26 U.S.C. § 59A: Tax on base erosion payments of taxpayers with substantial gross receipts

There is hereby imposed on each applicable taxpayer for any taxable year a tax equal to the base erosion minimum tax amount for the taxable year. Such tax shall be in addition to any other tax imposed by this subtitle. an amount equal to 10.5 percent (5 percent in the case of taxable years beginning in calendar year 2018) of the modified taxable income of such taxpayer for the taxable year, over the credits allowed under this chapter against such regular tax liability, over the credit allowed under section 38 for the taxable year which is properly allocable to the research credit determined under section 41(a), plus the portion of the applicable section 38 credits not in excess of 80 percent of the lesser of the amount of such credits or the base erosion minimum tax amount (determined without regard to this subclause). In the case of a taxpayer described in subparagraph (B) who is an applicable taxpayer for any taxable year, the percentages otherwise in effect under paragraph (1)(A) shall be increased by one percentage point. a bank (as defined in section 581), or a securities dealer registered under section 15(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. the low-income housing credit determined under section 42(a), the renewable electricity production credit determined under section 45(a), and the investment credit determined under section 46, but only to the extent properly allocable to the energy credit determined under section 48. any base erosion tax benefit with respect to any base erosion payment, or the base erosion percentage of any net operating loss deduction allowed under section 172 for the taxable year. any deduction described in subsection (d)(1) which is allowed under this chapter for the taxable year with respect to any base erosion payment, in the case of a base erosion payment described in subsection (d)(2), any deduction allowed under this chapter for the taxable year for depreciation (or amortization in lieu of depreciation) with respect to the property acquired with such payment, any reduction under section 803(a)(1)(B) in the gross amount of premiums and other consideration on insurance and annuity contracts for premiums and other consideration arising out of indemnity insurance, and any deduction under section 832(b)(4)(A) from the amount of gross premiums written on insurance contracts during the taxable year for premiums paid for reinsurance, and in the case of a base erosion payment described in subsection (d)(4), any reduction in gross receipts with respect to such payment in computing gross income of the taxpayer for the taxable year for purposes of this chapter. on which tax is imposed by section 871 or 881, and with respect to which tax has been deducted and withheld under section 1441 or 1442, The amount not taken into account in computing modified taxable income by reason of clause (i) shall be reduced under rules similar to the rules under section 163(j)(5)(B) (as in effect before the date of the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act). For purposes of applying paragraph (1), in the case of a taxpayer to which section 163(j) applies for the taxable year, the reduction in the amount of interest for which a deduction is allowed by reason of such subsection shall be treated as allocable first to interest paid or accrued to persons who are not related parties with respect to the taxpayer and then to such related parties. the aggregate amount of base erosion tax benefits of the taxpayer for the taxable year, by the aggregate amount of the deductions (including deductions described in clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (2)(A)) allowable to the taxpayer under this chapter for the taxable year, plus the base erosion tax benefits described in clauses (iii) and (iv) of paragraph (2)(A) allowable to the taxpayer for the taxable year. any deduction allowed under section 172, 245A, or 250 for the taxable year, any deduction for amounts paid or accrued for services to which the exception under subsection (d)(5) applies, and any deduction for qualified derivative payments which are not treated as a base erosion payment by reason of subsection (h). The term “base erosion payment” means any amount paid or accrued by the taxpayer to a foreign person which is a related party of the taxpayer and with respect to which a deduction is allowable under this chapter. Such term shall also include any amount paid or accrued by the taxpayer to a foreign person which is a related party of the taxpayer in connection with the acquisition by the taxpayer from such person of property of a character subject to the allowance for depreciation (or amortization in lieu of depreciation). Such term shall also include any premium or other consideration paid or accrued by the taxpayer to a foreign person which is a related party of the taxpayer for any reinsurance payments which are taken into account under sections 803(a)(1)(B) or 832(b)(4)(A). Such term shall also include any amount paid or accrued by the taxpayer with respect to a person described in subparagraph (B) which results in a reduction of the gross receipts of the taxpayer. surrogate foreign corporation which is a related party of the taxpayer, but only if such person first became a surrogate foreign corporation after November 9, 2017 , or foreign person which is a member of the same expanded affiliated group as the surrogate foreign corporation. The term “surrogate foreign corporation” has the meaning given such term by section 7874(a)(2)(B) but does not include a foreign corporation treated as a domestic corporation under section 7874(b). The term “expanded affiliated group” has the meaning given such term by section 7874(c)(1). such services are services which meet the requirements for eligibility for use of the services cost method under section 482 (determined without regard to the requirement that the services not contribute significantly to fundamental risks of business success or failure), and such amount constitutes the total services cost with no markup component. which is a corporation other than a regulated investment company, a real estate investment trust, or an S corporation, the average annual gross receipts of which for the 3-taxable-year period ending with the preceding taxable year are at least $500,000,000, and the base erosion percentage (as determined under subsection (c)(4)) of which for the taxable year is 3 percent (2 percent in the case of a taxpayer described in subsection (b)(2)(B)) or higher. In the case of a foreign person the gross receipts of which are taken into account for purposes of paragraph (1)(B), only gross receipts which are taken into account in determining income which is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States shall be taken into account. In the case of a taxpayer which is a foreign person, the preceding sentence shall not apply to the gross receipts of any United States person which are aggregated with the taxpayer’s gross receipts by reason of paragraph (3). Rules similar to the rules of subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of section 448(c)(3) shall apply in determining gross receipts for purposes of this section. All persons treated as a single employer under subsection (a) of section 52 shall be treated as 1 person for purposes of this subsection and subsection (c)(4), except that in applying section 1563 for purposes of section 52, the exception for foreign corporations under section 1563(b)(2)(C) shall be disregarded. For purposes of this section, the term “foreign person” has the meaning given such term by section 6038A(c)(3). any 25-percent owner of the taxpayer, any person who is related (within the meaning of section 267(b) or 707(b)(1)) to the taxpayer or any 25-percent owner of the taxpayer, and any other person who is related (within the meaning of section 482) to the taxpayer. the total voting power of all classes of stock of a corporation entitled to vote, or the total value of all classes of stock of such corporation. “10 percent” shall be substituted for “50 percent” in section 318(a)(2)(C), and subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 318(a)(3) shall not be applied so as to consider a United States person as owning stock which is owned by a person who is not a United States person. Except as provided in paragraph (3), any qualified derivative payment shall not be treated as a base erosion payment. recognizes gain or loss as if such derivative were sold for its fair market value on the last business day of the taxable year (and such additional times as required by this title or the taxpayer’s method of accounting), treats any gain or loss so recognized as ordinary, and treats the character of all items of income, deduction, gain, or loss with respect to a payment pursuant to the derivative as ordinary. No payments shall be treated as qualified derivative payments under subparagraph (A) for any taxable year unless the taxpayer includes in the information required to be reported under section 6038A(b)(2) with respect to such taxable year such information as is necessary to identify the payments to be so treated and such other information as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out the provisions of this subsection. the payment would be treated as a base erosion payment if it were not made pursuant to a derivative, including any interest, royalty, or service payment, or in the case of a contract which has derivative and nonderivative components, the payment is properly allocable to the nonderivative component. Any share of stock in a corporation. Any evidence of indebtedness. Any commodity which is actively traded. Any currency. Any rate, price, amount, index, formula, or algorithm. Except as otherwise provided by the Secretary, for purposes of this part, American depository receipts (and similar instruments) with respect to shares of stock in foreign corporations shall be treated as shares of stock in such foreign corporations. Such term shall not include any insurance, annuity, or endowment contract issued by an insurance company to which subchapter L applies (or issued by any foreign corporation to which such subchapter would apply if such foreign corporation were a domestic corporation). the use of unrelated persons, conduit transactions, or other intermediaries, or to characterize payments otherwise subject to this section as payments not subject to this section, or to substitute payments not subject to this section for payments otherwise subject to this section and for the application of subsection (h), including rules to prevent the avoidance of the exceptions under subsection (h)(3).