Andersen Managing Director Joe Calianno's comments were included in the recent Tax Notes article, Proposed FTC Regs Only Weeks Away.The article also includes statements made by Peter Blessing, IRS Associate Chief Counsel (International) as part of a panel discussion of international government officials at the American Bar Association Section of Taxation Meeting in Dallas, Texas on October 14. Calianno, who moderated the session, was quoted in the article regarding certain aspects that he regarded as uncertainties surrounding the existing foreign tax credit rules.

Joe Calianno is a Managing Director in the US National Tax practice in the Washington D.C. office. He advises clients on all areas of international tax, including provisions related to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and cross-border restructuring.