Eaton Expects $160 Million Tax Savings From Ireland Move

Eaton Corp.’s decision to buy Cooper Industries Plc and place the combined company’s headquarters in Cooper’s Ireland instead of Eaton’s Cleveland home will save $160 million a year in taxes by 2016, the companies said.

The move, announced today, underscores the tax disincentives for multinational companies organized in the U.S., said Gary Clyde Hufbauer, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington.