Big U.S. corporations’ offshore untaxed profits equal $2.4 trillion: Untaxed profits booked offshore by S&P 500 corporations, as a share of GDP, 2001–2015

Year Total permanently reinvested/unrepatriated income as a share of GDP Total permanently reinvested/unrepatriated income as a share of GDP
2001 2.7%
2002 3.3%
2003 3.9%
2004 4.3%
2005 3.4% 
2006 4.3%
2007 5.4%
2008 6.2%
2009 7.1%
2010 8.1%
2011 9.5%
2012 10.7%
2013 11.6%
2014 12.0% 12.0%
2015 13.4% 

Note: 2015 data reflects untaxed profits booked offshore by the Fortune 500.

Source: ATF and EPI analysis of CTJ (2016a)

View the underlying data on epi.org.