Exam 13: The Us Taxation of Multinational Transactions

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?

Gouda, S.A., a Belgian corporation, received the following sources of income: $10,000 interest income from a loan to its 100 percent owned Dutch subsidiary $20,000 dividend income from its 100 percent owned U.S. subsidiary $30,000 royalty income from its Irish subsidiary for use of a trademark outside the United States $40,000 rent income from its Canadian subsidiary for use of a warehouse located in Wisconsin $5,000 capital gain from sale of stock in its 40 percent owned New Zealand joint venture. Title passed in New Zealand. What amount of U.S. source income does Gouda have?

Which of the following foreign taxes is not a creditable foreign tax for U.S. tax purposes?

Windmill Corporation, a Dutch corporation, is owned by the following unrelated persons: 50 percent by a U.S. corporation, 5 percent by a U.S. individual, and 45 percent by a Swiss corporation. During the year, Windmill earned $2,000,000 of subpart F income. Which of the following statements is true about the application of subpart F to the income earned by Windmill?

To be eligible for the "closer connection" exception to the physical presence test, an individual must be in the United States for less than how many days?

Vintner, S.A., a French corporation, received the following sources of income: $20,000 interest income from a loan to its 100 percent owned U.S. subsidiary $30,000 dividend income from its 5 percent owned Canadian subsidiary $100,000 royalty income from its Irish subsidiary for use of a trademark within the United States $100,000 rent income from its Mexican subsidiary for use of a warehouse located in Arizona $50,000 capital gain from sale of stock in its 40 percent owned German joint venture. Title passed in the United States. What amount of U.S. source income does Vintner have?

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

Which of the following statements best describes the operation of subpart F as it applies to income earned by a foreign corporation?

Portland Corporation is a U.S. corporation engaged in the manufacture and sale of fishing equipment. The company handles its export sales through sales branches in Canada and Norway. The average tax book value of Portland's assets for the year was $300 million, of which $250 million generated U.S. source income and $50 million generated foreign source income. Portland's total interest expense for the year was $24 million. What amount of interest expense can Portland apportion against its foreign source gross income for foreign tax credit purposes, assuming there is no limitation on the interest expense deduction? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to nearest whole dollar amount.)

All taxes paid to a foreign government by a U.S. individual are creditable on the individual's U.S. tax return.

Bismarck Corporation has a precredit U.S. tax of $210,000 on $1,000,000 of taxable income in the current year. Bismarck has $200,000 of foreign source taxable income characterized as foreign branch income and $50,000 of foreign source taxable income characterized as passive category income. Bismarck paid $80,000 of foreign income taxes on the foreign branch income and $10,000 of foreign income taxes on the passive category income. What amount of foreign tax credit (FTC) can Bismarck use on its current-year U.S. tax return and what is the amount of the carryforward, if any?

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 $247,000. 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?

Janet Mothra, a U.S. citizen, is employed by Caterpillar Corporation, a U.S. corporation. In May 2020, Caterpillar relocated Janet to its operations in Spain for the remainder of 2020. Janet was paid a salary of $350,000. As part of her compensation package for moving to Spain, Janet received a housing allowance of $55,000. Janet's salary was earned ratably over the 12-month period. During 2020 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 2020?

Boomerang Corporation, a New Zealand corporation, is owned by the following unrelated persons: 40 percent by a U.S. corporation, 15 percent by a U.S. individual, and 45 percent by an Australian corporation. During the year, Boomerang earned $3,000,000 of subpart F income. Which of the following statements is true about the application of subpart F to the income earned by Boomerang?

Before subpart F applies, a foreign corporation must be a CFC for how many consecutive days?

One of the tax advantages toan individual using a corporation through which to earn income in Germany is deferral of U.S. taxation on active business income earned by the corporation until such income is remitted back to the United States.

Provo Corporation, a U.S. corporation, received a dividend of $350,000 from its 100 percent owned German subsidiary. A withholding taxof $35,000 was imposed on the dividend. The dividend qualifies for the 100 percent dividends received deduction. What are the U.S. tax consequences to Provo on receipt of the dividend, assuming the foreign tax credit limitation is not binding and the company breaks even on its U.S. operations?

Absent a treaty provision, what is the statutory withholding tax rate imposed by the United States on a dividend paid by a U.S. corporation to a resident of Denmark?

Under most U.S. treaties, a resident of the other country must have a permanent establishment in the United States before being subject to U.S. taxation on business profits earned within the United States.

Manchester Corporation, a U.S. corporation, incurred $210,000 of interest expense during the current year. Manchester manufactures inventory that is sold within the United States and abroad. The total tax book value of its U.S. production assets is $21,000,000. The total tax book value of its foreign production assets is $4,000,000. What amount of interest expense is apportioned to the company's foreign source income for foreign tax credit purposes, assuming the interest expense is fully deductible in the current year?