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CBIZ & MHM Executive Education Series™
Maximizing Tax Savings for Closely Held Companies with the IC-DISC Federal Export Tax Incentive Don Reiser (CBIZ) Amit Mathur and David Reid (Quantitax) Oct. 28 & Nov. 10, 2015
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About Us
• Together, CBIZ & MHM are a Top Ten accounting provider • Offices in most major markets • Tax, audit and attest* and advisory services • Over 2,900 professionals nationwide
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Before We Get Started…
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CPE Credit
This webinar is eligible for CPE credit. To receive credit, you will need to answer periodic participation markers throughout the webinar. External participants will receive their CPE certificate via email immediately following the webinar.
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Disclaimer
The information in this Executive Education Series course is a brief summary and may not include all
the details relevant to your situation.
Please contact your service provider to further discuss the impact on your business.
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Presenters
Don Reiser serves as the National Leader of the International Tax
Practice for CBIZ. He has more than 30 years experience providing
international tax consulting services to public and privately-held U.S. and
foreign-based corporations as well as foreign individuals and businesses
investing in the United States. Working closely with clients that span a
variety of industries, Don addresses a broad range of domestic and
foreign tax matters.
212.790.5724 • [email protected]
Don Reiser Managing Director
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Amit Mathur is a partner with Quantitax, an alliance partner firm that
assists business units with the IC-DISC Export Incentive. Amit is a
licensed C.P.A. with over 17 years of experience assisting companies with
optimizing export incentive calculations.
216.292.6732 • [email protected]
Amit Mathur Partner - Quantitax
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David Reid is a partner with Quantitax, an alliance partner firm that
assists business units with the IC-DISC Export Incentive. David is a
licensed C.P.A. with over 18 years of experience providing international
tax services and export incentive calculations.
206.854.8351 • [email protected]
David Reid Partner - Quantitax
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Agenda
Often Overlooked Industries/Scenarios & Misconceptions 02
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03
04 Benefits of a Detailed IC-DISC Analysis
“Hot Topics”
Questions?
Overview & Qualification for the IC-DISC (US content, manufacture, etc.)
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04 05
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MAXIMIZING TAX SAVINGS FOR CLOSELY HELD COMPANIES WITH THE IC-DISC
FEDERAL TAX INCENTIVE
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What is the IC-DISC?
• Sole surviving tax incentive created by Congress to facilitate
export of U.S. made goods and services. • Originally created to provide a deferral mechanism, in 2003 the
IC-DISC began to provide a permanent tax savings for closely held flow through companies via the qualified dividend rate (15% from 2003-2012, currently 20%). Closely held “C” Corporations enjoyed permanent savings since 1984.
• At least 50% of Taxable Income, or 4% of Gross Receipts
(limited to Taxable Income) from products made in the U.S. and used outside the U.S. are taxed at a 20%, rather than a 39.6%, rate (Affordable Care Act Dividend Tax also generally applies)
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What is the IC-DISC? (continued)
• Requires setup of a corporation which elects treatment as
an IC-DISC and can be paid a deductible commission based on export sales or income. Dividends paid back to the parent are taxed at a 20% rate. The entity files an 1120-IC DISC federal return.
• No change in business operations is needed.
• Typical structures on following slides.
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What is the IC-DISC? – Typical Structure for Flow Through
Taxed at Ordinary Rate, Top Rate 39.6% (and potentially an
additional 3.8%)
IC-DISC Commission Deduction
US Operating Company
Generally, a Tax Exempt Entity
Dividend , Taxed at 23.8%
Individual Owner(s)
IC-DISC
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What is the IC-DISC? – Typical Structure for Closely Held C-Corp
Taxed at Ordinary Rates
IC-DISC Commission
US Operating Company
Generally, a Tax Exempt Entity
Dividend, Taxed at 23.8%
Individual Owner(s)
IC-DISC
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What Products or Services Qualify for the IC-DISC?
• “Exported” Goods (direct or indirectly exported, includes Canada/Mexico!). • U.S. Content (no more than 50% of sales price can be foreign content) • U.S. Manufactured Goods (20% of COGS U.S. labor/burden safe harbor). • Products must not be further manufactured within the U.S. by another
party (further manufacture outside the U.S generally qualifies) after the sale.
• Certain services (Related and Subsidiary and Architectural and Engineering)
and leases.
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Frequently Missed Opportunities
• “Ultimate Use” Sales • Sales to Related Party (and by Related Party in Some
Cases) • Detailed Calculations
• Distributor Sales
• Services
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Misconceptions
• $10 Million Maximum Export Sales • Taxpayer Must Manufacture Products • Aggressive/Tax Shelter
• Business Operations Disrupted/Administrative Burden
• 4% of Export Sales or 50% of Export Profit is Maximum Commission
• IC-DISC Benefits for Foreign Owners Endorsed by Tax Code
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IC-DISC “Hot Topics”
• Foreign Owned IC-DISCs • IRS Audit Profile & Audit Guide
• Cash Movement and Use of Notes • 3.8% Affordable Care Act NIIT Tax
• State Taxation of IC-DISCs
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Benefits of a Detailed IC-DISC Analysis
• Identification of Additional Eligible Sales
• Allocation and Apportionment of Expenses
• Transactional Calculation with Marginal Costing
• Re-Determination of Prior Year Calculations
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Benefits of a Detailed IC-DISC Analysis
Identification of Eligible Sales – Overlooked Industries • Software Companies • Distributors/Brokers • Food Growers • Food Processors • Equipment Leasing • Recyclers • Architectural/Engineering
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Benefits of a Detailed IC-DISC Analysis
Transactional Analysis • Calculating IC-DISC benefits at a transactional, rather
than aggregate, basis can add significant increases.
• Sophisticated calculation engines can maximize tax savings by dramatically increasing the IC-DISC benefit using the intended, allowable, complex methods in the regulations. These engines also generate the additional needed compliance.
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Benefits of a Detailed IC-DISC Analysis
Transactional Analysis
• Needed data usually exists, and for many companies is easily obtainable, from Sales and Cost systems. Re-Determinations are allowed for prior years from the date of the DISC’s inception.
• Until 2006, large public companies routinely enjoyed significant increases in their export incentive calculations from detailed analyses using calculation engines. Now, such increased benefits are available to closely held companies through the IC-DISC.
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Benefits of a Detailed IC-DISC Analysis
Transactional Analysis – Marginal Costing • In conjunction with transactional analysis, marginal
costing is an element of the IC-DISC regulations which allows less profitable transactions to derive IC-DISC benefit largely as if they were as profitable as an average transaction.
• Marginal costing can be applied at transactional, product, product line, etc. levels. Highly sophisticated software is needed to optimize marginal costing benefits in conjunction with loss optimization.
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Benefits of a Detailed IC-DISC Analysis
Transactional Analysis – Marginal Costing Example
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Benefits of a Detailed IC-DISC Analysis
Transactional Analysis – Product Hierarchy • A product hierarchy exponentially increases the
opportunities for marginal costing.
• Product hierarchies are usually easily constructed from existing data.
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If You Enjoyed This Webinar…
Upcoming Courses: • 10/29, 11/3 & 11/4: Eye on Washington: Quarterly Business Tax Update, Q3 2015
• 11/5 & 12/2: Individual Year-End Tax Planning Tips for 2015 and Beyond
• 11/10: Maximizing Tax Savings for Closely Held Companies with the IC-DISC Federal Export Tax Incentive
• 11/11: Revenue Recognition Updates for Manufacturers
• 12/1 & 12/15: Recent Tax Developments Impacting the Construction Industry
Recent Thought Leadership: • The Top Five Risks Facing Manufacturers
• Local Deductibility of Management Services Charges
• A Chance of Clouds: Sales Tax Considerations of Cloud Computing
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