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US Tax Court reduces deductible amount of repatriated CFC earnings based on transfer pricing adjustments

02 December 2013

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United States

The US Tax Court has held that accounts receivable that were established as transfer pricing adjustments constitute increased related-party indebtedness, reducing the amount qualifying for a dividends received deduction (DRD) under section 965 of the US Internal Revenue Code (IRC) (BMC Software Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 141 T.C. No. 5, Docket No. 15675-11, 18 September 2013). The case involved a US corporation that repatriated funds from its wholly owned controlled foreign corporation (CFC) and claimed a DRD under IRC section 965, which provides a temporary 1-year DRD to US corporations equal to 85% of cash dividends repatriated from...