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Treasury Announces Guidance on One-Time Repatriation Tax on Foreign Earnings | U.S. Department of the Treasury

Treasury Announces Guidance on One-Time Repatriation Tax on
Foreign Earnings
August 1, 2018

Washington – The United States Department of the Treasury today announced the release of
proposed regulations relating to the section 965 transition tax, on U.S. multinational
companies’ overseas income, which is being repatriated under section 965 of the Tax Cuts and
Jobs Act. The proposed guidance a ects U.S. shareholders with direct or indirect ownership in
certain specified foreign corporations, as defined in the new tax code provision.
“The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act creates a historic opportunity for American companies to bring
capital back home from overseas to invest in our domestic economy and create jobs for
hardworking Americans,” said Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin. “Our administration’s policies are
focused on creating a more competitive system for business, which has already led to greater
economic and wage growth.”
The proposed rules address a one-time transition tax on post-1986, untaxed foreign earnings of
specific foreign corporations owned by U.S. shareholders. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act treats
these foreign earnings as repatriated and places a 15.5 percent tax on cash or cash equivalents,
and an 8 percent tax on the remaining earnings. Generally, the transition tax can be paid in
installments over an eight-year period when a taxpayer files a timely election under section
965(h).
View the guidance.
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