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Bloomberg BNA: Big Tax Benefits for Export Clients

 

Bloomberg BNA recently requested that I present on the topic of the interest charge domestic international sales coproration ("IC-DISC"). The presentation will cover both the implementation of the IC-DISC strucuture, and maintenance of the DISC. The presentation will go into detail on the following topics: 

 

• IC-DISC benefits

• IC-DISC structuring alternatives

• IC-DISC qualification requirements

• Best practices in setup of IC-DISC corporation 

• Considerations whend determining which state to set up IC-DISC

• Considerations when making the IC-DISC election [F4876A]

• Considerations in drafting the IC-DISC commission agreement

• Definition of qualified export property, and the export property test

• What constitutes "manufactured" or "produced" within defintion of Section 993. 

• Use of IC-DISC for executive compensation

• Use of IC-DISC in estate planning 

• Best practices in calculating the IC-DISC commission

• Use of the Section 482 method to maximize IC-DISC benefits. 

 

More information about the presentation is provided at the BNA site, at the link below. 

 

Bloomberg BNA: Big Tax Benefits for Export Clients

 

 

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