Form 5471 Schedule J Rev December Accumulated Earnings and Profits E&amp

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[Music] in this video we will discuss schedule j of form 5471 schedule j tracks the earnings and profits of controlled foreign corporations or cfcs page 1 has 14 rows and 6 columns page 2 has the same 14 rows and has 9 columns i feel it is easier to understand all of the columns shown together so i've recreated scheduled j with the same columns and rows all on one page let's first break up the columns into categories columns a through c show section 959 c3 earnings and profits columns e1 through e5 show section 959 c1 earnings and profits and columns e6 through e10 show section 959 c2 earnings and profits we will refer to these as c1 c2 and c3 earnings and profits c3 earnings and profits have not yet been taxed to the u.s shareholder c1 and c2 earnings and profits have previously been taxed to the u.s shareholder thus the c1 and c2 earnings and profits are referred to as previously taxed earnings and profits or ptep c1 earnings and profits exist only if the cfc has investments in u.s p