I.R.C. § 6038 requires U.S. taxpayers to file Form 5471 (Information Return of U.S. Persons With Respect to Certain Foreign Corporations) with their tax returns. The reporting requirements of § 6038, as well as § 6046, require Form 5471 to…
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016, enacted Dec. 18, 2015, extends a long list of expired tax provisions into the future. Unlike in past extension legislations, Congress extended many provisions permanently. The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the total…
U.S. taxpayers that have paid or accrued foreign taxes to a foreign country or U.S. possession, while subject to U.S. tax on the same income, may be able to take either a credit or an itemized deduction for these payments…