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Forms 3520 and 3520-A and Increased Use of Foreign Trusts

The Internal Revenue Service recently released its Statistics of Income Studies (SOI) reports concerning data for 2010 foreign trusts that have U.S. persons as grantors, transferors, or beneficiaries. The data shows that, despite the various compliance costs associated with reporting requirements, use of foreign trusts by U.S. taxpayers continues to increase. This article will briefly […]

Exceptions to Filing Form 8865 Part II

Form 8865 (“Return of U.S. Persons With Respect to Certain Foreign Partnerships”) is an important international tax form which is used to report the information required under section 6038 (reporting with respect to controlled foreign partnerships), section 6038B (reporting of transfers to foreign partnerships), or section 6046A (reporting of acquisitions, dispositions, and changes in foreign […]

Exceptions to Filing Form 8865: Part I

As most international tax attorneys in Minneapolis would point out, Form 8865 (“Return of U.S. Persons With Respect to Certain Foreign Partnerships”) is used to report the information required under section 6038 (reporting with respect to controlled foreign partnerships), section 6038B (reporting of transfers to foreign partnerships), or section 6046A (reporting of acquisitions, dispositions, and […]

Form 1042-S and Tax Withholdings

IRS Form 1042-S (“Foreign Person’s U.S. Source Income Subject to Withholding”) is used to report various items of income, amounts withheld under Chapter 3 of the Internal Revenue Code, and distributions of effectively connected income by a publicly traded partnership or nominee. The items subject to reporting on Form 1042-S involve amounts paid to foreign […]

Interest Rates for the Third Quarter of 2013

On May 23, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service today announced that interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning July 1, 2013, as in the prior quarter. The rates will be: • three (3) percent for overpayments [two (2) percent in the case of a corporation]; • three (3) percent for underpayments; […]