I 119THCONGRESS 1 STSESSION H. R. 2423 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the application of the base erosion and anti-abuse tax with respect to certain entities connected to jurisdictions which have implemented an extraterritorial tax. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH27, 2025 Mr. E STES(for himself, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. SMITHof Nebraska, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. S CHWEIKERT, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. S MUCKER, Mr. HERNof Oklahoma, Mrs. MILLERof West Virginia, Mr. M URPHY, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. STEUBE, Ms. TENNEY, Mrs. F ISCHBACH, Mr. MOOREof Utah, Ms. VANDUYNE, Mr. FEENSTRA, Ms. M ALLIOTAKIS, Mr. CAREY, Mr. YAKYM, Mr. MILLERof Ohio, Mr. B EANof Florida, and Mr. MORAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the application of the base erosion and anti-abuse tax with respect to certain entities connected to jurisdictions which have implemented an extraterritorial tax. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Unfair Tax Prevention 4 Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:18 Apr 02, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2423.IH H2423 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 2423 IH SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF THE BASE EROSION AND ANTI- 1 ABUSE TAX WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN EN-2 TITIES CONNECTED TO EXTRATERRITORIAL 3 TAX JURISDICTIONS. 4 (a) I NGENERAL.—Section 59A of the Internal Rev-5 enue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection 6 (i) as subsection (j) and inserting after subsection (h) the 7 following new subsection: 8 ‘‘(i) S PECIALRULES FOR FOREIGN-OWNED 9 E XTRATERRITORIALTAXREGIMEENTITIES.— 10 ‘‘(1) I N GENERAL.—In the case of any foreign- 11 owned extraterritorial tax regime entity— 12 ‘‘(A) such entity shall be treated as de-13 scribed in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of sub-14 section (e)(1) for purposes of determining 15 whether such entity is an applicable taxpayer, 16 ‘‘(B) subsection (b)(2) shall be applied by 17 substituting ‘the date of the enactment of sub-18 section (i)’ for ‘December 31, 2025’, 19 ‘‘(C) subsections (c)(2)(B), (c)(4)(B)(ii), 20 and (d)(5) shall not apply, and 21 ‘‘(D) 50 percent of such entity’s cost of 22 goods sold shall be treated as a base erosion tax 23 benefit with respect to a base erosion payment. 24 ‘‘(2) F OREIGN-OWNED EXTRATERRITORIAL TAX 25 REGIME ENTITY.—For purposes of this subsection— 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:18 Apr 02, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2423.IH H2423 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HR 2423 IH ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘foreign- 1 owned extraterritorial tax regime entity’ means 2 any taxpayer which is controlled by a foreign 3 entity (other than a foreign entity controlled by 4 any domestic corporation) if an extraterritorial 5 tax is imposed on any of the following entities: 6 ‘‘(i) Any foreign entity which controls 7 the taxpayer. 8 ‘‘(ii) Any foreign entity which is con-9 trolled by— 10 ‘‘(I) the taxpayer, or 11 ‘‘(II) any foreign entity described 12 in clause (i). 13 ‘‘(iii) Any trade or business of any 14 foreign entity described in clause (i) or (ii). 15 ‘‘(B) E XTRATERRITORIAL TAX .— 16 ‘‘(i) I N GENERAL .—The term 17 ‘extraterritorial tax’ means any tax im-18 posed by a foreign country on a corpora-19 tion (including any trade or business of 20 such corporation) which is determined by 21 reference to any income or profits received 22 by any person (including any trade or busi-23 ness of any person) by reason of such per-24 son being connected to such corporation 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:18 Apr 02, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2423.IH H2423 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 4 •HR 2423 IH through any chain of ownership, deter-1 mined without regard to the ownership in-2 terests of any individual, and other than by 3 reason of such corporation having a direct 4 or indirect ownership interest in such per-5 son. 6 ‘‘(ii) T AX.—The term ‘tax’ includes 7 any increase in tax whether effectuated by 8 an increase in the rate or base of a tax, by 9 a denial of deductions or credits, or other-10 wise. 11 ‘‘(C) F OREIGN ENTITY.—The term ‘foreign 12 entity’ means any foreign person other than an 13 individual. 14 ‘‘(D) C ONTROL.—Control has the same 15 meaning given such term under section 16 954(d)(3).’’. 17 (b) E FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 18 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 19 the date of the enactment of this Act. 20 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:18 Apr 02, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2423.IH H2423 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB