Abstract
Complicated subpart F rules govern the taxation of transactions between a U.S. parent company and its foreign subsidiaries. The difficulty with interpreting the subpart F rules and applying them to complex derivative transactions has been the subject of extensive tax literature. Few of the proposed solutions have been simple enough to implement quickly and efficiently without wholesale changes to the subpart F system. This Comment focuses on the inconsistent tax treatment of economically equivalent transactions that currently exists under subpart F and the incentives that this system creates for U.S. companies to engage in expensive tax-planning strategies to avoid subpart F taxation. These tax-planning strategies¿used to achieve an economically identical result¿cost both the government and U.S. companies unnecessary money.
Recommended Citation
Daniel Soleimani,
The Difficulties with the Subpart F System of International Taxation: How the Schering-Plough Decision Indicates that the Status Quo Is Unclear and Unwise,
60
Emory L. J.
503
(2010).
Available at:
https://scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu/elj/vol60/iss2/6