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U.S. shareholders must file Schedule I-1 (Form 5471), Information for Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income and Form 8992, U.S Shareholder Calculation of Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI) , to provide the information needed to determine the U.S. shareholder's GILTI inclusion amount for a tax year.

More In Forms and Instructions Certain U.S. citizens and residents who are officers, directors, or shareholders in certain foreign corporations file Form 5471 and schedules to satisfy the reporting requirements of sections 6038 and 6046, and the related regulations.

The IRS Form 8892 is used to calculate a controlled foreign corporation (“CFC”) global intangible low-taxed income” or GILTI. Form 8892 consists of Parts I and II. A U.S. shareholder that owns, within the meaning of Section 958(a), stock in one or more CFCs must attach a Form 8892 to a Form 5471.

The IRS Form 8892 is used to calculate a controlled foreign corporation (“CFC”) global intangible low-taxed income” or GILTI. Form 8892 consists of Parts I and II. A U.S. shareholder that owns, within the meaning of Section 958(a), stock in one or more CFCs must attach a Form 8892 to a Form 5471.

Public Law 115-97 (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017) enacted section 951A, which requires U.S. shareholders who own (within the meaning of section 958(a)) a CFC to include GILTI in gross income. Form 8992 is used by a U.S. shareholder to calculate the amount of the GILTI inclusion and to report related information.

This allows taxpayers to elect the high-tax exclusion (the “GILTI high-tax exclusion”) for certain high-taxed income of a controlled foreign corporation regardless of whether the income would otherwise be foreign base company income (“FBCI”) or insurance income.

U.S. citizens and U.S. residents who are officers, directors, or shareholders in certain foreign corporations are responsible for filing Form 5471, Information Return of U.S. Persons With Respect to Certain Foreign Corporations.

This allows taxpayers to elect the high-tax exclusion (the “GILTI high-tax exclusion”) for certain high-taxed income of a controlled foreign corporation regardless of whether the income would otherwise be foreign base company income (“FBCI”) or insurance income.