Exam 13: The Us Taxation of Multinational Transactions

Jesse Stone is a citizen and bona fide resident of Great Britain. During the current year, Jesse received the following income: Compensation of $10 million from performing concerts in the United States Cash dividends of $20,000 from a U.S. corporation Interest of $1,000 from a U.S. citizen who is a resident of Ireland Rent of $10,000 from British residents who rented Jesse's townhouse in Orlando, Florida Gain of $50,000 on the sale of stock in a U.S. corporation Determine the source (U.S. or foreign) of each item of income Jesse received.

Under a U.S. treaty, what must a non-resident corporation create in the United States before it is subject to U.S. taxation on its business profits?

Boca Corporation, a U.S. corporation, reported U.S. taxable income of $1,000,000 in the current year. Boca also received a dividend of $100,000 from the corporation's 100 percent owned subsidiary in Italy. The dividend qualifies for the 100 percent dividends received deduction. The Italian government imposed a withholding tax of $5,000 on the dividend. Compute Boca Corporation's net U.S. tax liability for the current year.

Janet Mothra, a U.S. citizen, is employed by Caterpillar Corporation, a U.S. corporation. In May 2019, Caterpillar relocated Janet to its operations in Spain for the remainder of 2019. Janet was paid a salary of $200,000. As part of her compensation package for moving to Spain, Janet received a housing allowance of $40,000. Janet's salary was earned ratably over the 12-month period. During 2019 Janet worked 280 days, 168 of which were in Spain and 112 of which were in the United States. How much of Janet's total compensation is treated as foreign source income for 2019?

Under which of the following scenarios could Charles, a citizen of England, be eligible to claim the "closer connection" exception to the substantial presence test in 2019?

The foreign tax credit regime is the primary mechanism used by the U.S. government to mitigate or eliminate the potential double taxation of income earned by U.S. individuals outside the United States.

A non-U.S. citizen with a green card will always be treated as a resident alien for U.S. tax purposes regardless of the number of days she spends in the United States during the current year.

All passive income earned by a CFC will be treated as foreign personal holding company income under subpart F for U.S. tax purposes.

Orono Corporation manufactured inventory in the United States and sold the inventory to customers in Canada. Gross profit from the sale of the inventory was $300,000. Title to the inventory passed FOB: destination. How much of the gross profit is treated as foreign source income for purposes of computing the corporation's foreign tax credit in the current year?

Subpart F income earned by a CFC will always be treated as a deemed dividend to the CFC's U.S. shareholders in the year the subpart F income is earned.

Which of the following incomes earned by a controlled foreign corporation incorporated in Spain is not foreign personal holding company income?

Marcel, a U.S. citizen, receives interest income from bonds issued by a Dutch corporation. The interest income will be considered U.S. source income for U.S. tax purposes.

Which of the following persons should not be treated as a "U.S. shareholder" of a controlled foreign corporation (CFC) for subpart F purposes?

Which of the following transactions engaged in by a Swiss controlled foreign corporation creates foreign base company sales income?

Cheyenne Corporation is a U.S. corporation engaged in the manufacture and sale of mining equipment. The company handles its export sales through sales branches in Canada and Mexico. The average tax book value of Cheyenne's assets for the year was $200 million, of which $100 million generated U.S. source income and $100 million generated foreign source income. Cheyenne's total interest expense for the year was $30 million. What amount of interest expense can Cheyenne apportion against its foreign source gross income for foreign tax credit purposes, assuming there is no limitation on the interest expense deduction?

Pierre Corporation has a precredit U.S. tax of $315,000 on $1,500,000 of taxable income in the current year. Pierre has $300,000 of foreign source taxable income characterized as foreign branch income and $150,000 of foreign source taxable income characterized as passive category income. Pierre paid $60,000 of foreign income taxes on the foreign branch income and $15,000 of foreign income taxes on the passive category income. What amount of foreign tax credit (FTC) can Pierre use on its current U.S. tax return and what is the amount of the carryforward, if any?

Nexus involves the criteria used by a government to assert its right to tax a person or transaction within or without its borders.

Appleton Corporation, a U.S. corporation, reported total taxable income of $10,000,000 in the current year. Taxable income included $2,500,000 of foreign source taxable income from the company's branch operations in the United Kingdom. All of the branch income is foreign branch income. Appleton paid U.K. income taxes of $500,000 on its branch income. Compute Appleton's net U.S. tax liability and any foreign tax credit carryover.

Portsmouth Corporation, a British corporation, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Salem Corporation, a U.S. corporation. During the year, Portsmouth reported the following income: $250,000 interest income received from a loan to an unrelated French corporation. $100,000 dividend income received from a less than 1 percent owned unrelated Dutch corporation. $150,000 rent income from an unrelated British corporation on property Portsmouth actively manages. $500,000 gross profit from the sale of inventory manufactured by Portsmouth in Great Britain and sold to a 100 percent owned subsidiary in Germany. What amount of subpart F income does Portsmouth recognize in the current year?

Santa Fe Corporation manufactured inventory in the United States and sold the inventory to customers in Mexico. Gross profit from the sale of the inventory was $200,000. Title to the inventory passed FOB: shipping point. How much of the gross profit is treated as foreign source income for purposes of computing the corporation's foreign tax credit in the current year?