Hi  have recently  opened a recruiting business and a seperate law
office  in Illinois , also have a office in Cape Town that interacts
with  both the US offices in Illinois on a daily basis securing leads
arranging interviews,the Sa office also secures trust  work for and
prepares work forIl based law firm  my question is can the
newly formed Illinois based entity's claim expenses incurred by the
south african office or visa versa in other words what would the best
approach to take , by the Illinois entity's , to maxamize the benefit
of the expenses incurred in SA having particular regard to the doble
taxation agreement that exists between usa and sa .