The New US Tax Preference for 'Foreign-Derived Intangible Income'

46 Pages Posted: 30 Apr 2018 Last revised: 5 Feb 2019

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Chris William Sanchirico

University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School; University of Pennsylvania Wharton School - Business Economics and Public Policy Department

Date Written: April 30, 2018

Abstract

The new US income tax deduction for “foreign-derived intangible income” effectively lowers the corporate tax rate — from 21% to around 13% — on export-generated income attributable to intangible assets. This paper considers the new provision both in relation to international trade and tax agreements and as a matter of national policy. It argues that FDII is not clearly in violation of international agreements — as has been claimed — but is difficult to justify from a national policy perspective.

Keywords: International Tax, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, FDII, Foreign-derived Intangible Income, Global Intangible Low-taxed Income, GILTI, WTO, Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, BEPS, Action 5, IP regimes

JEL Classification: K34, H25

Suggested Citation

Sanchirico, Chris William, The New US Tax Preference for 'Foreign-Derived Intangible Income' (April 30, 2018). Tax Law Review, Vol. 71, No. 4, pp. 625-664 2018, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 18-7, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3171091 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3171091

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