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REG-127732-19: Guidance Under Section 954(b)(4) Regarding Income Subject to a High Rate of Foreign Tax

Date: 2020-07-23
Links to Federal Register: HTML, PDF
Document Number: 2020-15349, RIN: 1545-BP62
Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

Abstract: This document contains proposed regulations under the subpart F income and global intangible low-taxed income provisions of the Internal Revenue Code regarding the treatment of certain income that is subject to a high rate of foreign tax. This document also contains proposed regulations under the information reporting provisions for foreign corporations to facilitate the administration of certain rules in the proposed regulations. The proposed regulations would affect United States shareholders of controlled foreign corporations.

Word frequency
Notable phrases   Frequency
tested unit      229
controlled foreign corporation(s)      94
tentative net item      64
applicable financial statement      62
foreign base company income      42
allocated and apportioned      41
CFC inclusion year      35
subpart F high-tax exception      32
GILTI high-tax exclusion      28
United States shareholder(s)      28
properly reflected on the applicable financial statement      24
subpart F income      22
foreign income taxes paid or accrued      18
gross foreign base company income      15
rate of foreign tax      14
earnings and profits      13
attributable to a tested unit      13
treated as a single tested unit      10
effective rate of foreign tax      9
insurance income of (a|the) controlled foreign corporation      8
applicable financial statement of the tested unit      7
high-tax exception of section 954(b)(4)      6
exclusion, exemption, or other similar relief      5
subject to an effective foreign tax      5
gross income of the controlled foreign corporation      5
gross income attributable to a tested unit      4
reflected on the books and records      4
give rise to a taxable presence under the tax law of the foreign country      2

Reg. Cites   Frequency
1.6038-2(f)(19)      15
1.954-1(d)(6)(i)(A)(1)      13
1.954-1(d)(6)(vii)(A)      8
1.951A-2(c)(1)(iii)      8
1.954-1      8
1.954-1(d)      7
1.960-1(d)(3)      6
1.954-1(d)(6)      6
1.952-1(f)(2)(ii)      5
1.861-8      4
1.951A-2      4
1.904-6(b)(2)      4
1.952-1(f)(4)      3
1.904-4(f)(2)(vi)      3
1.954-1(d)(3)(i)      3
1.1502-77(a)      3
1.952-1(c)      2
1.954-1(a)(2)(i)      2
1.954-1(a)(5)      2
1.6038-2      2

Sec. Cites   Frequency
954(b)(4)      45
951      10
951A      9
381(a)      9
952(c)(2)      8
951A(c)(2)(A)(i)(III)      8
954(b)(5)      5
952(c)(1)      5
953      5
958(a)      5
11      4
861      4
952(c)(1)(A)      3
952(b)      3
954(b)(3)(A)      3
954(b)(3)(B)      3
904      3
952(c)      2
954(b)      2

Statistics

Number of pages: 26, words: 28,460, sentences: 889
Average words per sentence: 32