On 8 April 2021, the U.S. Treasury notice on the current list of countries that may require participation in, or cooperation with, an international boycott was published in the Federal Register. The countries listed include Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Yemen. The United Arab Emirates has been removed from this list due to the issuance of Federal Decree-Law No. 4 of 2020, which repealed its law mandating a boycott of Israel, and the subsequent actions that the UAE government has taken to implement the new policy.

Any person or a member of a controlled group with operations in or related to a country on the list, or with the government, a company, or a national of a listed country is required to file Form 5713 (International Boycott Report), subject to certain exceptions. Form 5713 must also be filed by any person with operations in a non-listed country that requires participation in, or cooperation with, an international boycott as a condition of doing business with the country.

Taxpayers required to file the form may lose certain tax benefits, including:

• The foreign tax credit (section 908(a));
• Deferral of taxation of earnings of a CFC (section 952(a)(3));
• Deferral of taxation of IC-DISC income (section 995(b)(1)(F)(ii));
• Exemption of foreign trade income of an FSC (section 927(e)(2), as in effect before its repeal); and
• Exclusion of extraterritorial income from gross income (section 941(a)(5), as in effect before its repeal).

The exact limits on benefits are determined through the completion of Form 5713.