various other types of exceptions, many of whichare unique to a particular state. 44Summary And ConclusionsAt present, 20 states and the District of Columbiahave enacted provisions that may deny a domesticcorporation a deduction for interest expensesand intangible expenses paid to a related foreignperson. Although the different state statutes sharemany common themes, there are significant differencesamong the states, particularly with respect tothe circumstances under which an exception appliesand a deduction is permitted. It is importantto consider the implications of these deductiondisallowance provisions when analyzing the taxconsequences of interest expenses or intangible expensespaid by a domestic corporation to a foreignparent corporation or other related foreign person.E NDNOTES12Forty-five states and the District of Columbia imposecorporate income taxes, with tax rates ranging fromabout five to 10 percent (CCH IntelliConnect, MultistateQuick Answer Charts, Table of 2013 CorporateIncome Tax Rates ). Nevada, Ohio, South Dakota,Washington and Wyoming do not impose corporateincome taxes. However, Ohio and Washington imposegross receipts taxes.IRS statistics indicate that the magnitude of thesetransactions is significant. A domestic corporation thatis 25-percent-or-more owned by a single foreign personmust report the dollar amounts of these transactionson Form 5472 ( Code Sec. 6038A ). For tax year 2008,large domestic corporations (total gross receipts of$500 million or more) reported that they made $68.134567891011121314151617billion of interest payments and $6.9 billion of royaltypayments to related foreign persons. Isaac J. Goodwin,Transactions Between Large Foreign-Owned DomesticCorporations and Related Foreign Persons, 2008 , STA-TISTICS OF INCOME BULLETIN (Fall 2012).J. Healy and M. Schadewald, 2013 MULTISTATE COR-PORATE TAX GUIDE (Chicago: CCH Incorporated,2012), at 3001 – 11.Code Sec. 163(a) .Code Sec. 162(a) , and Reg. §1.162-11.Reg. §1.482-2(a).Reg. §1.482-5.See , for example, Article 9 of the U.S. Model IncomeTax Treaty of 2006.Code Sec. 267(a)(3) and Reg. §1.267(a)-3(b). Specialrules apply to payments that represent income effectivelyconnected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business,income which is exempt under a treaty, or incomederived by a controlled foreign corporation or a passiveforeign investment company. Reg. §1.267(a)-3(c).Reg. §1.267(a)-3(b)(1).Code Sec. 163(j)(3) .Code Secs. 163(j)(4) and 267(b).Code Sec. 163(j)(2)(A) .Code Sec. 163(j)(1)(A) .Code Sec. 163(j)(2)(B) . Adjusted taxable income is arough approximation of the corporation's cash flowfrom operations, before taking into account any interestexpense deductions. Code Sec. 163(j)(6)(A) .Code Sec. 163(j)(1)(B) .Common addition modifications include state incometaxes, net operating losses, dividends-received deductions,Code Sec. 199 deduction, federal bonus depreciationand interest expenses and intangible expenses paidto related parties. Common subtraction modifications48
include federal interest income, state net operatingisted when Illinois taxpayers could deduct royalties andloss deductions, state dividends-received deductions,interest paid to an 80/20 company ( see Zebra Technolo-Subpart F income, and Code Sec. 78 gross-up income.gies Corp. v. Dept. of Revenue , 344 Ill.App.3d 474 [2003]).18Md. Code. Ann., Tax-Gen. § 10-306.1.36Ga. Code Ann. § 48-7-28.3.19Ind. Code § 6 -3-1-3.5.3735 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 5/203.20Ind. Code § 6 -3-2-20.38Ind. Code § 6 -3-2-20.21N.Y. Tax Law § 208.9.39Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 63, § 31J .22Va. Code Ann. § 58.1-302 .40N.Y. Tax Law § 208.9 .23N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-130.7A. The addback require-41Va. Code Ann. § 58.1-402 .ment also applies to any "time price differential42N.Y. Tax Law § 208.9 .charged for the late payment" of a royalty.43For example, in Beneficial New Jersey, Inc. v. Director,24Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 141.205 . Management feesDivision of Taxation [No. 009886-2007 (N.J. Tax Ct.,includes expenses paid for "services pertaining toAug. 31, 2010)], the New Jersey Tax Court ruled thataccounts receivable and payable, employee ben-a finance company could deduct interest it paid on aefit plans, insurance, legal, payroll, data processing,loan from its parent corporation because the addbackpurchasing, tax, financial and securities, accounting,adjustment was unreasonable. See Technical Advisoryreporting and compliance services or similar services."Memorandum TAM-13 (N.J. Div. of Taxn., Feb. 24, 2011)25Wis. Stat. § 71.26 . See Wis. Stat. § 71.11 for a defini-for guidance regarding the types of situations in whichtion of "management fees" and "rental expenses."the New Jersey Division of Taxation will recognize the26Generally, a foreign corporation must be engaged indisallowance of a deduction to be unreasonable. Ona U.S. trade or business to qualify as a componentthe other hand, in Kimberly-Clark Corporation v. Com-member of a controlled group of corporations undermissioner of Revenue [981 N.E.2d 208 (2013)], the Mas-Code Sec. 1563 . Reg. §1.1563-1(b)(2) .sachusetts Appeals Court ruled that the unreasonable27Or. Rev. Stat. § 314.296 .adjustment exception was not satisfied. Likewise, in28N.Y. Tax Law § 208.9 .Surtees v. VFJ Ventures, Inc . [8 So.3d 983 (2008); cert.29Ark. Code Ann. § 26-51-423.denied , U.S. No. 08-916, Apr. 27, 2009], the Alabama30Wis. Stat. § 71.22 . Special rules apply to a real estateSupreme Court affirmed a lower court's decision thatinvestment trust.the addback adjustment was reasonable because the31See Reg. §1.267(a)-3(b)(1) for the definition of a "re-resulting tax was not "out of proportion" to the corpo-lated foreign person."ration's activities in Alabama.32Tenn. Code Ann. § 67-4-2004.44In addition to the exceptions summarized in Table 3,33Ala. Admin Code r. 810-3-35-.02, and Code Sec. 1504 .a few states ( e.g. , West Virginia) permit the related34Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.623 .payer to claim a credit for the taxes paid by the re-3535 Ill. Comp. Stat. §§ 5/203 and 5/1501. Illinois enactedlated payee on the corresponding income ( e.g. , W.this provision to close the perceived loophole which ex-Va. Code § 11-24-4b).49
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