United States companies amounted to us $ 2.5 trillion in cash held overseas: Apple 7%-Cook, the cash-IT information

Beijing time on September 20, according to foreign media reports, report by the consultancy Capital Economics has recently said at the end of 2015, United States companies in foreign holdings of cash amounting to us $ 2.5 trillion (about 16.5 trillion yuan).

Capital Economics Economist Andrew Hunter said: "if we can transfer to China, the huge amounts of money will significantly promote the United States GDP growth. But based on the United States the existing tax system, the probability of this happening is very low. ”

Two years ago, said Capital Economics released research, United States enterprises in overseas profit grew 6 times in the past 10 years, to $ 2.1 trillion. Now, the company says, that figure grew to $ 2.5 trillion at the end of last year.

New report comes as the European Union imposed a huge tax on Apple it. Apple CEO Tim Cook (Tim Cook) said earlier this month, will be to shift part of the company's overseas profits next year to the United States, but he did not disclose specific figures. Last year, Reuters reported, citing the non-profit organization said, Apple reached $ 181 billion in cash held overseas, compared with Capital Economics can be seen, this is equivalent to United States overseas total cash 7.24%.

美国公司海外持有现金达2.5万亿美元：苹果占7% - 库克,现金 - IT资讯

北京时间9月20日消息，据外媒报道，咨询公司Capital Economics近日发表研究报告表示，截至2015年年底，美国公司在海外持有的现金总计达2.5万亿美元（约合人民币16.5万亿元）。

Capital Economics经济学家Andrew Hunter在报告中说：“如果能够转移到国内，这笔海量的资金将显著推动美国的GDP增长。不过基于美国现有的税收制度，这种事发生的概率非常低。”

两年前，Capital Economics发布研究称，美国公司在海外持有的利润在过去10年增长了6倍，至2.1万亿美元。如今该公司表示，这一数字在去年底增长到了2.5万亿美元。

新的报告正值欧盟对苹果征收巨额税收之际。苹果CEO蒂姆·库克(Tim Cook)在本月早些时候表示，将于明年把公司部分海外利润转移到美国，不过他并未透露具体的数字。据路透社去年援引非盈利组织的数据称，苹果在海外持有的现金高达1810亿美元，与Capital Economics的数据进行对比可以看出，这相当于美国公司海外现金总额的7.24%。