Japan Imposes $57 Million Back Taxes & Surcharges on US Subsidiary

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Date Published: 

Sunday, November 1, 1992

Volume: 

8

Issue: 

11

Pages: 

Pg. 443

Subject Areas: 

Intellectual Property
Tax Enforcement
Taxation

Geographic Identifier: 

Japan
United States

Abstract: 

On November 2, 1992, a spokesman for Nihon Unisys Ltd. announced that the Tokyo Regional Tax Bureau has imposed 6.888 billion yen ($57 million) in corporate back taxes and surcharges as a result of a determination that technological advice fee payments paid to its parent are not expenses. The tax media has reported that the case constitutes the first overt Japanese action on cross-border taxes related to intellectual property…[more]