Reference no: EM131144735
International Taxation - Foreign Persons Doing Business in the US
Answer all of the following questions.
1. Cholati is a foreign corporation that produces fine chocolates for sale worldwide. Cholati markets it chocolates in the United States through a U.S. limited liability company that is treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. tax purposes. The hybrid branch operates a sales office located in New York City. During the current year, Cholati's effectively connected earnings and profits are $3 million, and its U.S. net equity is $6 million at the beginning of the year, and $4 million at the end of the year. In addition, a review of Cholati's interest expense account indicates that it paid $440,000 of portfolio interest to an unrelated foreign corporation, $200,000 of interest to a foreign corporation which owns 15% of the combined voting power of Cholati's stock, and $160,000 of interest to a domestic corporation.
a.) Compute Cholati's branch profits tax, and
b.) Determine its branch interest withholding tax obligations. Assume that Cholati does not reside in a treaty country.
2. Wheelco, a foreign corporation, manufactures motorcycles for sale worldwide. Wheelco markets its motorcycles in the United States through Wheely, a wholly-owned U.S. sales subsidiary that derives all of its income from U.S. business operations. Wheelco also has a creditor interest in Wheely, such that Wheely's debt to equity ratio is 3 to 1, and Wheely makes annual interest payments of $60 million to Wheelco. The results from Wheely's first year of operations are as follows:
Sales .......................................................... $180 million
Interest income .......................................... $6 million
Interest expense (paid to Wheelco) ..........($60 million)
Depreciation expense ................................($30 million)
Other operating expenses .........................($81 million)
Taxable income .......................................... $15 million
Assume the U.S. corporate tax rate is 35%, and that the applicable tax treaty exempts Wheelco's interest income from U.S. withholding tax. Compute Wheely's interest expense deduction.
3. A foreign corporation can structure its U.S. operations as either a branch or a subsidiary. What are the tax advantages of operating in the United States through a separately incorporated subsidiary? What are the tax advantages of operating in the United States through an unincorporated branch? What general business factors should be considered when choosing between the branch and subsidiary forms of doing business in the United States?
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