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Taisei Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided May 2, 1995No. Docket Nos. 14296-92, 14297-92, 14298-92, 14299-92Published

Ps, Japanese insurance companies, wrote reinsurance through F, a North Carolina corporation, which conducted its operations in the United States. Held, on the facts, F was an "agent of an independent status" within the meaning of Art. 9(5) of the Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation, Mar. 8, 1971, U.S.-Japan, 23 U.S.T.

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Ps, Japanese insurance companies, wrote reinsurance through F, a North Carolina corporation, which conducted its operations in the United States. Held, on the facts, F was an "agent of an independent status" within the meaning of Art. 9(5) of the Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation, Mar. 8, 1971, U.S.-Japan, 23 U.S.T. (Part 1) 969, and was therefore not a permanent establishment, during the years at issue, of any of petitioners within the meaning of Art. 8(1) of such convention.

1Opinion of the Court

The Taisei Fire and Marine Insurance Co., Ltd., et al., 1 Petitioners v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent

Taisei Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Commissioner

Docket Nos. 14296-92, 14297-92, 14298-92, 14299-92

United States Tax Court

104 T.C. 535; 1995 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 27; 104 T.C. No. 27;

May 2, 1995, Filed

Decisions will be entered under Rule 155.

Ps, Japanese insurance companies, wrote reinsurance through F, a North Carolina corporation, which conducted its operations in the United States. Held, on the facts, F was an "agent of an independent status" within the meaning of Art. 9(5) of the…

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