Tax Implications and Brand Valuation: A Financial Dispute

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This chapter explores the financial challenges a major beverage company faces with a potential $16 billion tax bill from the IRS. It discusses the company's confidence in contesting the bill, the complexities of valuing its intellectual property, and how IRS adjustments have impacted its financial situation.

A huge US-based oilfield services company is expanding its Russian business, investors are piling into US treasuries, and US retail sales saw their biggest jump in a year and a half in July. Plus, a decade-long dispute between Coca-Cola and federal tax authorities has escalated to the point that the company could owe $16bn in back payments.

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