A list of Jerry’s published articles on U.S. and International Taxation in national journals can be obtained upon request.

Tax Court in Medtronic Rejects Government’s Section 482 Challenge for an Intercompany Licensing Agreement To Assess Over $1 Billion in Additional Taxes for Two Years (June 28, 2016)

June 28th, 2016
In a recent Tax Court Memorandum decision, Medtronic, Inc. et al v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2016-112, Judge Kathleen Kerrigan, in a long and detailed opinion, rejected the IRS’ method invoked Section 482, for reallocating over well in excess of one billion dollars in income over a two year period between a U.S. parent corporation, Medtronic U.S., and its wholly owned subsidiary, Medtronic Puerto Rico Operations Co. (MPROC) with respect to revenues from several licenses for intellectual propert… Read More
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Proposed Regulations on Disguised Payments for Services Issued Last Summer by Treasury Still Attracting Attention and Concern From Service Partners, Including Private Equity and Funds Managers (June 21, 2016)

June 21st, 2016
Last Summer the Service issued a set of proposed regulations with respect to Section 707(a)(2)(A). This provision involves an arrangement where: (i) involving a partner who provides services (or transfers property) to a partnership; (ii) there is a related direct or indirect allocation and distribution to that partner; and (iii) the performance of the services (or transfer of property) and the allocation and distribution, when viewed together, are in substance compensation for the performance of… Read More
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Senate Democrats Push For IRS to Expand Reach of the Anti-Inversion Rules

January 17th, 2015
Prior to the Christmas recess, five leading Democrat Senators, Reed (D-R.I.), Hirono (D-Hawaii), Baldwin (D-Wis.) Durbin (D-Ill.) and retiring Carl Levin (D-Mich) delivered a letter to the IRS asking the National Office to address several types of transactions that companies have used in connection with an inversion in. The Senators want the Treasury and IRS to issue new rules to further prevent or reduce earnings stripping, the use of so-called ‘hopscotch’ loans and the avoidance of… Read More
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