Treasury Green Book includes Pillar II undertaxed payments rule (UTPR), corporate tax increase rate
Posted on Mar 29, 2022 in International Tax, News
On March 28, the Biden Administration released the 2023 Fiscal Year Budget, followed by the release of the Treasury’s Green Book, which provides explanations of the Biden Administration’s revenue proposals. Among the proposals is the adoption of the OECD’s Pillar II undertaxed payments rule (UTPR) in lieu of the Base Erosion Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT). The UTPR denies a deduction or...
Legal Alert: An incomplete picture: Democratic senators release “framework” for international tax overhaul
Posted on Aug 31, 2021 in International Tax, Legal Alerts
On August 25, 2021, Senate Finance Committee members Wyden, Brown, and Warner released draft bill language and a section-by-section summary of their proposed International Tax Reform Framework. The legislative language is generally in line with the International Tax Overhaul proposals first released by the Senators on April 5, 2021. The draft legislation includes some provisions...
Legal Alert: Making a Manchin out of a molehill – Senate infrastructure and budget debates heat up
Posted on Jul 15, 2021 in International Tax, Legal Alerts
Fresh from their July 4 recess, the Senate has returned to Washington to continue infrastructure and budget bill negotiations. As previously discussed, there are two distinct legislative paths making their way through Congress: (1) a bipartisan infrastructure package; and (2) a Democratic budget reconciliation bill focusing on family aid, healthcare, and a global minimum tax. Important...
Who in the world is Joe Manchin: International tax proposals vary under Biden, Senate proposals
Posted on Apr 23, 2021 in International Tax, Legal Alerts
Just a few months after regulations were finalized, and as taxpayers were getting comfortable with the international tax provisions implemented by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), proposals from President Biden1 and the Senate Finance Committee2 to overhaul international tax have arrived. While similarities are present between the two proposals, including raising the corporate...
Treasury and IRS Release Final Regulations under Section 163(j) with respect to Partnerships and CFCs
Posted on Jan 5, 2021 in International Tax
On January 5th, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service released final regulations under section 163(j). Amended by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), section 163(j) generally limits a taxpayer’s interest deduction to the sum of its business interest income, floor plan financing interest, and 30% of its adjusted taxable income (ATI). The regulations finalize...
OMB Completes Its Review of Proposed Regulations under Section 163(j)
Posted on Jan 5, 2021 in International Tax
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has completed its review of proposed regulations under section 163(j). Section 163(j) generally limits a taxpayer’s interest deduction to the sum of its business interest income, floor plan financing interest, and 30% of its adjusted taxable income. The proposed regulations provide rules applicable to partnerships and controlled foreign...
District Court Holds Section 965 Constitutional
Posted on Nov 20, 2020 in International Tax
On November 19, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington held that the transition tax under section 965 was constitutional. Section 965, enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, generally imposes a transition tax on a US shareholder’s pro rata share of the accumulated earnings and profits of certain foreign corporations. The court found that the transition tax was a...
Treasury and IRS Release Final Regulations under Section 245A and Section 951A Anti-Abuse Rules
Posted on Nov 20, 2020 in International Tax
On November 20, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service released final regulations under sections 245A and 951A. The rules coordinate two anti-abuse rules directed at certain transactions that occurred in 2018 between related controlled foreign corporations. The guidance generally finalizes proposed regulations issued in August 2020, except that the final...
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...
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 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...
Treasury and IRS Release Final and Proposed Regulations under Section 245A
Posted on Aug 21, 2020 in International Tax
On August 21, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service released proposed and final regulations under section 245A. Section 245A allows a 100% deduction to a corporate US shareholder for the foreign-source portion of dividends received from a specified 10% owned foreign corporation (SFC). The final regulations limit the deduction for certain dividends received by...
OIRA Completes Review of Final and Proposed Regulations under Section 245A
Posted on Aug 11, 2020 in International Tax
On August 7, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) completed its review of regulations finalizing temporary regulations issued last June related to the 100% deduction available to a corporate US shareholder for the foreign-source portion of dividends received from a specified 10% owned foreign corporation (SFC) under section 245A and the look-through rule under...
IRS Issues Final and Proposed Regulations with Respect to the GILTI and Subpart F High-Tax Exclusions
Posted on Jul 20, 2020 in International Tax
On July 20, the IRS released final regulations that allow taxpayers to elect out of the global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) provisions if the income is subject to a rate of at least 18.9% in a foreign country. Proposed regulations were also released that generally would revise the subpart F high-tax exception to be consistent with the provisions of the GILTI high-tax exception....