Table of Contents 1
Cover
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Chapter 1: Overview of U.S. Corporate International Taxation
Summary
U.S. Outbound Tax Concepts
U.S. Inbound Tax Concepts
Other fundamental U.S. international tax concepts
International tax fundamental concepts
Recognition of income
Introduction of International Tax Provisions enacted by the TCJA
Introduction and listing of U.S. international tax provisions
U.S. Export Tax Incentive through an IC-DISC
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Chapter 2: Foreign Branches
Operating through a foreign branch — summary
Form 8832, “Entity Classification Election”—“check-the-box” election
Threshold of liability to foreign tax
Foreign currency issues as applied to branches, or QBUs
QBU
Section 988 transactions
Dispositions of nonfunctional currency
Translations with respect to debt instruments
U.S. dollar approximate separate transactions method
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Chapter 3: Determining Source of Income
Personal property
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Chapter 4: Allocation and Apportionment of Deductions
Allocation and apportionment of expenses, losses, and other deductions to U.S. and foreign-source income
Allocation and apportionment of certain deductions
Allocation and apportionment of interest expense
Special apportionment rules for partnerships
Special apportionment rules for corporations
Special allocations of interest expense
Research and experimentation expenditures
Notes
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Chapter 5: U.S. Foreign Tax Credit System
FTC system post-TCJA overview and status
Internal Revenue Code sections dealing with foreign taxes
FTC expanded rules and examples
Creditable foreign taxes
Timing and recognition issue
Partnerships, LLCs (taxed as U.S. partnerships), and S corps
Note
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Chapter 6: Outbound International Tax Provisions under Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Note to Reader or Practitioner
CFCs and Subpart F — Outline
Foreign base company sales income—Examples
FBC Services Income—Example and details
TCJA outbound international tax provisions
PFICs
Transfers of property by U.S. persons to foreign corporations — Section 367
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Chapter 7: Inbound Taxation: U.S. Withholding Tax & Tax Treaty Concepts
Threshold for U.S. inbound taxation
U.S. trade or business > Effectively Connected Income (ECI)
Thin capitalization — interest expense limitation rules
FIRPTA — Section 897
U.S. inbound tax reporting obligations
IRC Chapter 3 — U.S. source withholding tax
IRC Chapter 3 withholding tax rules
FDAP (not ECI)
FDAP — Interest payment
FDAP — Dividends
FDAP — Royalties
FDAP — Rents
FDAP — Compensation for services
FDAP income
Gains from sale of personal property (for example, capital gains)
ECI exemption
Withholding tax obligations and procedures
Payment of withholding tax
Penalties