Old Rocks
Diamond Member
Yes there is, it is Part IX of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
BTW, Obama tried to get rid of the deduction for business expenses for moving a company abroad, and the GOP, of course, blocked it.
Full Text of S. 3364: Bring Jobs Home Act - GovTrack.us
SEC. 3. DENIAL OF DEDUCTION FOR OUTSOURCING EXPENSES.
(a) In General- Part IX of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
SEC. 280I. OUTSOURCING EXPENSES.
(a) In General- No deduction otherwise allowable under this chapter shall be allowed for any specified outsourcing expense.
(b) Specified Outsourcing Expense- For purposes of this section--
(1) IN GENERAL- The term specified outsourcing expense means--
(A) any eligible expense paid or incurred by the taxpayer in connection with the elimination of any business unit of the taxpayer (or of any member of any expanded affiliated group in which the taxpayer is also a member) located within the United States, and
(B) any eligible expense paid or incurred by the taxpayer in connection with the establishment of any business unit of the taxpayer (or of any member of any expanded affiliated group in which the taxpayer is also a member) located outside the United States,
if such establishment constitutes the relocation of the business unit so eliminated. For purposes of the preceding sentence, a relocation shall not be treated as failing to occur merely because such elimination occurs in a different taxable year than such establishment.
(2) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN DEFINITIONS AND RULES-
(A) DEFINITIONS- For purposes of this section, the terms eligible expenses, business unit, and expanded affiliated group shall have the respective meanings given such terms by section 45S(b).
(B) OPERATING EXPENSES NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT- A rule similar to the rule of section 45S(b)(6) shall apply for purposes of this section.
(c) Special Rules-
(1) APPLICATION TO DEDUCTIONS FOR DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION- In the case of any portion of a specified outsourcing expense which is not deductible in the taxable year in which paid or incurred, such portion shall neither be chargeable to capital account nor amortizable.
(2) POSSESSIONS TREATED AS PART OF THE UNITED STATES- For purposes of this section, the term United States shall be treated as including each possession of the United States (including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands).
(d) Regulations- The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations or other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section, including regulations which provide (or create a rebuttable presumption) that certain establishments of business units outside the United States will be treated as relocations (based on timing or such other factors as the Secretary may provide) of business units eliminated within the United States..
(b) Limitation on Subpart F Income of Controlled Foreign Corporations Determined Without Regard to Specified Outsourcing Expenses- Subsection (c) of section 952 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
(4) EARNINGS AND PROFITS DETERMINED WITHOUT REGARD TO SPECIFIED OUTSOURCING EXPENSES- For purposes of this subsection, earnings and profits of any controlled foreign corporation shall be determined without regard to any specified outsourcing expense (as defined in section 280I(b))..
(c) Clerical Amendment- The table of sections for part IX of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
Sec. 280I. Outsourcing expenses..
Let me get this straight, the part where it says "No deduction ... shall be allowable" actually means that deductions are allowed.
LOL. Guess you were just proven wrong. And you yourself demonstrated your inability to read a peice of legislation. But you buddies killed it. Now that makes you real happy, doesn't it.