Taxpayers who have accrued or paid foreign income taxes in a U.S. possession or foreign country can generally deduct those taxes from their U.S. tax on foreign source income. The foreign...
Posted by Jim McClaflin, EA, NTPI Fellow, CTRC on 11/17/2022
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
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
If foreign tax credits exceed the limitation in a given taxable year, these can be carried back one year and forward up to ten years. Excess credits on general limitation income...
Posted by The Accounting and Tax on 12/25/2015
General Income: It includes all income other than passive income. It includes most of the foreign source active business profits of domestic corporations and their foreign subsidiaries. Passive...
Posted by The Accounting and Tax on 12/21/2015
The United States restricts the credit to foreign income taxes that duplicate the U.S income tax against which the credit is taken. Under code section 901, a foreign levy must...
Posted by The Accounting and Tax on 12/18/2015
