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 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
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
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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts (TCJA) repealed § 958(b)(4) of the Code, which prevented downward attribution of stock ownership from a foreign person to a US person.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
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 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 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
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2018-26, which provides guidance under section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code regarding the “transition tax.” Section 965 imposes a transition tax...more
4/10/2018
/ Accounting Methods ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Foreign Earned Income ,
Foreign Subsidiaries ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
IRS ,
Shareholders ,
Subpart F ,
Tax Rates
The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2018-16 (the Notice) providing additional guidance regarding the transition tax in section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code of...more
4/10/2018
/ Anti-Avoidance ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Corporations ,
International Tax Issues ,
IRS ,
Net Operating Losses ,
Offshore Companies ,
Partnerships ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
SFC ,
Shareholders
On December 15, 2017, the House-Senate Conference Committee released a revised version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Final Bill) that is expected to be passed by the House of Representatives and Senate later this week and...more