By Jacob Kaplan and Margaret Scott
By Edward Tanenbaum and Heather Ripley
Is your inventory sales income U.S. or foreign source? Well, it depends. In case you missed it, our International Tax Group explores the various sourcing rules the IRS has proposed to sort out possible inconsistencies and overlaps caused by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Place of production now determines source for sales of produced inventory
Coordinating Section 863(b) and Section 865 for sales through an office
The overlap of Section 865(e)(2) and Section 864(c)(4)(B)(iii) for certain “nonresidents”
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Missing piece to CARES? Our Federal Tax Group excavates this missing piece and investigates how it would have restored what was repealed by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Restoration of Section 958(b)(4)
New Section 951B
A newly minted controlled foreign corporation (CFC) regime
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By Scott Harty and Seth Buchwald
In case you missed it's release right before the President's Day holiday weekend, our International Tax Group addressed an election under Section 962 available to individual U.S. shareholders of certain foreign corporations to be taxed as a C corporation, which before tax reform was a rarely utilized and often forgotten tool that has recently been thrust into the spotlight due to its potential benefits.
The rise in popularity of the Section 962 election
Smith v. Commissioner, an unfavorable ruling for U.S. shareholders receiving distributions of foreign earnings subject to a Section 962 [...]Read more
Earlier this week, our International Tax Group analyzed some of the most interesting and significant provisions of the new Treasury and IRS regulations for the base erosion and anti-abuse tax.
Clarifications about base erosion payments
Clarifications about aggregate groups
Election to waive deductions
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