Dubai has no corporate or income taxes. It's also a hell of a lot closer to Iraq :)
I hate it, but in the current business environment in the US I can't blame them. It will be interesting to see if this impacts it's military contracts though. > -----Original Message----- > From: So Kenfused [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 12:19 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Haliburton Moving to Dubai, wtf? > > I find this very interesting. > > Why would a Texas based company move their headquarters to Dubai? > > Does that move them beyond the long arm of the law? Why would > it matter? > What are the tax ramifications of billing the US government > billions of dollars that are paid to a business based in > Dubai rather than in the USA? > > It just seems odd to me. I can see opening an office in the > middle East to handle your middle east business but why move > your headquarters there? And why now? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade nowhttp://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2?sdid=RVJT Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:230010 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
