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The Supreme Court’s Non-Opinion On The “Realization” of Income – A Lost Opportunity?

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In less than four months, the citizens of the United States will be electing their next President to a four-year term. They will also be deciding which of the two major political parties will “control” the Senate, the House,...more

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Moore Thoughts: An Incremental Opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court

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The U.S. Supreme Court on June 20, 2024, ruled 7-2 that Section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code, as revised by the law known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, is constitutional. The issue presented to the Court in Moore v....more

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Supreme Court to Decide: No Realization Means No Moore Income Tax?

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Many of you, perhaps most, may have read about a case that will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court during its current term. The case, Moore v. United States, comes out of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Supreme Court...more

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Proposed Regulations Change PFIC Elections for Partnerships

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On January 24, 2022, the IRS issued proposed regulations that impact certain elections available to U.S. taxpayers with respect to their indirect interests in passive foreign investment companies (PFICs). Pursuant to the...more

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Establishing A Business Entity In Argentina (Updated)

Types of business entities - The two most common types of legal entities adopted in Argentina are the limited liability company (“Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada” or “SRL”) and the corporation (“Sociedad Anónima” or...more

McDermott Will & Emery

GILTI High-Tax Exclusion: An Additional Planning Tool for Noncorporate US Shareholders

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An individual or trust US shareholder of a controlled foreign corporation (CFC) faces harsh treatment under the global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) regime. These tax implications have forced these taxpayers to pursue...more

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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

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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

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Tax Court Upholds Application of Subpart F Manufacturing Branch Rule

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A U.S. shareholder of a foreign corporation generally is not subject to U.S. federal income tax on the income of the foreign corporation until the shareholder receives an actual distribution from the corporation. However,...more

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IRS Clarifies Tax Filing and Payment Deadline Extensions

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The Internal Revenue Service released a Q&A on Notice 2020-18 to clarify the relief available to taxpayers during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Q&A offers important new details on the federal income tax filing and...more

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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

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

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Japan Legal Update Vol. 50 | November–December 2019

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Corporate Governance - Companies Act Amendments to Enhance Corporate Governance - The Companies Act of Japan was amended on December 4, 2019 ("Amended Companies Act"), based on the Interim Proposal and the Outline...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

IRS Initiates a Compliance Campaign for U.S. Persons with respect to Certain Foreign Corporations

IRS Form 5471 is used by certain U.S. persons who are officers, directors, or shareholders in certain foreign corporations and must be attached to a covered Taxpayer’s Tax Return.  On April 16, 2019, IRS announced the...more

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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

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Final Section 956 Regulations Follow Approach of Proposed Regulations—with Two Helpful Modifications

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Final regulations applicable to controlled foreign corporations and their US shareholders, issued by the US Treasury under Code Section 956, generally follow previously proposed regulations but introduce two modifications: a...more

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Final Section 956 Regulations Open the Door to Foreign Credit Support for US Corporate Borrowers

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Section 956 final regulations confirm those eligible for territorial dividend exemption can benefit from foreign guarantee and collateral support without incurring US tax. On May 23, 2019, the US Treasury and Internal...more

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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

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UK Tax Round Up - April 2019

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UK Case Law Developments - Damages on share sales same as on other sales - In Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd v ING Bank NV, the Commercial Court has held that the measure of damages for breach of warranty in...more

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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

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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

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Newly Proposed US Tax Regulations Open Possibility of Full Credit Support from Foreign Subsidiaries

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On October 31, 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") proposed new regulations under Section 956 of the Code (the "Proposed Regulations") that are likely to enhance the availability of...more

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Plot Twist – Proposed Regulations Mean Section 956 Did Not Actually Survive Tax Reform Intact

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Our International Tax Group takes stock of new proposed regulations that try to keep Section 956 relevant despite the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act....more

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Proposed Treasury Regulations Impact “Deemed Dividend” Tax Rules in Financing Transactions

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Following tax reform at the end of 2017, cash dividends from a foreign corporate subsidiary to a domestic corporate 10 percent shareholder are exempt from U.S. income tax because the shareholder is permitted a...more

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