S. 1687 · 114th Congress

Offshore Reinsurance Tax Fairness Act

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Ron Wyden
Introduced
2015-06-25
Latest action
2015-06-25 · Introduced in Senate

Summary

Offshore Reinsurance Tax Fairness Act

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to define "qualifying insurance corporation," for purposes of the insurance business exception to passive foreign investment company rules, as a foreign corporation: (1) that would be subject to U.S. taxation if it were a domestic corporation, and (2) the applicable insurance liabilities of which constitute more than 25% of its total assets. Allows an alternative facts and circumstances test for insurance corporations whose applicable insurance liabilities are not at least 25% of total assets if such percentage is at least 10% and the corporation is predominantly engaged in an insurance business.