Proposed regulations addressing the application of the section 1503(d) “dual consolidated loss” or “DCL” rules were published by the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury on August 7, 2024 (Proposed Regulations). The Proposed...more
On August 19, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) making changes to previously proposed regulations published in December...more
Almost exactly a year after it shook the tax world by granting certiorari, on June 20, 2024, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Moore v. United States, No. 22-800. By a vote of 7-2, the Court upheld the constitutionality...more
On December 29, 2023, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published Notice 2024-16 (Notice) announcing their intent to issue proposed regulations relating to the determination of...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and US Treasury Department (Treasury) issued Notice 2023-80 (Notice) on December 11, 2023, addressing the extension of relief previously announced under the foreign tax credit rules, and...more
The Supreme Court granted certiorari on June 26 with respect to the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Moore v. United States. The question presented is whether the section 965 transition tax is a “direct tax” that violates the...more
On August 25, 2021, Senate Finance Committee members Wyden, Brown, and Warner released draft bill language and a section-by-section summary of their proposed International Tax Reform Framework. The legislative language is...more
9/1/2021
/ Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
Foreign Profits ,
GILTI tax ,
Green Book ,
International Tax Issues ,
OECD ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform
Recently released Revenue Procedure 2021-26 (the Revenue Procedure) provides taxpayers with guidance regarding accounting method changes made on behalf of foreign corporations. The Revenue Procedure:
..Allows controlled...more
5/27/2021
/ Accounting Methods ,
Audits ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Depreciation ,
Foreign Corporations ,
GAAP ,
GILTI tax ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Revenue Procedures ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Taxable Income ,
U.S. Treasury
Recently released final regulations provide some relief to taxpayers that are subject to high foreign taxes on their global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI), but whether the GILTI high-tax exclusion is beneficial to any...more
Significant provisions of the 2020 Proposed Regulations addressing the application of section 163(j) to foreign corporations and their shareholders include:
..An election under which a controlled foreign corporation (CFC)...more
Final regulations addressing the treatment of certain related-party indebtedness as equity for US federal income tax purposes were released on May 13, 2020. The regulations finalize without material change regulations that...more
Surprisingly, in the midst of the COVID-19 emergency, final regulations under Section 901(m) were published. While important for M&A transactions, Section 901(m) had largely been treated as an afterthought in light of the...more
A year after the initial proposed BEAT regulations were released, Treasury and the IRS have issued a package of final and proposed regulations under § 59A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), the...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts (TCJA) repealed § 958(b)(4) of the Code, which prevented downward attribution of stock ownership from a foreign person to a US person. That repeal has resulted in many foreign corporations being...more
10/14/2019
/ Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Domestic Corporations ,
Foreign Entities ,
GILTI tax ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Repeal ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Revenue Procedures ,
Safe Harbors ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
U.S. Treasury
New proposed regulations provide guidelines for alterations to certain interests in real estate mortgage investment conduits (REMICs) and loans held by REMICs to take into account the anticipated phaseout of LIBOR, the...more
On May 23, 2019, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations (TD 9859) (the Final Regulations) modifying the application of section 956 of the Internal Revenue...more
5/31/2019
/ Congressional Review Act ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Dividends ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Partnerships ,
Section 956 ,
Shareholders ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
U.S. Treasury
On December 14, 2018, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued guidance (Notice 2019-01 or the Notice) describing proposed regulations that they intend to issue addressing...more
On December 13, 2018, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations under section 59A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, commonly referred to as...more
On November 28, 2018, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations concerning foreign tax credit determinations and related issues (Proposed Regulations) to take...more
On November 26, 2018, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) under section 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended...more
On October 31, 2018, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) modifying the application of section 956 of the Internal Revenue Code of...more
11/7/2018
/ Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Dividends ,
GILTI tax ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Real Estate Investments ,
Registered Investment Companies (RICs) ,
REIT ,
Section 956 ,
Tax Exemptions ,
U.S. Treasury
Public Law 115-97 (the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)) added a new foreign income inclusion rule for global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) under section 951A. On September 13, 2018, the Department of the Treasury...more
9/25/2018
/ Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Foreign Tax Credits ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Partnerships ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Shareholders ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
U.S. Treasury
On August 1, 2018, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations, which were published in the Federal Register on August 9, 2018 (Proposed Regulations),...more
Ireland has an open, pro-business economy that offers significant opportunities to multinational companies, including as a gateway into the European market for US multinationals across all business sectors.
Ireland remains...more
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On July 11, 2018, Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published final inversion regulations (TD 9834) which are largely consistent with the temporary (T.D. 9761) and proposed regulations...more