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12/2018

Foreign Trusts and How to Recognize Them

Present lecture on Identifying foreign trusts and how to tell the difference between a U.S. domestic versus a foreign trust, and how to identify whether such trust is a grantor…

11/2018

Cross-Border Tax Issues Affecting the Private Client Services Client

Our presentation covers the basics of cross-border estate/gift/income tax planning with a focus on identifying tax residency and domicile, domestic versus foreign trusts, international information compliance, and delinquent filing procedures.…

10/2018

A Galley, Head… and Tax Deduction? Tax Savings and Boat Ownership

Tax Benefits, Tax Reform, and Fractional Boat Memberships: This article addresses the intersection of the U.S. tax code as applied to houses, boats, and now fractional boat memberships. These days…

9/2018

Review of International Informational Reporting Forms and Related IRS Compliance

Conduct an internal training for our private client department to teach its tax professionals about the application of the U.S. Income Tax Code and related international informational filings. RSM US…

Cushioning the Double-Tax Blow: The Section 962 Election

The passage of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was heralded as the beginning of a new age in international taxation. Finally, the injustice of the double tax…

8/2018

Application of the U.S. Gift and Estate Tax Code to Cross-border Families

Conduct an internal training for our private client department to teach its tax professionals about the application of the U.S. Estate and Gift Tax Code to non-resident aliens and cross-border…

1/2017

Section 956 Final Regulations

This presentation discusses the Final Section 956 Regulations, including, the changes from the September Proposed Regulations and the application of the rules to partnerships. PwC US – International Tax Services…

8/2016

CFC Decontrol in Light of Proposed Regulation 385

This presentation discusses the basics of a controlled foreign corporation and the complications of de-controlling it with respect to Proposed Regulation 385, local country constraints, and the impact of section…

5/2016

ABA Section Members Comment on Proposed Expatriation Gift Tax Rules (Section 2801)

Severiano Ortiz participates in drafting Comments on Guidance under Section 2801, regarding the imposition of tax on certain gifts and bequests from covered expatriates, on behalf of the American Bar…

Welcome to International Tax: Fundamentals of Inbound, Outbound, and Tax Treaties: Inbound Taxation

This panel addresses the basics of what is known in the international tax planning community as inbound tax planning, meaning tax planning for money or business flowing into the U.S.:…