Our International Tax Group examines the high-tax exclusion (HTE) in new final regulations under the global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) regime and the potentially precarious side effects U.S. shareholders face in...more
At long last, we have the first set of final regulations for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Our International Tax Group celebrates with a look at how the Treasury and IRS have clarified Section 965 and why taxpayers may need to...more
In long-awaited guidance on Section 163(j) post-tax reform, the Treasury and IRS present taxpayers with an expansive definition of “interest,” subjective anti-abuse rules, complex computational instructions, and several...more
With tax reform on the horizon, Treasury takes aim at three sets of regulations with clear cross-border implications. Our International Tax Group explains the department’s recommendations to scrap much of Section 385 and...more
On October 13, the Treasury released highly anticipated final and temporary regulations (T.D. 9790) under Section 385,
which authorizes the Treasury to devise regulations to determine when an interest in a corporation is...more
The Treasury recently released a revised U.S. Model Income Tax Convention (the “2016 Model”), the U.S. starting point for bilateral treaty negotiation, last updated a decade ago. In May 2015, the Treasury circulated several...more
In the recent Rev. Proc. 2015-40, the IRS describes updated competent authority procedures for taxpayers seeking certain U.S. treaty relief. The new procedures, effective for requests on or after October 30, 2015, supersede...more