The book has closed on 2023, but several recent tax-related rulings are sure to have ripple effects into 2024 and beyond—particularly with respect to transfer pricing and foreign tax credits. Here are five cases that will...more
1/9/2024
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Economic Substance Doctrine ,
IRS ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Moore v US ,
Oral Argument ,
SCOTUS ,
Tax Court ,
Tax Credits ,
Taxation ,
U.S. Treasury
Following the IRS’s issuance of guidance in Notice 2023-63 regarding R&D capitalization under Section 174, a working group of several Fenwick tax group attorneys commented to the IRS and the U.S. Treasury Department on...more
11/30/2023
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Disclosure Requirements ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Life Sciences ,
New Guidance ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Research and Development ,
Research and Experiment Tax Credit ,
SEC Comment Letter Process ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Taxation ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Treasury
In the newly released Proposed Foreign Tax Credit (FTC) Regulations, Treasury provided some measure of relief on cost recovery and royalty withholding, two of the most troublesome aspects of the Final FTC Regulations that...more
Treasury and the IRS released final section 250 regulations on July 9, 2020, primarily focused on the deduction for foreign-derived intangible income (FDII). The final regulations make significant revisions to the proposed...more
8/17/2020
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Arms Export Control Act ,
CARES Act ,
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
Foreign Persons ,
Foreign Sales ,
GILTI tax ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
New Regulations ,
New Rules ,
Required Documentation ,
U.S. Treasury
On December 2, 2019, Treasury and the IRS released final and proposed regulations on the foreign tax credit. As expected, the final regulations finalize the 2018 proposed regulations relating mainly to the Tax Cuts and Jobs...more
1/6/2020
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Corporate Taxes ,
Final Rules ,
Foreign Earned Income ,
Foreign Tax Credits ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Planning ,
U.S. Treasury
On October 9, 2019, the IRS released Revenue Ruling 2019-24, which provides guidance with respect to hard forks and airdrops of cryptocurrency, and new frequently asked questions (FAQs), which provide guidance on other...more
10/14/2019
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Blockchain ,
Capital Gains ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Fair Market Value ,
Income Taxes ,
IRS ,
New Guidance ,
Peer-to-Peer ,
Popular ,
Revenue Rulings ,
Transfer Taxes ,
Virtual Currency ,
W-2
Introduction -
U.S. taxation of intellectual property has become astoundingly more complex after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The new rules are so complex that the IRS and Treasury are still figuring out the details of how...more
7/11/2018
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Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
Foreign Earned Income ,
Foreign Subsidiaries ,
Franchises ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
IRS ,
New Rules ,
Patents ,
Tax Code ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Incentives ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
Trademarks ,
Transfer Taxes ,
U.S. Treasury
In This Issue -
US Taxation of IP After Tax Reform -
U.S. taxation of intellectual property has become astoundingly more complex after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The new rules are so complex that the IRS and Treasury...more
7/11/2018
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Appeals ,
Artists ,
Claim Construction ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Disgorgement ,
Evidence ,
Expert Testimony ,
Fair Use ,
Film Industry ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
Franchises ,
Income Taxes ,
Indefiniteness ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
IRS ,
Misappropriation ,
New Rules ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Royalties ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Phillips Standard ,
Popular ,
SAS Institute Inc. v Iancu ,
SCOTUS ,
Summary Judgment ,
Tax Code ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Reform ,
The Copyright Act ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks ,
Transfer Taxes ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Uniform Trade Secrets Acts ,
USPTO
This document discusses Notice 2018-26, the third IRS Notice providing guidance on the new mandatory repatriation tax under § 965.
Most importantly, the Notice sets forth extensive anti-avoidance rules in respect of...more
Recent months have seen significant IRS and judicial developments affecting financial institutions and market participants, including new FATCA changes and proposed regulations on dividend equivalent payments under section...more