Another provision would disallow a portion of netinterestexpense to the extent a domestic company is considered as having excess domestic indebtedness.
This rule can apply where there is a relatively greater amount of indebtedness in the U.S. than offshore, and netinterestexpense exceeds a specified percentage of adjusted taxable income.
American Express reported another strong quarter of earnings as total revenues, net of interestexpense and provisions for losses increased 4% year-on-year, for the three months ending March.
While an increase in prime loan rates will likely impact both interest income as well as interestexpense for Wells Fargo, the fact that Wells Fargo derives the majority of its funding from low cost core deposits will help the firm restrain its interestexpense even as interest rates increase and thus boost its netinterest margins.