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

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Sunday, November 1, 1992
Volume: 
8
Issue: 
11
Pg. 443
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]