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Extract to table / memo-us-tax-structuring.docx
memo-us-tax-structuring.docx
Parties
Northgate Telecommunications PLC
Northgate Wireless Americas Inc
Harkness LLP
Ridgeline Wireless Holdings LLC
Grainger LLP
Northgate US Holdings LLC
UK Inc
Wales PLC
Dates
September 22, 2022
August 22, 2022
August 30, 2022
September 30, 2022
October 14, 2022
September 12, 2022
July 24, 2001
March 31, 2003
July 19, 2002
December 31, 2021
Amounts
$126,500,000
$8,433,333
$0.845
$4,500,000
$1,771,000
$26,565,000
$10
$500,000
$3,000,000
$2,500,000
Obligations
Under FCC rules, a licensee of wireless spectrum must be a U
Under FCC rules and long-standing FCC practice, the licensee of record for wireless spectrum must be a legal entity that is identifiable and accountable to the Commission
If, contrary to our recommendation, NUS Holdings were to elect corporate classification in the future, Form 8832 must be filed with the IRS Service Center in Ogden, Utah, within 75 days before or 12 months after the desired effective date
Ridgeline's classification as a domestic partnership means that the FIRPTA withholding rules applicable to dispositions by domestic partnerships (IRC § 1445(e)(5)) must be considered
However, Section 197 imposes an important limitation: the intangible must be "acquired by the taxpayer" in a transaction that is treated as an acquisition of a trade or business or a substantial portion thereof
Purchase Price Allocation The purchase price must be allocated among the fourteen individual spectrum licenses based on their respective fair market values