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Christine Long explains how I.R.S. examiners are encouraged to determine whether foreign subsidiaries are paying fair compensation for using I.P. owned by U.S. parent companies.
Read MoreU.S.-based companies facing an I.R.S. examination of international operations may secretly wish to obtain an advance look at how I.R.S. examiners plan to carry out the examination. After all, what better way to prepare for a test than to get the questions in advance? Surprise – the Large Business & International (LB&I) Division of the I.R.S. has published its training guides for examiners.
LB&I is responsible for examining tax returns reporting international transactions, and it is in the process of revising the method by which returns are chosen for examination and the the process by which those examinations are conducted. Several aspects of the guidance will be addressed through out this edition of Insights. Stanley C. Ruchelman explains.
Read MoreLast month, Christine Long analyzed the basis of the I.R.S. motion for summary judgment in Mylan Inc. v. Commr., a case addressing whether a license that relinquishes all substantial rights in a patent is the equivalent of a sale, so that basis can be recovered and capital losses can reduce the resulting capital gain. This month, she analyzes the taxpayer’s opposition to the motion. In addition to the existence of material questions of fact that were ignored by the I.R.S., the taxpayer argues economic substance in support of its position and evaluates the rights that were transferred and those that were retained.
Read MoreThe question of the proper treatment of a contract transferring exclusive rights to the use of a patent – as a sale or a license – is one that has been addressed many times in U.S. jurisprudence. It has recently popped up again in a case before the U.S. Tax Court involving the generic pharmaceutical giant Mylan Inc., a company that has been the subject of much negative publicity arising from its inversion and subsequent re-immersion as a U.S. domestic company. In September, the I.R.S. filed a memorandum in support of a motion for summary judgment. We explain the basis for the I.R.S. position and comment on its merits.
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