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Diving into IRS’s Annual Report on Advance Pricing Agreements: Can APMA Overcome Its Sisyphean Task?

April 13, 2022 By Alston & Bird Federal & International Tax Group

Despite adding personnel and making a concerted effort to speed up the advance pricing agreement process, the Advance Pricing and Mutual Agreement Program (APMA) faces challenges with the mounting demand. Our International Tax Group breaks down the hurdles for APMA and identifies important trends companies negotiating APAs should keep in mind. APMA staff increased 21% last year, but median completion time for an APA increased to 35 months (up from 33 months in 2020) APMA would need more than three years to work through its existing inventory of bilateral APAs at its current processing rate [...]Read more

Filed Under: International - Transfer Pricing, International Tax Advisory Tagged With: Advance Pricing Agreements, Advance Pricing and Mutual Agreement Program, APA, APMA, Bilateral APA, covid-19, international, IRS, Tax, transfer pricing, Unilateral APA

What’s in a Name? Final FTC Regulations Rebrand the Jurisdictional Nexus Requirement

January 18, 2022 By Edward Tanenbaum and Stefanie Kavanagh

Our International Tax Group delves into the attribution requirement (née jurisdictional nexus requirement) of the final foreign tax credit regulations and finds that taxpayers will still face uncertainties in the application of the foreign tax credit. The IRS seeks to modernize regulations to mitigate double taxation of foreign-source income Many of the final regulations follow the proposed regulations, but some were modified based on comments from taxpayers Gray areas remain, including how reasonably similar a foreign rule must be Read the full advisory here. [...]Read more

Filed Under: International Tax Advisory Tagged With: attribution requirement, FTC, international tax, jurisdictional nexus requirement, OECD, Pillar One, regulations, Tax

Has the Global Tax(man) Ended the “Race to the Bottom”? 136 Countries Agree to Overhaul International Corporate Tax System

October 15, 2021 By Richard Slowinski and Stefanie Kavanagh

Our International Tax Group analyzes the pillars of a new international corporate tax system, but one that faces some major hurdles. Pillar One: a new taxing right in the digital worldPillar Two: a global minimum tax rate of 15%The road(blocks) ahead Read the full advisory here. [...]Read more

Filed Under: International - Transfer Pricing, International Tax Advisory Tagged With: base erosion, base erosion and profit shifting, BEPS, Corporate tax rate, digitalization, Income Inclusion Rule, international, MLC, MNE, MNEs, OECD, Rome, Subject to Tax Rule, transfer pricing, Undertaxed Payment Rule, Washington D.C.

The Other Green Book: Treasury Explains Administration’s Tax Proposals

June 16, 2021 By Edward Tanenbaum, Heather Ripley and April McLeod

With the release of its FY 2022 revenue proposals, the Biden Administration explains and refines some of the tax priorities raised on the campaign trail. Our International Tax Group reads the tea leaves to find the significant changes to the Tax Code the Administration won’t find easy to navigate through a Congress that features the slimmest of majorities. Major revisions to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017Tighter rein on interest deductions and inversionsRepealing BEAT and FDII, creating a new SHIELD against base erosion Read the full advisory here. [...]Read more

Filed Under: International Tax Advisory Tagged With: base erosion, BEAT, Biden Administration, CFC, crypto, FDII, global minimum tax rate, Green Book, SHIELD, tax reform, Treasury

IRS APMA’s Results May Suggest COVID-19 Immunity

April 19, 2021 By Richard Slowinski and Stefanie Kavanagh

Our International Tax Group analyzes the report on the IRS’s Advance Pricing and Mutual Agreement Program and identifies important insights and trends for advance pricing agreements. Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on APMA operations and staffingAPA demand and output, 2019 – 2020More challenges on the horizon Click here to read the full advisory. [...]Read more

Filed Under: International - Transfer Pricing, International Tax Advisory Tagged With: Advance Pricing and Mutual Agreement Program, Announcement and Report Concerning Advance Pricing Agreements, APA, APMA, covid-19, IRS, OECD, TPMs, transfer pricing methods

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