U.S. Income Tax Rules for International E-Commerece

The section of the Offshore Tax Manual provides an overview of the U.S. tax rules for U.S. persons who operate a business outside the U.S. or have affiliated entities doing business outside the U.S., with an emphasis on the income tax treatment of e-commerce transactions. It covers the tax rules for the foreign earned income exclusion, the extra-territorial income exclusion, foreign partnerships, foreign limited liability companies, foreign corporations or IBCs and other aspects of doing business outside the U.S.

 

 
 Offshore Tax Manual - Chapter 5
 - Income Tax Guide to International e-Commerce
  • Income taxes for web-based profits 
  • Other taxes on e-commerce operations 
  • The allure of a tax-free web-based business 
  • The expatriation alternative 
  • Income taxes versus sales taxes or the VAT 
  • Citizenship, residency and domicile 
  • Worldwide income taxes and tax credits 
  • Taxes on individual foreign source income 
  • Taxes on corporate income 
  • Specific exemptions for non-resident alien investors 
  • Residency in a low tax country for non U.S. citizens 
  • Worldwide income taxation 
  • Tax credits to compensate for dual taxation 
  • Exemptions for working and living abroad 
  • Passthrough taxation 
  • Entity classification election 
  • Passthrough taxation for certain corporate income 
  • Dual taxation of corporate profits 
  • The ten-year tax on U.S. expatriates 
  • Income taxation based on worldwide income 
  • Tax credit for income taxes to foreign countries 
  • Deduction for dividends from other corporations 
  • Tax treatment of affiliated or related corporations 
  • U.S. treatment of foreign based branches 
  • Export sales incentives 
  • Controlled Foreign corporations 
  • Subpart F income ("tainted income") 
  • Investment income 
  • Sales to or purchases from a related person 
  • Related party personal service income 
  • Other categories of Subpart F income 
  • U.S. source income 
  • Transfer pricing 
  • Gain on transfers to Foreign Corporation for stock 
  • Passive Foreign Investment Companies 
  • The Foreign Tax Credit and CFCs 
  • U.S. source income 
  • Effectively connected income 
  • Substantial presence test 
  • Branch profits tax 
  • Sales into the U.S. from a foreign country 
  • Orders generated by offshore web servers 
  • With no U.S. based operations 
  • With U.S. based operations 
  • Nexus from Internet marketing affiliate sites 
  • Foreign corporations doing business outside U.S.
  • Checklist of U.S. Tax Reporting Forms for Foreign Operations 
  • Appendix & Endnotes
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