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McDermott Will & Emery

Proposed Regulations Would Conform Subpart F High-Tax Exception to GILTI High-Tax Exception

On July 20, 2020, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations (REG-127732-19) (the 2020 Proposed Regulations) that would conform the historic Subpart F...more

Holland & Knight LLP

The GILTI High-Tax Exception: Is it a Viable Planning Option?

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The Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI) provisions were enacted as part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). Under the GILTI provisions, a U.S. shareholder essentially is taxed on the active earnings of a...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

An Electing Real Property Trade or Business can Revoke its Election on Account of the Change to Qualified Improvement Property...

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On April 10, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Revenue Procedure 2020-22 (the “Revenue Procedure”), which (1) permits an “electing real property trade or business” that elected not to be subject to the...more

Alston & Bird

From Obscurity to Spotlight: The Section 962 Election

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Our International Tax Group addresses an election under Section 962 available to individual U.S. shareholders of certain foreign corporations to be taxed as a C corporation, which before tax reform was a rarely utilized and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2020 Insights

Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’s Impact on Cross-Border Transactions

Two years after the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the most significant tax reform enacted in a generation, taxpayers continue to encounter substantial uncertainty arising from interpretations of new statutory...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Does it make sense to go from an S-Corp to a C-Corp?

IRS defines an S-Corp as a corporation whose shareholders make the election to pass corporate income, losses, deductions, and credits through to their shareholders for federal tax purposes.  The owners of an S-Corp report the...more

Bracewell LLP

An Imperfect Match: Aligning the Deemed Dividend Rule with the Post-Tax Reform DRD

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Eighteen months after the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA or the Act), tax practitioners and taxpayers alike still are looking to Treasury for guidance to interpret and fill in gaps in the new tax laws. The hasty...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

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Current Distributions & Partial Liquidations: Corps vs. Partnerships

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“You Must Choose, But Choose Wisely.” The enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and its undeniable bias in favor of C corporations, has spurred the owners of many closely held businesses, along with their advisers, to...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Relief on the Way to U.S. Individuals Owning Stock in a "Controlled Foreign Corporation" - Treasury Department's Proposed...

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• The U.S. Department of the Treasury has released proposed regulations dealing with the application of the recent U.S. tax reform to U.S. shareholders of a "controlled foreign corporation" (CFC). • A foreign corporation...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Understanding How to Compute a U.S. shareholder’s GILTI inclusion

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act added section 951A to the Internal Revenue Code. This new section requires a U.S. shareholder of a Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC) to include in gross income the shareholder’s Global Intangible...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Feeling GILTI Enough to Make a Section 962 Election?

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After the passage of Public Law No. 115-97, formerly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Reform Act”), U.S. individual shareholders of controlled foreign corporations (“CFCs”) were faced with a difficult decision. ...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

GILTI by consolidation

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

Fenwick & West LLP

Impact of Tax Reform on the Purchase and Sale of Controlled Foreign Corporations — Selected Considerations

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The application of §1248 and §338(g) in the context of the purchase or sale of a controlled foreign corporation (CFC) has long been one of the most complex areas of the tax code. The recently enacted tax reform act — herein,...more

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U.S. Tax Reform: Impacts and Opportunities for Mexican Businesses, Part 1 - A General Overview on Issues That U.S. and Mexican...

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• The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Tax Act), signed into law on Dec. 22, 2017, made significant changes to the manner in which U.S. corporate and individual taxpayers are taxed on income from international operations. • The Tax...more

McDermott Will & Emery

The New Participation Exemption: An Opportunity to Convert Ordinary Dividends into Qualified Dividends

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act introduced an important new benefit to US corporations that own 10 percent or more of a foreign corporation. Specifically, a full participation exemption has been enacted that exempts certain foreign...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Taxes Some Incentives - ACREL News & Notes

Section 118 provides “[i]n the case of a corporation, gross income does not include any contribution to the capital of the taxpayer.” The regulations promulgated under Section 118 under prior law provide, with respect to...more

Verrill

Lawyers on Tap: Tap Tips for Entity Formation and Taxation

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In this episode of Verrill Voices: Lawyers on Tap, Verrill Dana attorneys Jennifer Green and Jonathan Dunitz discuss the importance of entity formation to the overall success of a brewery business, and the differences between...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

New Tax Law Makes Asset Deals More Attractive for Family Business Owners

Buyers often prefer to structure family business acquisitions as taxable asset purchases. In a taxable asset purchase, the buyer is entitled to write up the basis of the seller’s assets to fair market value, and then going...more

Snell & Wilmer

New Tax Act: 2017 Trap for 10% U.S. Owners of Foreign Corporations

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Tax Act”) modifies Section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) by expanding the definition of “subpart F income” of United States shareholders (“U.S. shareholder”) for the last tax...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Shareholders of S Corps can defer payment of Transition Tax

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) includes a provision requiring U.S. Shareholder Taxpayers that own 10% or more of a Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC) and other “Specified Foreign Corporations” to pay a “transition tax”...more

White and Williams LLP

2017 Tax Act: Choice of Entity

We recently prepared an alert on the new 20% qualified business income deduction that was added by the 2017 Tax Act. We have received many questions from our clients and friends about whether, notwithstanding the QBI...more

Burr & Forman

The New Section 199A 20% “Profit Deduction” for Pass-Through Businesses: The Undecided Issue of Owner Compensation

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Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Congress is now offering a new 20% deduction for “pass-through” businesses – i.e. businesses that are not corporations. With the corporate tax rate being reduced under the new law to a flat...more

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Decoding the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – Part V: Changes to IRC §163(j) and the Business Interest Deduction Rules

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“Neither a borrower nor a lender be...” or at least, if you insist on borrowing (and we understand the appeal), we are here to help you stay abreast of the new rules on deducting interest. BACKGROUND/PRIOR LAW - Interest...more

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