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Retail 2020: The Ghost of Christmas Future

July 22, 2020
Retailers who will be in a good position to weather the storm of the pandemic are the those who have a strong brand, a robust pureplay or truly multichannel business, have focused on management of cash flow and expenses and have responded to logistics challenges; but what should retailers be considering in terms of planning this Christmas?
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New High-Tax Exception Rules Encourage Taxpayers to Go Spelunking Through CFCs’ Books

July 21, 2020
Yesterday, the Treasury and the IRS released final high-tax exception GILTI regulations and proposed high-tax exception Subpart F income regulations. While the regulations are favorable in that they allow taxpayers to apply the high-tax GILTI regulations retroactively to taxable years of foreign corporations beginning after December 31, 2017, and are a little more favorable than the proposed high-tax exception GILTI regulations (the 2019 proposed regulations), the regulations will change the tax community’s view of the high-tax exception.
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How Businesses Can Reset for the ‘New Normal’

July 21, 2020
Supply Chain experts Sean Laffere, of A&M's Corporate Performance Group, and Al Liguori, of A&M's Taxand Group discuss what's required for businesses and supply chains to adjust to the post-pandemic era, including the tax and pricing implications of shifting sourcing from China. 

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Impact of COVID-19 on State K-12 Funding

July 20, 2020
K-12 schools focused on providing distance learning to students will soon need to turn their attention to navigating the substantial financial challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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R&D Tax Credits & COVID-19

July 16, 2020
As companies work to adapt to commercial life during the COVID-19 pandemic, tax planning has come into focus for cash recovery and cost reduction. For many companies, decreased earnings and special tax incentives/remedies in response to COVID-19 will greatly reduce or eliminate federal income tax for a year or more.

Remaining BEPS Issues: Pillar Two Webinar

July 16, 2020
Alvarez and Marsal’s Chris Kotarba and Nadia Altenburg of Flick Gocke Schaumburg joined Taxand on July 2 for a Lexology webinar on “Remaining BEPS Issues: Pillar Two.”

The Triple Whammy: Fighting on Multiple Fronts Through the COVID-19 Crisis

July 13, 2020
As economies reopen, the problems get harder for businesses that have been severely disrupted by Covid-19. A&M’s Malcolm McKenzie explains the significant challenges for managing cash, resizing operations and changing business models that if not managed proactively, could threaten recovery.
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Final Guidance on FDII and GILTI Deduction Relaxes Documentation Rules

July 10, 2020
Yesterday, Treasury and the IRS released final regulations under section 250.  Section 250 allows a deduction for domestic corporations (and in limited circumstances individuals) with respect to its global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) and foreign-derived intangible income (FDII).