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
The final and proposed regulations under sections 951A and 954 of the US Internal Revenue Code contain certain rules that may present planning opportunities—or possibly onerous results—depending on a taxpayer’s specific fact...more
Our International Tax Group examines the high-tax exclusion (HTE) in new final regulations under the global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) regime and the potentially precarious side effects U.S. shareholders face in...more
It’s Complicated- Coming to grips with the U.S. tax treatment of the foreign-sourced income of a closely held domestic business, and of commercial transactions involving such a business and its related foreign entities,...more
Challenges of Transferring IP Offshore - What constitutes intellectual property (“IP”) has long been a contested issue in tax practice, but generally includes intangible assets as wide-ranging as patents, copyrights,...more