The US Tax Court has fundamentally narrowed the scope of the Section 245A dividend received deduction (DRD) in its recent opinion on Varian Medical Systems, Inc. and Subsidiaries v. Commissioner, 166 T.C. No. 8. This landmark ruling resolves critical ambiguities from previous litigation and enforces a strict "direct ownership" requirement, compelling multinationals to reassess their tiered foreign structures.
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