As a Reminder, the 31st Annual TEI-SJSU High Tech Tax Institute will be held on November 9 and 10 at the Crowne Plaza Cabana in Palo Alto, California.  Topics include practical consequences of BEPS, EU hot topics, Sections 41 and 199 applied to cloud computing transactions, repatriation strategies, and IRS developments.  Speakers include Heather Maloy, Joe Mikrut, Larry Langdon, Jim Fuller, Eli Dicker and Ivan Humphreys.  The agenda includes speakers from China, Ireland and the UK.

For the complete agenda and speaker list, as well as online registration, please visit http://www.tax-institute.com.

A discount is offered for TEI members. Read More

The 31st Annual TEI-SJSU High Tech Tax Institute will be held on November 9 and 10 at the Crowne Plaza Cabana in Palo Alto, California.  Topics include practical consequences of BEPS, EU hot topics, Sections 41 and 199 applied to cloud computing transactions, repatriation strategies, and IRS developments.  Speakers include Heather Maloy, Joe Mikrut, Larry Langdon, Jim Fuller, Eli Dicker and Ivan Humphreys.  The agenda includes speakers from China, Ireland and the UK.

For the complete agenda and speaker list, as well as online registration, please visit http://www.tax-institute.com.

A discount is offered for TEI members. Read More

Cutting edge activities challenge tax rules written with different business methods and products in mind. For example, cloud computing raises issues as to how longstanding tax provisions, such as the research tax credit and Section 199 manufacturing deduction apply. This and other current tax topics relevant to high tech companies and their tax advisers are on the agenda for the 31st Annual TEI-SJSU High Tech Tax Institute, November 9 & 10, 2015 in Palo Alto. Additional topics include BEPS Relevance, M&A activities, state tax haven activities, European Union hot topics and how these topics also affect the income tax provision on financial statements.

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We hear a lot about the OECD’s BEPS project (base erosion and profit shifting) and its action items. What is the relevance of “country-by-country” reporting for transfer pricing documentation? Does the statement on harmful tax practices mean that the US should adopt a patent box? The 31st Annual TEI-SJSU High Tech Tax Institute, scheduled for November 9 and 10, 2015 in Palo Alto, will address these questions and more. A BEPS panel will include attorneys from China, Ireland and the U.S. to share how other countries are responding the BEPS project and what it means for your company or clients.  Another panel with practitioners from the UK and Ireland will explore hot topics in the EU. Heather Maloy, (former) Commissioner for the IRS Large Business & International Division will also be speaking, along with numerous other experts on hot tax topics for high tech Read More

Tax authorities worldwide distaste the word “treaty shopping” as such. In recent times, OECD has worked out guidelines for BEPS and most U.S. tax treaties have “Limitation of Benefit” clause that prevents abusive tax planning. However, there may still be some opportunities available to U.S. investors in India; one such avenue is investing via Mauritius Holdco structures.

A lot of foreign investors prefer to route their investment through Mauritius in India. Since the India- Mauritius double tax avoidance agreement offers exemption from capital gains tax to Mauritian residents. It has been the key incentive provided by the Indo-Mauritius tax treaty where by tax on capital gains is exempted for investors from Mauritius. As per the last finance bill almost 42% of the foreign direct investment into India is routed through Read More

International Tax Review / TPWeek interviewed 180 leading in-house tax professionals to discover their opinions on the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project and what shape their transfer pricing strategies are taking as final BEPS guidance draws near. As the Infographic shows below, the approach of these tax executives proved to be very interesting.

Where do you and your tax organization stand on being prepared for BEPS? Are you being proactive in your approach for responding to BEPS? Are you doing nothing at all until the project is finalized?

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NASA recently announced that your name can be put on the planet Mars. This is incredibly great news for the people with good fortunes who are thrilled by the opportunity to gain their foothold in the universe and enhance their fame. However, in another space mission, scientists are attempting to find out if any life exists in other planets.

Think about it. If they indeed were able to find the life on Mars and if the inhabitants there happen to be much more advanced than the humans on earth, they are likely to have a tax law that can tax such inbound activities. Beware and think before you make that tempting decision.

Putting your name on a planet may have its other side. If “cross planet” law applies and Read More

Corporate Heads of Tax and Transfer Pricing will meet to discuss how best to approach the issue of integrating technology systems in light of pending BEPS guidance.

The leaders will meet in Washington DC on September 24 and 25 at the Park Hyatt hotel as part of TPWeek and International tax Review’s Global transfer Pricing Forum.

The forum opens with a panel discussion on technology responses to BEPS and will look at operational TP, data analytics and country-by-country reporting.

As the BEPS process continues to evolve, one thing that is clear is that taxpayers will face a need for more information and greater reporting to various tax authorities. Read More

On July 13, the OECD issued a new paper titled, Action Plan on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting. The purpose of this paper was to outline the OECD’s new round of concerns regarding tax havens and their use in international tax planning. It is important to understand first what is behind the issuing of this new report:

Over time, the current rules have also revealed weaknesses that create opportunities for BEPS. BEPS relates chiefly to instances where the interaction of different tax rules leads to double non-taxation or less than single taxation.

One of the central purposes of the OECD’s original tax treaty was to divide taxing rights and Read More

calculator1National tax laws have not kept pace with the globalization of corporations and the digital economy, leaving gaps that can be exploited by multi-national corporations to artificially reduce their taxes.

OECD’s Action Plan on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) offers a global roadmap that will allow governments to collect the tax revenue they need to serve their citizens. It also gives businesses the certainty they need to invest and grow.

Produced at the request of the G20 and introduced at the G20 Finance Ministers’ meeting in Moscow, the Action Plan identifies 15 specific actions that will give governments the domestic and international instruments to prevent corporations from paying little or no taxes.

•  Establishing international coherence of corporate income taxation
•  Restoring the full effects and benefits of international standards
•  Ensuring transparency while promoting increased certainty and predictability and
•  From agreed policies to tax rules: the need for a swift implementation of the measures

Domestic and international tax rules should relate to both income and the economic activity that generates it. Existing tax treaty and transfer pricing rules can, in some cases, facilitate the separation of taxable profits from the value-creating activities that generate them. Read More