Journal of Natural Resources & Environmental Law Volume 13 Issue 1 Journal of Natural Resources & Article 2 Environmental Law, Volume 13, Issue 1 January 1997 Tax Planning for Foreign Expansion by U.S. Petroleum Companies Martin Van Brauman United States Internal Revenue Service Follow this and additional works at: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/jnrel Part of the Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law Commons, Taxation-Transnational Commons, and the Tax Law Commons Right click to open a feedback form in a new tab to let us know how this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Van Brauman, Martin (1997) "Tax Planning for Foreign Expansion by U.S. Petroleum Companies," Journal of Natural Resources & Environmental Law: Vol. 13 : Iss. 1 , Article 2. Available at: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/jnrel/vol13/iss1/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals at UKnowledge. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Natural Resources & Environmental Law by an authorized editor of UKnowledge. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. TAx PLANNING FOR FOREIGN EXPANSION BY U.S. PETROLEUM COMPANIES MARTIN VAN BRAUMAN* I. INTRODUCTION The purpose of this article is to provide a basic overview of the tax planning considerations for expansion in foreign petroleum exploration and production operations by U.S. oil companies, with two typical examples of reorganizing foreign branches of U.S. corporations into foreign corporations. U.S. companies have many options in deciding how to begin and expand foreign operations--from the debt capitalization and financing of a foreign entity to the contribution of property to a foreign entity.