduced
Committee
Floor
President
Law
Congressional Activities
01 · The brief
Plain-English summaryWhat this bill actually does

This bill overhauls several international tax rules to reduce incentives for offshoring and base erosion. It replaces GILTI with a "net CFC tested income" regime with country-by-country calculations, tightens foreign tax credit rules, and repeals the FDII deduction.

Why people may split

Liberals emphasize fairness and revenue; conservatives emphasize competitiveness losses.

Watch point

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a detailed substantive tax-reform measure that specifies many concrete statutory mechanisms and integrates extensively with existing Code provisions, while relying on delegated regulatory authority for technical implementation.

This bill overhauls several international tax rules to reduce incentives for offshoring and base erosion.

It replaces GILTI with a "net CFC tested income" regime with country-by-country calculations, tightens foreign tax credit rules, and repeals the FDII deduction.

It limits interest deductions for large international groups, tightens inverted corporation rules, and treats certain foreign corporations managed and controlled in the United States as domestic for income tax purposes.

Passage30/100

Technically detailed but politically contentious tax rewrite affecting powerful interests; passage likely only as part of larger negotiated package.

CredibilityPartially aligned

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a detailed substantive tax-reform measure that specifies many concrete statutory mechanisms and integrates extensively with existing Code provisions, while relying on delegated regulatory authority for technical implementation.

Contention72/100

Liberals emphasize fairness and revenue; conservatives emphasize competitiveness losses.

02 · What it does

Who stands to gain, and who may push back.

Likely benefits vs burdens50% / 50%
Likely helpedLikely burdened

These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.

Likely helped
  • Potential benefitLikely reduces corporate profit shifting to low-tax jurisdictions, increasing U.S. taxable income.
  • Potential benefitDiscourages corporate inversions and offshore tax-residency strategies by expanding domestic treatment rules.
  • Potential benefitIncreases potential U.S. tax revenues by removing preferential deductions and restricting foreign tax credit carrybacks.
Likely burdened
  • Potential burdenRaises compliance and recordkeeping burdens for multinational corporations due to country-level allocations and new rep…
  • Potential burdenCould increase effective tax costs for some U.S. multinationals, potentially affecting investment decisions and hiring.
  • Potential burdenRetroactive application and broad regulatory authority may increase litigation and planning uncertainty.
03 · Why people split

Why the argument around this bill splits.

Liberals emphasize fairness and revenue; conservatives emphasize competitiveness losses.
Progressive90%

Likely strongly supportive because the bill closes offshore tax loopholes and increases taxation of profits shifted abroad.

It is seen as strengthening tax fairness and reducing corporate tax avoidance, though some impacts are uncertain.

Leans supportive
Centrist65%

Generally favorable to reducing base erosion and closing clear abuses, but cautious about complexity, retroactivity, and economic impacts.

Support would hinge on clear regulations, transition rules, and measured implementation.

Split reaction
Conservative15%

Likely opposed because the bill significantly raises tax burdens on US multinationals and expands IRS authority.

It is viewed as reducing competitiveness and adding regulatory complexity, with risky retroactivity.

Likely resistant
04 · Can it pass?

The path through Congress.

Introduced

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Committee

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Floor

Still ahead

President

Still ahead

Law

Still ahead

Passage likelihood30/100

Technically detailed but politically contentious tax rewrite affecting powerful interests; passage likely only as part of larger negotiated package.

Scope and complexity
86%
Scopesweeping
86%
Complexityhigh
Why this could stall
  • Lack of official revenue/cost estimate in bill text
  • Extent of organized business lobbying and congressional pushback
05 · Recent votes

Recent votes on the bill.

No vote history yet

The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.

06 · Go deeper

Go deeper than the headline read.

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Liberals emphasize fairness and revenue; conservatives emphasize competitiveness losses.

Technically detailed but politically contentious tax rewrite affecting powerful interests; passage likely only as part of larger negotiated…

Unlocked analysis

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a detailed substantive tax-reform measure that specifies many concrete statutory mechanisms and integrates extensively with existing Code provisions, while relying…

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