Treasury and IRS Release Final and Proposed BEAT Regulations
Posted on Dec 2, 2019 in International Tax
On December 2, the Treasury and the IRS released final and proposed 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 implement BEAT generally, and the proposed regulations provide guidance...
Bill to Correct Qualified Improvement Property Glitch Fails to Gain Traction in the House
Posted on Nov 22, 2019 in Tax Accounting
On Nov. 20, the House of Representatives failed to approve a motion that would have attached the Restoring Investment in Improvement Act (H.R. 1869) to the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act (H.R. 1309). H.R. 1869 would correct a drafting error in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changes to section 168 that prevents qualified improvement property from...
IRS LB&I Division Announces Section 965 Compliance Campaign
Posted on Nov 5, 2019 in International Tax
On November 4, the IRS Large Business and International Division (LB&I) announced a new compliance campaign directed at promoting compliance with section 965. 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 LB&I campaign will...
IRS Releases Final Regulations under Section 6050Y
Posted on Oct 28, 2019 in Insurance Tax
The IRS has issued final regulations under section 6050Y, which was added by the TCJA. Generally, section 6050Y requires information reporting with respect to certain life insurance contract transactions, such as payments of reportable death benefits. The final regulations detail the reporting requirements, such as the manner of reporting and the required timing of such reporting....
Proposed Regulations and New Revenue Procedure Address the Repeal of Section 958(b)(4)
Posted on Oct 1, 2019 in International Tax
Treasury and the IRS have released proposed regulations and a revenue procedure addressing the repeal of section 958(b)(4). Prior to its repeal by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, section 958(b)(4) prevented downward attribution from a foreign person for purposes of determining whether a foreign entity was a controlled foreign corporation under section 957. The proposed regulations address...
IRS Provides Final Guidance on Rental Real Estate Safe Harbor under Section 199A
Posted on Sep 26, 2019 in Pass-through Taxation
The IRS recently released Rev. Proc. 2019-38, which provides a safe harbor for treating a rental real estate enterprise as a single trade or business for purposes of section 199A. Section 199A generally allows a deduction of up to 20% of the taxpayer’s qualified business income from each of its qualified trades or businesses. The safe harbor had originally been proposed by the IRS in...
OIRA Receives Proposed and Final BEAT Regulations
Posted on Sep 18, 2019 in International Tax
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) has received both proposed and final regulations related to the base erosion and anti-abuse tax (BEAT) under section 59A. Section 59A generally operates as a minimum tax on income without regard to certain deductible payments made to foreign related parties. The proposed and final regulations are not deemed to be economically...
IRS Releases Final Regulations under Section 168(k)
Posted on Sep 13, 2019 in Tax Accounting
Today, Treasury and the IRS 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 address the requirements to qualify for the additional depreciation deduction and elections related to the deduction. Read the final regulations: TD 9874 Read the proposed...
OIRA Completes Review of Second Set of Proposed Regulations under Section 168(k)
Posted on Sep 11, 2019 in Tax Accounting
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) recently completed its review of a second set of proposed regulations under section 168(k). Amended by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, section 168(k) generally allows full expensing of certain depreciable property. OIRA has not released information as to the contents of the proposed regulations, and the release of this set of proposed...
IRS Releases Proposed Regulations under Section 451
Posted on Sep 5, 2019 in Tax Accounting
The IRS has released proposed regulations under section 451(b) and (c), which were amended by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Section 451(b) generally provides that a taxpayer must recognize income no later than when the taxpayer takes the income into account on its applicable financial statement, and section 451(c) provides rules regarding the timing of the recognition of advance payments....
IRS Working to Address Double-Gain-Recognition Issue in Final GILTI Regulations and Temporary Section 245A Regulations
Posted on Sep 5, 2019 in International Tax
Speaking at an event on September 4, John Merrick, senior-level counsel to the IRS associate chief counsel (international), stated that the IRS is aware that the interaction between the anti-avoidance rules of section 245A (the participation exemption deduction) and section 951A (global intangible low-taxed income, GILTI) could result in double gain recognition for taxpayers and is...
Treasury and IRS Allow Domestic Partnerships and S Corporations to Apply Certain Proposed GILTI Regulations to Taxable Years Ending Before June 22, 2019
Posted on Aug 26, 2019 in Uncategorized
The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the IRS recently released Notice 2019-46. The notice allows a domestic partnership or S corporation to apply Prop. Treas. Reg. § 1.951A-5 to taxable years ending before June 22, 2019, so long as the domestic partnership or S corporation meets the notification and reporting requirements described in the notice. Prop. Treas. Reg. § 1.951A-5...
IRS Allows Election Relief for Bonus Depreciation
Posted on Aug 1, 2019 in Uncategorized
On July 31, 2019, the IRS issued Rev. Proc. 2019-33, which allows taxpayers to change their elections regarding bonus depreciation for property acquired after September 27, 2017 and placed in service during the taxpayer’s 2016 or 2017 taxable year. Under the revenue procedure, a taxpayer may make late elections to use bonus depreciation on such property or revoke its election to use...
IRS Official States that Final Foreign Tax Credit Regulations Likely to Be Released by Fall and BEAT Regulations Likely to Be Released Before the End of the Year
Posted on Jul 17, 2019 in International Tax
At an event for the National Association for Business Economics on July 16, Peg O’Connor (deputy associate chief counsel (Operations and International Programs) at the IRS Office of the Associate Chief Counsel, International) stated that she expects final regulations addressing foreign tax credits to be released by the end of the summer and final regulations under section 59A (Base...
IRS Provides Additional Q&A Guidance on Section 965
Posted on Jul 16, 2019 in International Tax
On July 16, 2019, the IRS released additional guidance in a Q&A format with respect to section 965. Enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, section 965 generally imposes a transition tax on a US shareholder’s pro rata share of the accumulated earnings and profits of certain foreign corporations. The guidance includes information on making subsequent installment payments and filing...