The Organization for International Investment (OFII) works at the national, state and local levels of government to ensure non-discriminatory treatment for U.S. subsidiaries of companies headquartered abroad.                                                             

CFIUS & Cross-Border AcquisitionsPublic scrutiny of cross-border acquisitions of U.S. companies has increased in recent years as several high-profile deals provoked concerns on Capitol Hill regarding the federal government’s national security review process of such transactions. The interagency body responsible for the reviews, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), was reformed and strengthened during a bi-partisan legislative effort in 2007. OFII works to ensure the CFIUS process is non-politicized and focused on true national security concerns, thereby maintaining a favorable environment for cross-border transactions that benefit the U.S.’s dynamic economy.
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Government ProcurementFrom performing advanced research in clean energy technology to providing the latest defense technologies and supplying emergency vaccines, U.S. subsidiaries actively partner with the U.S. Government on issues of critical importance. Although U.S. subsidiaries employ millions of American workers, their “foreign” heritage is frequently leveraged against them to overturn existing contracts or deny access to new government contracts. OFII opposes such discriminatory restrictions and works to ensure an open, competitive U.S. procurement process.
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Legal & Regulatory Reform OFII regularly participates in the U.S. legal system on its own and with other business groups on issues that uniquely or disproportionately affect U.S. Subsidiaries of companies headquartered abroad.
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Political ProcessConcerns over “foreign influence” in the political process have led to legislative efforts to restrict the political rights of American citizens working for insourcing companies. OFII works to ensure that U.S. subsidiaries, defined by law as U.S. companies, and their U.S. workers are treated no less favorably under campaign finance rules than other domestic companies.
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Tax: Federal InitiativesWhen the federal government needs to raise revenue, it often looks to those paths with the least political resistance. The false perception that U.S. subsidiaries are “foreign” companies and therefore, do not represent voters, leaves them vulnerable to tax hikes. OFII works to ensure that policymakers appreciate the millions of American jobs (and voters) dependent on foreign direct investment. Further, OFII educates Congress on the unique application of international tax rules to U.S. subsidiaries and advocates for non-discriminatory tax treatment of insourcing companies.
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Tax: State InitiativesA growing number of U.S. states have introduced legislative initiatives to expand their taxing jurisdiction outside the borders of the United States. This extraterritorial taxation threatens to impose significant double taxation on U.S. subsidiaries of companies based abroad; and therefore makes the United States a less competitive location for global businesses to invest and create jobs. OFII actively works at the state level to ensure policymakers understand the implication of extraterritorial tax policy and advocates for states to abide by the United States’ obligations under its tax treaties with other countries.
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