Some businesses would win, some would lose, under proposals lawmakers are drafting to impose a lower tax rate on income generated from intellectual property housed in the U.S.
While some companies repatriated foreign earnings in 2014, manyincluding nation's biggest tech firmsincreased holdings abroad to avoid U.S. repatriation tax.
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