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The Limitless Limits Of The Foreign Tax Credit, Robert D. Kaplan
The Limitless Limits Of The Foreign Tax Credit, Robert D. Kaplan
Washington Law Review
The purpose of this comment is to describe some of the problems that exist in the present system of foreign tax credits, and to set forth some suggested improvements that can be made. The discussion proceeds in four steps: (1) a description of the growth of the present statutory framework, including a discussion of the political and economic factors which purported to influence its development; (2) an examination of the operation of the credit system and its limitations; (3) an examination of the limitations in greater detail with illustrations of how they are rendered largely impotent by their own internal …
Taxation—Income: Tax Computation Where Taxpayer Refunds Revenues Previously Reported Under Claim Of Right Doctrine.—United States V. Skelly Oil Company, 394 U.S. 678 (1969), Anon
Washington Law Review
In the years 1952 through 1957 the Skelly Oil Company received $505,536.54 from two customers due to a raise in the minimum price for natural gas by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. In 1958 the Company was required to refund this money due to a vacation of the increased rates by an order of the United States Supreme Court. The Company had included the amounts received in gross income for income tax purposes during the years of receipt in conformance with the claim of right doctrine, whereby amounts received by a taxpayer who claims an unrestricted right to them must be …
Section 367: An Enigma, Julie W. Weston
Section 367: An Enigma, Julie W. Weston
Washington Law Review
Section 367 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 was enacted in its original form in 1932 in order to close what Congress considered to be a serious tax loophole available to domestic corporations and individuals carrying on business through the use of foreign corporations or contemplating the use of foreign corporations to realize large gains without paying taxes. The loophole resulted from the operation of the nonrecognition provisions of the Code dealing with the organization and reorganization of corporations. By using these provisions, individuals and corporations—both foreign and domestic—could transfer greatly appreciated property and unrealized profits on a tax-free …