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Galligan  \nPublished Date: Jun 1, 2018  \nThis is the first of a three-part series on an introduction to the cross-border tax treatment of U.S. limited liability companies. Please look for the next two parts in the July and August issues.  \nINTRODUCTION  \nFor the last two decades, the limited liability company (“LLC”) has been the “darling” of U.S. attorneys, accountants, and other professionals who organize entities for the purpose of business, investment, asset management, and related tax-and estate-planning purposes. The 2017 Tax Reform Act[1] has perhaps tarnished somewhat the redoubtable shine of the LLC, with the Act’s introduction of a significantly reduced corporate income tax rate, which will enable corporations to compete tax-wise to a greater degree with generally tax-transparent entities like LLCs.  \nNonetheless, the LLC is still attractive for business organization and related tax planning due to the remarkable flexibility it offers to U.S. advisors for organizing business and investment vehicles and for charting their tax characteristics. As entrepreneurs become ever more focused on business and investment opportunities outside the United States, the question of how U.S. LLCs fare outside the country inevitably arises. Does the flexibility afforded the LLC in the United States—especially in tax matters—also prevail in foreign countries and jurisdictions?  \nAs this article will explain, the LLC in many cases does not enjoy the same level of flexibility it is afforded in the United States. As a result, substantial inconsistencies can develop between the tax treatment of U. S. LLCs in the United States and the treatment of U. S. LLCs in other countries and jurisdictions. These differences have to be given serious consideration when engaging in cross-border business, tax, and estate planning. Moreover, flexible structures like the LLC, which have become vehicles for so-called “hybrid” financial and business structures, have also become the target of both U.S. and international efforts to limit attempts to maximize tax savings by taking advantage of the inconsistencies between the tax and classification rules among different nations.  \nAt the outset, let us remember that an LLC is a form of business and investment entity that can be established pursuant to the statutory law of any one of the fifty states of the United States and the District of Columbia, which permits owners (“members”) to take advantage of limited personal liability, shielding them personally from the debts or obligations ofthe LLC—much  \nlike the protection that is afforded to shareholders of a corporation. Unlike a corporation, an LLC does not issue stock but rather “membership interests,” which are generally represented as percentages of ownership ofthe LLC rather than as a number of shares or units from an aggregate of available shares or units. (Note, however, that LLCs may issue ownership units if they wish to do so.) Unlike a corporation, an LLC does not have to have a board of directors or corporate officers. The members can share in the management ofthe LLC or can grant management responsibilities to one or more managers. An LLC can have limited duration, as set forth in the operating agreement. Finally, an LLC, by the terms of its operating agreement, can limit or restrict the otherwise free transferability of ownership interests or units.  \nI. U.S. TAXATION OF U.S. LLCs  \nPerhaps the most notable feature of an LLC organized in the United States is that it need not be taxed as a separate legal entity under U.S. federal law as well as most state laws, including those of New York and Delaware. Income allocated or distributions made to members are taxed to the members at their individual income tax rates, and members report business profits and losses on their personal income tax returns.  \nA. U.S. Check-the-Box Regulations  \nThe LLC truly came into its own as a powerful [tool o","cbCaiun3yNWZkyoH","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiun3yNWZkyoH","pdf",471544,"English","# Introduction\n## Overview of LLC Flexibility and Cross-Border Inconsistencies\n# I. U.S. Taxation of U.S. LLCs\n## A. U.S. Check-the-Box Regulations\n## B. 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