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SOI Tax Stats - SOI Bulletin: Summer 2007

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A History of Controlled Foreign Corporations and the Foreign Tax Credit (PDF) Article by Melissa Redmiles and Jason Wenrich, SOI
As U.S. corporations have expanded their businesses overseas in the last several decades, the United States Tax Code has been modified to account for increasingly complex international corporate structures and transactions. Two important international tax concepts that have emerged over the years are the corporate foreign tax credit and controlled foreign corporations.	Related Link: Controlled Foreign Corporations and Corporate Foreign Tax Credits

Foreign-Controlled Domestic Corporations, 2004 (PDF) Article by James R. Hobbs, SOI
For Tax Year 2004, the 57,935 domestic corporations each controlled by a foreign “person” generated $3.1 trillion of total receipts with $8.0 trillion of total assets, reported on income tax returns filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Both total receipts and total assets increased substantially for 2004, by 19.0 percent and 29.2 percent, respectively, over the previous year.	Excel Tables: 1, 2, 3, 4	Related Link: Foreign-Controlled Domestic Corporations

Recent Changes in the Estate Tax Exemption Level and Filing Population (PDF) Article by Brian G. Raub, SOI
With the enactment of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA), Congress significantly altered the framework of the Federal estate tax. Most noteworthy, of course, is the law’s eventual repeal of the estate tax. The exemption amount for estates was increased incrementally from $675,000 for 2001 deaths to $2 million for deaths in 2006. The exemption amount will increase to $3.5 million for 2009 deaths.	Related Link: Estate Tax Statistics

SOI Approaches First Century in the Twenty-First (PDF) Article by James Dalton, SOI
As we celebrate our 90th year of doing business and meeting the needs of our many customers, we would like to take a look back at the exceptional trailblazers who have made our products and services possible.	Related Link: About SOI

Sole Proprietorship Returns, 2005 (PDF) Article by Jeff Curry and Justin Bryan, SOI
For Tax Year 2005, there were approximately 21.5 million individual income tax returns that reported nonfarm sole proprietorship activity. Nearly every sole proprietor industrial sector reported an increase in profits. Total profits for all nonfarm sole proprietorships were $269.9 billion, a 9.0-percent increase from Tax Year 2004.	Excel Tables: 1, 2	Related Link: Nonfarm Sole Proprietorship Statistics

The Estate Tax: Ninety Years and Counting (PDF) Article by Darien B. Jacobson, Brian G. Raub, and Barry W. Johnson, SOI
For the past 90 years and at key points throughout American history, the Federal Government has relied on estate and inheritance taxes as sources of funding. Proponents have frequently advocated that these taxes are effective tools for preventing the concentration of wealth in the hands of a relatively few powerful families, while opponents believe that transfer taxes discourage capital accumulation, curbing national economic growth.	Related Link: Estate Tax Statistics

What’s New in Federal Excise Taxation, Fiscal Years 1992-2006 (PDF) Article by Melissa Laine, SOI
Federal receipts from excise taxation reached a level of $76.1 billion for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006. The FY 2006 receipts represented a 1.2-percent increase from FY 2005 and a 35.9-percent increase since FY 1996. Excise taxes accounted for 3 percent of total receipts for the U.S. Government in FY 2006.	Related Link: Excise Tax Statistics

Updates to historic data tables will be available shortly.

Link: Historical Tables and Appendix.

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