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Can Legislative History Restore a Repealed IRC Provision?

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Altria Group, Inc. v. United States, a federal income tax case pending in federal district court in Virginia, shows the importance of laying groundwork for litigation long before a complaint is filed. At issue is a difficult...more

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IRS: Basis Adjustments Apply to CFC Mid-Year Distributions to Prevent Section 961(b)(2) Gain

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PLR 202304008: Taxpayer Does Not Have Section 961(b)(2) Gain for Mid-Year Distributions - Introduction to Section 961 and Mid-Year Distributions - For years, there has been a longstanding question under the subpart F...more

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Ninth Circuit Rejects Constitutional Challenges to Section 965 Tax

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In Moore v. United States, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently rejected arguments that the mandatory repatriation tax imposed under section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code violated the Constitution’s...more

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Income Sourcing Rules – Foreign-Source and U.S.-Source Income

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In the international tax context, the source of a taxpayer’s income can have significant implications. The source of income may determine whether a taxpayer qualifies for a foreign tax credit with respect to the income. Or,...more

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“Should Five Percent Appear Too Small, Be Thankful I Don’t Take It All”: Ways and Means Committee Advances Tax Increase and Reform...

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The House Ways and Means Committee advanced key tax reform proposals on September 15 that would increase taxes for corporations and high-income individuals. Several tax reform proposals are under consideration as part of...more

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Treasury Department, IRS Issue Final GILTI High-Tax Exception Regulations

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The final regulations addressing the GILTI high-tax exception retain the general approach of the proposed regulations with some simplifying changes. Key Points: ..Taxpayers can elect on an annual basis whether to...more

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Weekly IRS Roundup December 16 – 20, 2019

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of December 16 – 20, 2019. December 16, 2019: The IRS released a notice extending the phase-in...more

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Treasury and the IRS Release Final Foreign Tax Credit Regulations

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Final regulations relating to the determination of the foreign tax credit following the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act were released earlier this month. Though largely similar to the proposed regulations, taxpayers may be interested...more

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Final and Proposed TCJA Foreign Tax Credit Regulations Create Traps and Opportunities

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On December 2, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued a pre-published version of final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) providing guidance with respect to...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Changing the BEAT - Final regulations answer key questions, proposed regulations give new relief

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

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Treasury and the IRS release guidance regarding the repeal of Section 958(b)(4)

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

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Corporate Tax 2019 - Seventh Edition - USA Chapter

Since December 22, 2017, corporate tax practitioners in the United States have been predominantly focused on the impact of legislation commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”), which was signed into law on that...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

New York Legislation excluding 95% of GILTI awaits governor’s signature

In a significant reversal of prior policy, on June 20, 2019, the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate passed Senate Bill 6615, which will exclude 95% of a corporate franchise taxpayer’s gross global intangible...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Fine-tuning the course - Final Regulations enhance symmetry between taxation of actual dividends and section 956 inclusions

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

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

LB&I announces new campaigns – Related-party service companies, offshore private banking and loose-filed Forms 5471

On April 16, 2019, the Large Business and International (LB&I) Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced three new compliance campaigns. The campaigns focus on: ..Transfer pricing for “captive” services...more

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Proposed FDII Regulations under Section 250

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On March 4, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) released proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) regarding the deduction for “foreign-derived intangible...more

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US Treasury Issues Proposed Regulations on the Beneficial IRC Section 250 Corporate Tax Deduction Related to Export Sales of...

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US Treasury has now published detailed guidance on a significant US corporate tax rate benefit for any US company that conducts direct sales of property and/or services to foreign persons for foreign use. The tax rate benefit...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Five Important Tax Highlights from 2018

2018 was a very active year for tax developments. The big story was the application of the substantial reforms of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which took initial effect in 2018. But there were several other developments...more

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U.S. Individuals Electing To Be Treated As Corporations: American Werewolves?

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has been called a lot of things by a lot of different people. Certain provisions of the Act, however,coupled with recently proposed regulations thereunder, may result in its being known as the...more

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The Last Piece of the Puzzle - the Section 250 Proposed Regulations

Public Law 115-97 (the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) added a new foreign income inclusion rule for global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) under section 951A. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act also added section 250, which permits...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

New York instructs taxpayers on GILTI apportionment

The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance released guidance in the form of tax return instructions addressing how it will account for global intangible low-taxed income (referred to as GILTI) for apportionment...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

It’s Not the Eggnog – New Jersey Proposes to Specially Allocate GILTI Based on GDP

On December 21, the New Jersey Division of Taxation released Technical Bulletin TB-85, which addresses how the Division will expect taxpayers to calculate the amount of so-called global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) and...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

IRS Issues Proposed Regulations on Business Interest Deduction Limitations

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Proposed regulations under Section 163(j) governing business interest deduction limitations confirm prior guidance and expand the scope of its application in some important respects. On November 26, 2018, the Treasury and...more

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Allocation, apportionment and attribution, oh my – Proposed foreign tax credit regulations provide critical guidance

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

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Proposed Regulations Address Deductibility of Business Interest Expense - Important guidance issued on the new 30 percent...

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On November 26, 2018, the U.S. Treasury released proposed regulations under section 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code, which, as amended by last year's tax reform, generally limits deductibility of net business interest...more

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