Released on September 8, 2023, IRS Notice 2023-63 provides wide-ranging and potentially controversial guidance on the capitalization and amortization of research and experimentation expenses under section 174....more
Introduction On August 16, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, P.L. 117-169 (IRA). The law addresses a range of issues, from climate change to energy security to prescription drug prices for...more
Last month, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden of Oregon and fellow Finance Committee Democrats Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Mark Warner of Virginia released a draft proposed overhaul of the international tax regime (the...more
Foreign exchange gain or loss is a feature of most cross-border business activity and has tax implications under two different sets of rules governing foreign currency transactions (§ 988) and foreign currency translation (§§...more
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 ,
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International Tax Issues ,
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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
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The new regulations proposed in September under Section 382(h) regarding built-in-gain raise several international tax issues that companies planning for post-acquisition integration of loss corporations should be aware of....more
10/7/2019
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Built-In Gains ,
Change of Ownership ,
Corporate Taxes ,
GILTI tax ,
IRS ,
Loss Limitation Rules ,
Mergers ,
Net Operating Losses ,
New Rules ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Section 382 ,
Tax Exemptions ,
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Released on November 30, 2018, the foreign tax credit proposed regulations provide a comprehensive new framework for calculating the foreign tax credit in light of several changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA or...more
12/13/2018
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Banking Sector ,
Books & Records ,
CFC ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Federal Taxes ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Foreign Banks ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Tax ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
Interest Payments ,
IRS ,
Multinationals ,
New Rules ,
Parent Corporation ,
Partnerships ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Royalties ,
Stocks ,
Subpart F ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Exemptions ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
Tax Returns ,
Taxable Distributions ,
U.S. Treasury
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
9/18/2018
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C-Corporation ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Federal Taxes ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
IRS ,
New Rules ,
Partnerships ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Shareholders ,
Stock Purchase Agreement ,
Stock Sale Agreements ,
Stocks ,
Tax Code ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deferral ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Reform