Following the IRS’s issuance of guidance in Notice 2023-63 regarding R&D capitalization under Section 174, a working group of several Fenwick tax group attorneys commented to the IRS and the U.S. Treasury Department on...more
11/30/2023
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Disclosure Requirements ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Life Sciences ,
New Guidance ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Research and Development ,
Research and Experiment Tax Credit ,
SEC Comment Letter Process ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Taxation ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Treasury
Last month, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden of Oregon and fellow Finance Committee Democrats Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Mark Warner of Virginia released a draft proposed overhaul of the international tax regime (the...more
Enacted on March 27, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act—or CARES Act—?contains several important tax provisions for businesses and individuals. Notable business tax provisions include the creation of a new...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) repealed the long-standing “50/50” sourcing rule for United States exporters of manufactured products. Under the new rules, which source income of a “producer” solely to the place of...more
1/29/2020
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Exports ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
Foreign Tax Credits ,
Imports ,
Inventory ,
IRS ,
Manufacturers ,
Natural Resources ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Qualified Business Income ,
Resource Extraction ,
Section 199A ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
U.S. Treasury
On December 2, 2019, Treasury and the IRS released final and proposed regulations on the foreign tax credit. As expected, the final regulations finalize the 2018 proposed regulations relating mainly to the Tax Cuts and Jobs...more
1/6/2020
/ Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Final Rules ,
Foreign Earned Income ,
Foreign Tax Credits ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Planning ,
U.S. Treasury
Released on November 30, 2018, the foreign tax credit proposed regulations provide a comprehensive new framework for calculating the foreign tax credit in light of several changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA or...more
12/13/2018
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Banking Sector ,
Books & Records ,
CFC ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Federal Taxes ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Foreign Banks ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Tax ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
Interest Payments ,
IRS ,
Multinationals ,
New Rules ,
Parent Corporation ,
Partnerships ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Royalties ,
Stocks ,
Subpart F ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Exemptions ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
Tax Returns ,
Taxable Distributions ,
U.S. Treasury
This summary describes some of the more significant changes made to U.S. federal tax laws by H.R. 1, the bill signed into law by President Trump on December 22, 2017. Except where otherwise noted, the changes take effect in...more
1/8/2018
/ Base Erosion Tax ,
Business Taxes ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Estate Tax ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
Net Operating Losses ,
New Legislation ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration