As a result of the new U.S. financial accounting rules, L-3 needs to begin creating an inventory of foreign tax positions for which the technical merits are uncertain.
Years that your division is currently under audit (please indicate jurisdiction).
Years for which the statute of limitation are open and the datest that the statute of limitation closes for the earliest years.
Attached is a worksheet that is requesting detail and support for FOREIGN amounts that have been submitted by your division to Corporate through Hyperion Financial Management. Specifically, income taxes paid and/or income taxes refunded for Income Taxes Payable and any other adjustment through Deferred Income Taxes.
Please provide detail and support for amounts entered in the line YTD INCOME TAXES PAID IN CASH and YTD INCOME TAX REFUNDED.
The format is still in the old HY format, but it seems to work well. If there are any suggestions to update/change, please forward to be.
In addition, please provide a roll-forward for any movement in current taxes payable or current deferred income taxes and non-current deferred income taxes. The movement should include accruals, payments, prior period adjustments, true up, reclasses, etc.
The purposes of this is twofold: To provide Corporate Tax with a full analysis of the foreign taxes payable and to satisfy the U. S. requirements under Sarbanes-Oxley for cash disbursements.
My goal is to have you return your year to date analysis to me no later than January 15, 2016.
The last tab in the worksheet is to gather information on foreign tax positions for which the technical merits are uncertain. This has become necessary due to U.S. financial accounting rules.
If you are the U.S. reporting entity for a foreign operation, please contact the foreign entity and coordinate your reporting requirements
If there are any questions, please contact me.