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Withholding Agents and FDAP Income

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Withholding on Foreign Payments of FDAP - Income A withholding agent is generally required to report amounts paid to foreign persons that are subject to non-resident alien withholding. ...more

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Effectively Connected Income

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Effectively Connected Income - Unlike FDAP income, the United States taxes effectively connected income (“ECI”) on a net basis. Effectively connected income is income that is effectively connected with the conduct of a U.S....more

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FDAP Income

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The United States generally taxes nonresident aliens and foreign corporations on their U.S.-source income. A foreign taxpayer’s U.S.-source income falls into one of two general categories: (i) “fixed or determinable annual...more

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The Impending Large Partnership Audits

In August, the Federal Bar Association Section on Taxation held an informative roundtable on the IRS’s new large partnership compliance or LPC program. One of the speakers, Maria Dolan with the IRS’s Large Business &...more

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¿Retención FACTA errónea?

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¿Qué sucede si un agente de retención de los EE. UU. de una institución financiera extranjera (FFI) aplica erróneamente una retención del capítulo 4 de FATCA del Código de Rentas Internas (IRC) del 30% a un pago a la FFI?...more

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Erroneous FACTA Withholding?

What if a U.S. Withholding Agent  of a Foreign financial Institution (FFI) erroneously applies a 30% Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Chapter 4 FATCA Withholding to a payment to the FFI? What can be done to recover the funds?     ...more

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U.S. Financial Institutions and FATCA

Little is written regarding FATCA and U.S. Financial Institutions (FI).  That said, U.S. FIs have FATCA responsibilities.  In the absence of permitted exceptions, FATCA requires U.S. FIs that make payments of most types of...more

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Weekly IRS Roundup January 20 – 24, 2020

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of January 20 – 24, 2020. January 20, 2020: The IRS released new Instructions to IRS Form 1120-S, US...more

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What we know about Crypto Compliance and US Federal Taxes

The last Notice issued by the IRS on Cryptocurrency was Notice 2014-21 posted on March 25, 2014 providing guidance in the form of answers to frequently asked questions. ...more

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U.S Tax Court Bounces Rev. Rul. 91-32: Sales of Partnership Interests by Foreign Partners May Not be Subject to U.S. Tax

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The practice of tax law is an exercise of statutory interpretation. A recent opinion of the U.S. Tax Court, Grecian Magnesite Mining, Indust. & Ship. Co. v. C.I.R., 149 T.C. No. 3 (July 13, 2017), is illustrative. Grecian...more

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Tax Planning for Investment Into the United States Through Hybrid Entities - Tax Update Volume 2017, Issue 4

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The Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association recently issued a report commenting on the appropriate application of treaty limitations to source-country taxation of business profits when the underlying income is...more

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The US Tax Court Rejects IRS Position That Non-US Partners Are Taxed on Sales of Partnership Interests

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The US Tax Court earlier this month issued a decision that rejected a 25-year old IRS Revenue Ruling and held that gain from the sale or other disposition by a non-US person of an interest in a partnership that is engaged in...more

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US Banks wanting to be ahead of the FATCA game must master international tax compliance

The terms FDAP (Fixed, Determinable Annual and Periodical Income) and ECI (Effectively Connected Income) are expansive terms. They are the backbone behind the tax withholding, and reporting requirements imposed on US Banks...more

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IRS Extends FATCA Transition Rules

On September 18, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2015-66, in which Treasury and the IRS announced that they intend to extend certain transition rules and modify certain other reporting rules under the...more

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Statutory Exemption from U.S. Withholding Tax on Dividends Remains

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Generally, a non-U.S. taxpayer that is not engaged in a U.S. trade or business is taxable in the United States only on U.S.-source “fixed determinable, annual or periodical” income (FDAP)....more

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Treasury and IRS Extend FATCA Deadlines

Notice 2013-43 (http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-13-43.pdf), released on July 12, 2013, announces the Internal Revenue Service's (the "IRS") and the Department of the Treasury's intent to amend final Treasury regulations...more

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FATCA Withholding And Reporting Deferred For Six Months

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In response to taxpayer concerns about the practicality of meeting certain FATCA compliance timeline dates, the IRS, in Notice 2013-43 issued today, has extended some of those dates and made certain conforming changes. ...more

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