IRS Applies Substance Over Form in Foreign Lending Transaction
ILM 201552027
- Institutional AuthorsInternal Revenue Service
- Code Sections
- Subject Area/Tax Topics
- Jurisdictions
- LanguageEnglish
- Tax Analysts Document NumberDoc 2015-28295
- Tax Analysts Electronic Citation2015 TNT 248-13
Third Party Communication: None
Date of Communication: Not Applicable
UILC: 301.01-07
Release Date: 12/24/2015
CC:CORP:B06:GRJohnson POSTU-102445-15
to:
Associate Area Counsel (Miami)
(Large Business & International)
Attn: Timothy L. Smith
from:
George R. Johnson
General Attorney, Branch 6
(Corporate)
subject:
Treatment of Series of Transfers
This Chief Counsel Advice responds to your request for assistance dated June 16, 2015. This advice may not be used or cited as precedent.
This is in response to your request for advice regarding whether a series of transfers of funds by multiple, related entities should be respected for Federal income tax purposes. This advice may not be used or cited as precedent.
In one series of transfers (in form): (i) a foreign corporation (FC1) wholly-owned by a U.S. corporation (Parent) loaned funds to another foreign corporation (FC2), which in turn was wholly-owned by a U.S. subsidiary of Parent (USSub); (ii) FC2 distributed those funds to USSub; and (iii) USSub distributed those funds to Parent (no reference is made to any disregarded entities). Based on the facts, the series of transfers may be treated as a transfer of the funds by FC1 to Parent based on substance-over-form principles.
We do not have any other recommendations or arguments at this time.
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Branch Chief, Branch 6
(Corporate)
- Institutional AuthorsInternal Revenue Service
- Code Sections
- Subject Area/Tax Topics
- Jurisdictions
- LanguageEnglish
- Tax Analysts Document NumberDoc 2015-28295
- Tax Analysts Electronic Citation2015 TNT 248-13