Apple Keeps Cash Overseas Because Of High Taxes At Home

Due to high taxes, Apple plans to continue holding its cash overseas, company says

Apple will in the next three years spend around $45 billion as part of a program launched on Monday that will see shareholders get the first dividend since 1995.

However, that money will not come from the $64 billion held by the company in foreign countries. This is because the government charges a very high tax rate for repatriating money.

Peter Oppenheimer told analysts and investors during the Monday conference that the company does not want to incur the cost of repatriating foreign cash at the … Read the rest