Rules for determination of amount, timing, character and source of foreign currency gains and loss are present in code section 988. Following transactions are included in code section...
Posted by The Accounting and Tax on 01/28/2016
Currency translation issues:Foreign branches and subsidiaries keep their books and records in the currency of host country.Parent companies in USA are required to compute their taxable...
Posted by The Accounting and Tax on 01/27/2016
Entrepreneurship is the business of setting up a business, or in simpler terms, business squared. I personally like the term because it has mixed connotations of reward, complexity...
Background:U.S investors in foreign mutual funds could avoid U.S taxes. The fund itself could avoid U.S taxes because it was a foreign corporation that only derived foreign source...
USA will only tax foreign business earnings if it repatriates it to USA through dividends. This policy is known as “deferral”. Deferral creates an opportunity for avoiding...
Posted by The Accounting and Tax on 01/10/2016
A general rule for tax planning for dividend repatriation includes cross-crediting, minimizing foreign withholding taxes and considering alternative methods of repatriating earnings. Cross-Crediting If...
Posted by The Accounting and Tax on 01/06/2016
Who can claim a deemed paid tax credit? - A domestic “C” corporation that owns 10% or more of the voting stock and receives...
Posted by The Accounting and Tax on 01/02/2016
Who can claim a deemed paid tax credit? - A domestic “C” corporation that owns 10% or more of the voting stock and receives...
Posted by The Accounting and Tax on 12/28/2015