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

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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

Final FDII Regulations Released

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Talk about a summer beach read... The IRS’s final regulations for Section 250 deductions for FDII and GILTI are here for your light summer reading. Better yet, let our International Tax Group explain it all for you. The Section 250 deduction generally applies to domestic C corporationsA more relaxed and flexible approach to documentation and substantiation requirementsClarification for the software industry on foreign use of digital sales and advertising Read the full advisory here. [...]Read more

Risky Business – Allocating Losses When Your Supply Chain Is Disrupted

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Should a subsidiary incur losses due to risks it assumed? Can a parent take on losses? Our International Tax Group investigates the nuances of regulations from U.S. and international agencies and offers actions multinational enterprises can take now to prepare for the tax implications of COVID-19-related disruptions.

Who bears and controls the risk?
Useful guidance from the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Tax Administrations
Actions to take now and in the future

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International Tax Regulations: The Road Ahead – Key Practitioner Concerns and Government Responses

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Our International Tax Group reflects on a few concerns that have cropped up in the wake of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and deciphers the government’s responses.

Foreign-derived intangible income (FDII)
Global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI)
Base erosion and anti-abuse tax (BEAT)

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FDII or Not: Section 250 FDII and GILTI Deduction Regulations Proposed

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The IRS and Treasury’s proposed regulations on the Section 250 deduction for foreign-derived intangible income (FDII) and global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) tackle several questions left unanswered by the 2017 tax law. Our International Tax Group highlights key takeaways from the complex, near-algebraic, proposed rules.

Section 250 alphabet soup: FDII, GILTI, QBAI, DEI, FDDEI
GILTI deduction allowed for Section 962 election taxpayers
A few questionable answers for FDII issues

Read the full advisory here.

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