How did Wyoming become a Tax Haven

by cheddar news Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022 at 9:29 PM

Allison Tate, law professor at the University of Richmond, is interviewed. The risk is that money is taken out of the tax base. This is documented in the Pandora Papers.

How Wyoming Became a Top Tax Haven With Its 'Cowboy Cocktail'

Dec 21, 2021

The Cowboy State has become one of the world's top tax havens, according to the Pandora Papers, a trove of more than 11.9 million documents obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and The Washington Post. The papers reveal, among other things, how ultra-wealthy people from around the world move money into the U.S., invest, and spend it under a shroud of secrecy. Allison Tait, University of Richmond law professor, joined Cheddar to talk about Wyoming's laid-back tax laws, their impact on the nation's economy, and provided some details on the financial arrangement known as the "cowboy cocktail."

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Original: How did Wyoming become a Tax Haven