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On September 1, 2020, the IRS issued final regulations regarding the base erosion and anti-abuse tax (“BEAT”) codified in IRC §59A. These regulations finalize the proposed BEAT regulations published on December 6, 2019 with certain refinements. Among other guidance, the final BEAT regulations provide detailed rules that allow corporate taxpayers to waive deductions for purposes of BEAT. Although waiving deductions will likely result in additional tax costs, the waiver election may be an easier and less costly solution than the alternative of making substantive business model or supply chain changes to mitigate BEAT.
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Many multinational enterprises (“MNEs”) are providing new forms of financial, technical, or other support to group members facing COVID-19-related business issues such as plant (temporary) closures or supply chain disruptions. This support may in some cases give rise to a transfer of value, such as the knowhow of a seconded employee. It may also involve a transfer of assets coupled with the ability to perform certain functions and assume certain risks. Such transfers could be viewed as a “business restructuring” as defined by the Chapter IX of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Tax Administrations (2017) (the “OECD Guidelines”) and may trigger transfer pricing and tax consequences.
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