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Legal Entity Tax Integration
§Building blocks for a tax-efficient integration:
§Tax-free movement of shares / operations –
§US Sub C considerations
§Tax free reorganization and contributions, use of disregarded foreign entities / disregarded intercompany sales, single member LLCs
§Local and Regional foreign tax considerations:
§Income – Capital gain – Transfer - Stamp Duty – Capital – VAT – Treaties
§Foreign Mergers or roll-over (tax-exempt) asset transfers
§May require grouping relief, brother-sister, parent sub alignment
§Design for Maximum Tax Value Capture
§NOL’s, credits
§Repatriation routes
§US FTC pool monetization – E&P deficit combinations
§Holding companies
§Entity capitalization – tax efficient internal debt