Structuring Private Equity for GILTI and Subpart F: Minimizing Tax for CFCs Under Section 951A, Final Regulations

Course Details
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On-Demand
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Banking and Finance
- event Date
Thursday, April 29, 2021
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1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT
- timer Program Length
90 minutes
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This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.
This CLE course will examine the Subpart F and global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) rules regarding taxation of controlled foreign corporation (CFC) income and how those rules impact the structuring of private equity investments and funds. The panel will also discuss new regulations that offer clarity and some relief to non-corporate CFC shareholders.
Faculty

Mr. Mainguy has more than eight years of public accounting experience providing international tax services to clients in a wide range of industries, as well as individuals and publicly traded companies. He has extensive experience working with multinational corporate clients on consulting and compliance projects, including global business model optimization and restructuring projects from the design and feasibility stage through implementation. He also has expertise in U.S. tax issues relating to both inbound and outbound investments, as well as navigating the increasingly complex network of reporting, disclosure, and withholding requirements arising from doing business in a global economy.

Mr. Burstein has more than 13 years of experience providing international tax services to clients in a wide range of industries, including technology and life sciences, real estate, and consumer products. He has specific expertise in advising U.S. multinational companies and private equity firms on cross-border transactions, including cash repatriation planning, foreign tax credit analysis, global effective tax rate planning, and U.S. anti-deferral rules. Mr. Burstein also provides tax services to inbound investors, including acquisition structuring, permanent establishment analysis, and withholding rules. Additionally, Mr. Burstein assists companies and individuals with any required international tax reporting as part of their annual tax return filings and international tax components of annual financial statements. He has also guided U.S. companies and individuals in understanding the international tax components of the tax reform legislation passed in 2017.

Mr. Rokoff has more than 35 years of experience in global and U.S. tax matters, helping clients ensure maximum financial benefit and optimum tax treatment. He has extensive experience in advising fund sponsors, investment advisors and investors in identifying and implementing tax-efficient structures worldwide to enhance after-tax yield for the investors and advisors. Mr. Rokoff has structured investments for U.S. and non-U.S. investors across a broad base of asset classes including real estate, debt and equities, operating businesses and alternative investments. In addition, he works with private equity funds and regulated investment companies that are active in the insurance sector and regularly advise them on their investments and ongoing operations.
Description
One of the most far-reaching changes to the taxation of non-U.S. companies under tax reform was the expansion of the CFC regime. Before tax reform, U.S. owners of CFCs could generally defer paying U.S. tax on offshore earnings until repatriation, except for Subpart F (passive) income. Section 951A introduced a new category of income (GILTI) taxed in the U.S., whether or not repatriated.
A U.S. person who is at least a 10 percent shareholder of a CFC is subject to federal income tax on the CFC's GILTI, defined as net offshore income (excluding Subpart F income) that exceeds a deemed 10 percent return on the basis in certain tangible assets. Taken together, GILTI and Subpart F require close to full inclusion of offshore earnings in U.S. taxable income on a current basis, rather than the limited inclusion required under prior law.
The IRS published final regulations providing that partners in a U.S. partnership will not have any income inclusions under the Subpart F income and/or GILTI rules regarding stock of a CFC owned by such U.S. partnership if those partners are not themselves 10 percent U.S. shareholders. The regs provide welcome tax relief to 10 percent shareholders that are not corporations and give fund counsel a tax planning opportunity.
Listen as our authoritative panel analyzes GILTI, Subpart F, and the recent regs and how they affect the incentives driving portfolio company investment.
Outline
- Taxation of CFCs pre-2017 tax reform
- Subpart F
- Section 951A and GILTI: impact on CFCs
- New regs: implications for private equity investors
- Planning opportunities to minimize tax on foreign holdings
Benefits
The panel will review these and other relevant topics:
- What is a CFC, and what does Subpart F say about taxation of CFC passive income?
- Why should private equity investors be concerned with the GILTI tax under Section 951A?
- How is GILTI calculated on CFC income?
- How have the new regs improved the tax position for private equity investors, and what kind of investment structures should now be employed?
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