Treasury and IRS Release Final and Proposed Foreign Tax Credit Regulations
Posted on Sep 29, 2020 in International Tax, Uncategorized
On September 29, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service released final and proposed regulations that provide guidance with respect to the calculation of foreign tax credits. The final regulations address a variety of computational issues, such as the allocation and apportionment of deductions under sections 861 through 865, the allocation of apportionment of...
Mississippi DOR issues marketplace facilitator guidance for food delivery
Posted on Sep 22, 2020 in State and Local Tax
Mississippi Notice 72-20-09 provides additional guidance on Mississippi’s marketplace facilitator law, which took effect on July 1, 2020. The Notice explains that a sale facilitated and delivered by a third-party food delivery service is not a “retail sale” by the facilitator. Rather, the restaurant will charge sales tax on the selling price it charged for the food. But if a...
Treasury and IRS Release Final Regulations on Sales by Foreign Persons of Certain Partnership Interests
Posted on Sep 22, 2020 in International Tax, Pass-through Taxation
On September 21, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service released final regulations under section 864(c)(8). Section 864(c)(8) generally treats gain from the sale or exchange by a nonresident alien individual or foreign corporation of an interest in a partnership that is engaged in a trade or business in the United States as effectively connected with such trade...
Treasury and IRS Release Final Regulations on Full Expensing under Section 168(k)
Posted on Sep 22, 2020 in Tax Accounting
On September 21, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service released final regulations under section 168(k). Amended by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, section 168(k) generally allows full expensing of certain depreciable property. The final regulations generally finalize proposed regulations released in 2019 that address the requirements to qualify for the additional...
Treasury and IRS Release Final and Proposed Regulations on Downward Attribution under Section 958(b)
Posted on Sep 21, 2020 in International Tax
On September 21, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service released final and proposed regulations addressing the repeal of section 958(b)(4) by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). Prior to the TJCA, section 958(b)(4) provided that section 318(a)(3) (downward attribution) did not apply to treat a US person as owning stock owned by a person who is a not a US person....
Treasury and IRS Release Final BEAT Regulations
Posted on Sep 1, 2020 in International Tax
On September 1, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service released final regulations under section 59A. Section 59A imposes a base erosion and anti-abuse tax (or BEAT), which generally operates as a minimum tax on income without regard to certain deductible payments made to foreign related parties. The final regulations finalize proposed regulations that were...