Comment on Microsoft Has Nearly $93B in Overseas CashComments−dataminer12yIs it possible for shareholders to force corporations to repatriate money back to US?−ayrx12yWhat incentives do shareholders have for doing this? How does getting a company to bring money back to the US and paying taxes on it benefit them?−tedunangst12yDividends.−tedunangst12yWithin reason. They can elect a board who will tell the CEO to tell the CFO to make it so. This would probably require some sort of Icahn style activist investor shakeup to take place.
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Is it possible for shareholders to force corporations to repatriate money back to US?
What incentives do shareholders have for doing this? How does getting a company to bring money back to the US and paying taxes on it benefit them?
Dividends.
Within reason. They can elect a board who will tell the CEO to tell the CFO to make it so. This would probably require some sort of Icahn style activist investor shakeup to take place.