Get IRS 8404 2013

Today, shareholders of a DISC continue to receive reduced income tax rates on qualifying income from exports of U.S. made goods. A DISC is a U.S. corporation which has elected DISC status and meets certain other largely symbolic requirements. A corporation so electing is not subject to U.S. Federal income tax.

An IC-DISC is categorized as a domestic C corporation that's tax-exempt for federal income tax purposes. ... Based on foreign sales of products manufactured, produced, grown, or extracted in the United States, the exporter pays a commission to the IC-DISC and then deducts the commission from its ordinary business income.

The IC-DISC allows certain U.S. exporters to reduce their overall tax liability through a commission mechanism. The exporter manufacturing company pays a tax deductible commission, based on qualified export sales, to a newly created corporation that makes an IRS election to be an IC-DISC.

This is an information return filed by interest charge domestic international sales corporations (IC-DISCs), former DISCs, and former IC-DISCs.

A DISC is a U.S. corporation which has elected DISC status and meets certain other largely symbolic requirements. A corporation so electing is not subject to U.S. Federal income tax. Properly structured, a DISC has no activities other than on paper and no activities not related to the export of qualifying goods.

In most cases, the IC-DISC then distributes this cash as a dividend to its shareholders. As long as the shareholders are individuals or pass-through entities, such as S corporations or partnerships, the dividend is taxed at the favorable qualified dividend tax rates.

The interest-charge domestic international sales corporation (IC-DISC) is one of the last remaining opportunities that can provide tax incentives for exporters. ... A properly structured and operated IC-DISC allows companies to defer taxes on as much as $10 million in export sales.

Taxpayers can use an interest charge domestic international sales corporation (IC-DISC) to obtain a tax incentive available to manufacturers, producers, resellers, and exporters of goods that are produced in the United States with an ultimate destination outside the United States.

The IC-DISC will subsequently pay a dividend to its shareholders equal to the commission payment, meaning those dollars will be taxed at the preferential qualifying dividend tax rate, a maximum of 20% (23.8% after including the 3.8% net investment income tax).

The owner of the operating company forms a tax-exempt IC-DISC. The IC-DISC must maintain its own bank account, accounting records, and file U.S. tax returns, but otherwise, there are no changes to business operations.

The interest-charge domestic international sales corporation (IC-DISC) is one of the last remaining opportunities that can provide tax incentives for exporters. ... A properly structured and operated IC-DISC allows companies to defer taxes on as much as $10 million in export sales.