Table 1

Earnings and profits of U.S. multinational corporations’ foreign subsidiaries (CFCs), 2008

Number of CFCs Earnings and profits before taxes (millions $) Earnings and profits as a percent of GDP
All geographic regions 83,642 661,993
Selected tax havens
Bahamas 372 16,848 204.30%
Bermuda 1,008 68,587 1122.50%
British Virgin Islands 419 7,876 937.90%
Cayman Islands 1,677 43,044 1913.00%
Costa Rica 450 690 2.30%
Cyprus 138 696 2.80%
Guernsey 67 604 22.00%
Hong Kong 2,368 8,325 3.80%
Ireland 1,202 60,243 22.70%
Jersey 101 605 11.90%
Luxembourg 681 30,706 55.80%
Malta 31 127 1.40%
Netherlands 3,505 94,411 10.80%
Panama (including Canal Zone) 282 1,832 8.00%
Singapore 1,843 13,767 7.20%
Switzerland 1,411 48,096 9.20%
Percent of total–all regions 18.60% 59.90%  
Selected developed countries (excluding tax havens)
Australia 2,802 23,673 2.20%
Austria 527 1,476 0.40%
Belgium 1,222 3,762 0.70%
Canada 6,829 47,696 3.10%
Denmark 693 2,103 0.60%
France 3,522 14,380 0.50%
Germany 4,094 15,714 0.40%
Italy 1,665 5,748 0.20%
Japan 2,730 6,311 0.10%
Korea 860 5,597 0.60%
Spain 1,785 13,948 0.90%
Sweden 1,052 829 0.20%
Percent of total–all regions 33.20% 21.30%  

Source: Internal Revenue Service's Statistics of Income, and GDP data from CIA and IMF

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