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The United States' Response To Tax Havens: The Foreign Base Company Services Income Of Controlled Foreign Corporations, Eric T. Laity Jan 1997

The United States' Response To Tax Havens: The Foreign Base Company Services Income Of Controlled Foreign Corporations, Eric T. Laity

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

This article is a detailed study of the taxation by the United States of foreign base company services income. Foreign base company services in- come is defined generally as the income derived by a controlled foreign corporation from the performance of services for a related person.2 Con- trolled foreign corporations, in turn, generally are the foreign subsidiaries of U.S. parent corporations.3 A controlled foreign corporation's foreign base company services income is taxed to its U.S. parent corporation, subject to various exclusions and qualifications. This article defines the class of sus- pect relationships between the controlled foreign corporation and its related …


Income Tax Treaty Shopping: An Overview Of Prevention Techniques, Kenneth A. Grady Jan 1983

Income Tax Treaty Shopping: An Overview Of Prevention Techniques, Kenneth A. Grady

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

The Internal Revenue Service in recent years has been particularly concerned about third-country residents use of bilateral income tax treaties to avoid paying tax on United States source income. Although third-country residents have benefitted from United States bilateral income tax treaties for more than twenty years, the loss of tax revenue from such unintended use was not considered a major problem. The recent proliferation of tax treaties between the United States and tax havens which resulted in an increased loss of tax revenues, however, has caused the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to change its evaluation of the treaty shopping problem. …