Press Room: International

January 08, 2015

Foreign Investors Sink in Trading Safe Harbor

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released an extensive 24 page Chief Counsel Advice (CCA) (ILM 201501013) concluding that certain commercial lending and stock distribution activities constituted a “trade or business” within the U ...

January 21, 2016

Andersen featured in TTR

Andersen, a San Francisco-based tax advisory group, continues growing aggressively in Latin America where it plans to enter several new markets in 2016 and reinforce its presence in those entered in 2015 with national equity ...

July 28, 2016

IRS Issues Final Regulations on Country-by-Country Reporting

As expected, IRS issued final regulations regarding new Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR) requirements for U.S. Multinational Enterprise (MNE) groups effective June 30, 2016. These final regulations formally implement guidelines published by the Organisation for Economic ...

September 06, 2016

November Filing and Tax Payment Deadline for Foreign Persons With Procurement Contracts With U.S. Government Between 2011-2015

On August 18, 2016, the U.S. Treasury Department released final regulations under Sec. 5000C relating to the 2% gross U.S. tax on payments made by the U.S. government to foreign persons pursuant to ...

April 06, 2018

Andersen to Host Washington, D.C/Baltimore TEI International Tax Event

Tax Executives Institute (TEI) is the preeminent association of in-house tax professionals worldwide. The Washington, D.C. office of Andersen will host TEI’s Washington, D.C./Baltimore Chapter ...

April 18, 2018

Lim Speaking on Panel at the ACC-NCR Global Issues Forum

The ACC National Capital Region chapter (ACC-NCR) serves the professional needs of in-house counsel in Washington, D.C., the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Maryland. The ACC-NCR is hosting a global issues forum on ...

September 10, 2018

Hawthorne Speaking on Strafford Webinar Panel

Strafford webinars provide individuals including attorneys and accountants with the most recent training and information on a variety of topics to help advance their career and skills. Strafford is holding a ...

March 26, 2019

Andersen Global Enters Qatar

Source: Andersen Global Andersen Global today announced a collaborating agreement in Qatar with Al-Khalifa Law, a leading Doha-based law firm. The collaboration is Andersen Global’s first in Qatar and is ...

March 13, 2020

Information Reporting Exemption and Penalty Relief Opportunity for U.S. Taxpayers Subject to Annual Foreign Trust Reporting Rules

IRS has issued new guidance exempting current and former U.S. citizens and residents from annual reporting requirements for owning, or transferring money to, certain tax-favored foreign retirement, medical, disability and educational plans ...

May 29, 2020

Hirschfeld Authors Bloomberg Tax Article on Partnership Interests

Michael Hirschfeld, an Andersen Managing Director in the New York office, recently co-authored an article for Bloomberg Tax. The article, Buyer Beware: Withholding When Purchasing Partnership Interests from Non-U.S. Persons,  ...