On November 2, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States announced that the case of Whirlpool Financial Corp., et al., Petitioners v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, No. 22-9, has been distributed for consideration at...more
On September 23, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a memorandum (AM 2022-003) concluding that taxpayers cannot make advance payments of section 367(d) inclusions except in the limited situation in which the US...more
On August 10, 2022, a petition for writ of certiorari filed by Whirlpool Financial Corporation & Consolidated Subsidiaries and Whirlpool International Holdings S.a.r.l. & Consolidated Subsidiaries (collectively, Whirlpool)...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently issued its opinion in Whirlpool Financial Corporation & Consolidated Subsidiaries v. Commissioner, affirming the decision made by the US Tax Court. The Tax Court held...more
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
8/7/2020
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Proposed regulations under Sections 863(b) and 865(e)(2) implement changes by TCJA to section 863(b), the primary sourcing provision for income from the sale of inventory produced by a taxpayer without and sold within the...more
On October 31, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released proposed regulations (REG-114540-18) (the Proposed Regulations) that would prevent, in many cases, income...more
The 2017 Tax Act significantly increased the benefits of a section 338(g) election for a domestic corporate purchaser of stock in a controlled foreign corporation (CFC). If an election is made, the Buyer is treated as...more
Following the 2017 Tax Act, a domestic corporate purchaser of stock in a controlled foreign corporation (CFC) generally will desire to make a section 338(g) election. A section 338(g) election provides a stepped-up basis in...more
Following the 2017 Tax Act, the US tax costs to a corporate US shareholder that sells stock in a controlled foreign corporation (CFC) are significantly reduced. Beginning in 2018, the amount of gain will be generally less...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued PMTA 2018-016, reaffirming its position that for taxpayers making an election under Internal Revenue Code (Code) Section 965(h) to pay the transition tax over eight years through...more
A domestic corporation's royalty income derived in connection with business conducted outside the United States generally is eligible for the reduced 13.125 percent effective tax rate on foreign derived intangible income...more
The 2017 Tax Act added a separate foreign tax credit limitation category, or basket, for income earned in a foreign branch. As a result, certain US groups may be limited in their ability to use foreign income taxes paid or...more
We previously discussed the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) surprising position that for taxpayers making an election under Internal Revenue Code (Code) Section 965(h) to pay the transition tax over 8 years through...more
New section 59A imposes a minimum tax on domestic corporations with substantial amounts of deductible payments made to related foreign persons (referred to as the base erosion and anti-abuse tax, or BEAT). The BEAT can apply...more
The 2017 tax act expanded Subpart F to require an inclusion in income of “global intangible low-taxed income” (GILTI) of a controlled foreign corporation (CFC). This is generally the amount of a CFC’s income in excess of its...more
Income from the sale of inventory by a domestic corporation generally is sourced based on where title and risk of loss to the property pass to the buyer. Thus, income from the sale of inventory where title passes outside the...more
In a surprising development, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that if a taxpayer’s 2017 payments, including estimated tax payments, exceed its 2017 net income tax liability described under Internal Revenue...more
The US tax treatment of a foreign branch owned by a domestic corporation remains fundamentally the same following the 2017 tax reform legislation. However, the establishment of a new foreign tax credit basket for branch...more
Under Subpart F, certain types of income and investments of earnings of a foreign corporation controlled by US shareholders (controlled foreign corporation, or CFC) are deemed distributed to the US shareholders and subject to...more
The 2017 tax reform legislation added section 250 to the Internal Revenue Code, effectively creating a new preferential tax rate for income derived by domestic corporations from serving foreign markets. The new deduction is...more
The recently enacted 2017 tax reform act imposes a new “base erosion and anti-abuse tax” (BEAT) on large corporations. The BEAT operates as a limited-scope alternative minimum tax, applied by adding back to taxable income...more
A House-Senate conference committee has reached agreement on a compromise version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which includes substantial changes to the corporate and international business taxation rules. The stage now...more
Regulatory Developments Under § 367 Affecting Transfers of Appreciated Property to Foreign Corporations -
Introduction:
On September 14, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue...more
10/5/2015
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In Altera, the U.S. Tax Court invalidated regulations under Section 482 requiring participants in qualified cost-sharing agreements to include stock-based compensation costs in the cost pool to comply with the arm’s-length...more