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- § 995. Taxation of DISC income to shareholders
- § 996. Rules for allocation in the case of distributions and losses
- § 997. Special subchapter C rules
§ 995. Taxation of DISC income to shareholders
(a) General rule
(b) Deemed distributions
(1) Distributions in qualified yearsA shareholder of a DISC shall be treated as having received a distribution taxable as a dividend with respect to his stock in an amount which is equal to his pro rata share of the sum (or, if smaller, the earnings and profits for the taxable year) of—
(A) the gross interest derived during the taxable year from producer’s loans,
(B) the gain recognized by the DISC during the taxable year on the sale or exchange of property, other than property which in the hands of the DISC is a qualified export asset, previously transferred to it in a transaction in which gain was not recognized in whole or in part, but only to the extent that the transferor’s gain on the previous transfer was not recognized,
(C) the gain (other than the gain described in subparagraph (B)) recognized by the DISC during the taxable year on the sale or exchange of property (other than property which in the hands of the DISC is stock in trade or other property described in section 1221(a)(1)) previously transferred to it in a transaction in which gain was not recognized in whole or in part, but only to the extent that the transferor’s gain on the previous transfer was not recognized and would have been treated as ordinary income if the property had been sold or exchanged rather than transferred to the DISC,
(D) 50 percent of the taxable income of the DISC for the taxable year attributable to military property,
(E) the taxable income of the DISC attributable to qualified export receipts of the DISC for the taxable year which exceed $10,000,000,
(F) the sum of—
(i) in the case of a shareholder which is a C corporation, one-seventeenth of the excess of the taxable income of the DISC for the taxable year, before reduction for any distributions during the year, over the sum of the amounts deemed distributed for the taxable year under subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E),
(ii) an amount equal to 16⁄17 of the excess referred to in clause (i), multiplied by the international boycott factor determined under section 999, and
(iii) any illegal bribe, kickback, or other payment (within the meaning of section 162(c)) paid by or on behalf of the DISC directly or indirectly to an official, employee, or agent in fact of a government, and
(G) the amount of foreign investment attributable to producer’s loans (as defined in subsection (d)) of a DISC for the taxable year.
Distributions described in this paragraph shall be deemed to be received on the last day of the taxable year of the DISC in which the income was derived. In the case of a distribution described in subparagraph (G), earnings and profits for the taxable year shall include accumulated earnings and profits.
(2) Distributions upon disqualification
(A) A shareholder of a corporation which revoked its election to be treated as a DISC or failed to satisfy the conditions of section 992(a)(1) for a taxable year shall be deemed to have received (at the time specified in subparagraph (B)) a distribution taxable as a dividend equal to his pro rata share of the DISC income of such corporation accumulated during the immediately preceding consecutive taxable years for which the corporation was a DISC.
(B) Distributions described in subparagraph (A) shall be deemed to be received in equal installments on the last day of each of the 10 taxable years of the corporation following the year of the termination or disqualification described in subparagraph (A) (but in no case over more than twice the number of immediately preceding consecutive taxable years during which the corporation was a DISC).
(3) Taxable income attributable to military property
(A) In generalFor purposes of paragraph (1)(D), taxable income of a DISC for the taxable year attributable to military property shall be determined by only taking into account—
(i) the gross income of the DISC for the taxable year which is attributable to military property, and
(ii) the deductions which are properly apportioned or allocated to such income.
(B) Military property
(4) Aggregation of qualified export receipts
(A) In general
(B) Allocation
(c) Gain on disposition of stock in a DISC
(1) In generalIf—
(A) a shareholder disposes of stock in a DISC or former DISC any gain recognized on such disposition shall be included in gross income as a dividend to the extent provided in paragraph (2), or
(B) stock of a DISC or former DISC is disposed of in a transaction in which the separate corporate existence of the DISC or former DISC is terminated other than by a mere change in place of organization, however effected, any gain realized on the disposition of such stock in the transaction shall be recognized notwithstanding any other provision of this title to the extent provided in paragraph (2) and to the extent so recognized shall be included in gross income as a dividend.
(2) Amount included
(d) Foreign investment attributable to DISC earningsFor the purposes of this part—
(1) In generalThe amount of foreign investment attributable to producer’s loans of a DISC for a taxable year shall be the smallest of—
(A) the net increase in foreign assets by members of the controlled group (as defined in section 993(a)(3)) which includes the DISC,
(B) the actual foreign investment by domestic members of such group, or
(C) the amount of outstanding producer’s loans by such DISC to members of such controlled group.
(2) Net increase in foreign assetsThe term “net increase in foreign assets” of a controlled group means the excess of—
(A) the amount incurred by such group to acquire assets (described in section 1231(b)) located outside the United States over,
(B) the sum of—
(i) the depreciation with respect to assets of such group located outside the United States;
(ii) the outstanding amount of stock or debt obligations of such group issued after December 31, 1971, to persons other than the United States persons or any member of such group;
(iii) one-half the earnings and profits of foreign members of such group and foreign branches of domestic members of such group;
(iv) one-half the royalties and fees paid by foreign members of such group to domestic members of such group; and
(v) the uncommitted transitional funds of the group as determined under paragraph (4).
For purposes of this paragraph, assets which are qualified export assets of a DISC (or would be qualified export assets if owned by a DISC) shall not be taken into account. Amounts described in this paragraph (other than in subparagraphs (B)(ii) and (v)) shall be taken into account only to the extent they are attributable to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1971.
(3) Actual foreign investmentThe term “actual foreign investment” by domestic members of a controlled group means the sum of—
(A) contributions to capital of foreign members of the group by domestic members of the group after December 31, 1971,
(B) the outstanding amount of stock or debt obligations of foreign members of such group (other than normal trade indebtedness) issued after December 31, 1971, to domestic members of such group,
(C) amounts transferred by domestic members of the group after December 31, 1971, to foreign branches of such members, and
(D) one-half the earnings and profits of foreign members of such group and foreign branches of domestic members of such group for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1971.
As used in this subsection, the term “domestic member” means a domestic corporation which is a member of a controlled group (as defined in section 993(a)(3)), and the term “foreign member” means a foreign corporation which is a member of such a controlled group.
(4) Uncommitted transitional fundsThe uncommitted transitional funds of the group shall be an amount equal to the sum of—
(A) the excess of—
(i) the amount of stock or debt obligations of domestic members of such group outstanding on December 31, 1971, and issued on or after January 1, 1968, to persons other than United States persons or any members of such group, but only to the extent the taxpayer establishes that such amount constitutes a long-term borrowing for purposes of the foreign direct investment program, over
(ii) the net amount of actual foreign investment by domestic members of such group during the period that such stock or debt obligations have been outstanding; and
(B) the amount of liquid assets to the extent not included in subparagraph (A) held by foreign members of such group and foreign branches of domestic members of such group on October 31, 1971, in excess of their reasonable working capital needs on such date.
For purposes of this paragraph, the term “liquid assets” means money, bank deposits (not including time deposits), and indebtedness of 2 years or less to maturity on the date of acquisition; and the actual foreign investment shall be determined under paragraph (3) without regard to the date in subparagraph (A) of such paragraph and without regard to subparagraph (D) of such paragraph.
(5) Special rule
(e) Certain transfers of DISC assetsIf—
(1) a corporation owns, directly or indirectly, all of the stock of a subsidiary and a DISC,
(2) the subsidiary has been engaged in the active conduct of a trade or business (within the meaning of section 355(b)) throughout the 5–year period ending on the date of the transfer and continues to be so engaged thereafter, and
(3) during the taxable year of the subsidiary in which its stock is transferred and its preceding taxable year, such trade or business gives rise to qualified export receipts of the subsidiary and the DISC,
then, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary by regulations shall prescribe, transfers of assets, stock, or both, will be deemed to be a reorganization within the meaning of section 368, a transaction to which section 355 applies, an exchange of stock to which section 351 applies, or a combination thereof. The preceding sentence shall apply only to the extent that the transfer or transfers involved are for the purpose of preventing the separation of the ownership of the stock in the DISC from the ownership of the trade or business which (during the base period) produced the export gross receipts of the DISC.
(f) Interest on DISC-related deferred tax liability
(1) In generalA shareholder of a DISC shall pay for each taxable year interest in an amount equal to the product of—
(A) the shareholder’s DISC-related deferred tax liability for such year, and
(B) the base period T-bill rate.
(2) Shareholder’s DISC-related deferred tax liabilityFor purposes of this subsection—
(A) In generalThe term “shareholder’s DISC-related deferred tax liability” means, with respect to any taxable year of a shareholder of a DISC, the excess of—
(i) the amount which would be the tax liability of the shareholder for the taxable year if the deferred DISC income of such shareholder for such taxable year were included in gross income as ordinary income, over
(ii) the actual amount of the tax liability of such shareholder for such taxable year.
Determinations under the preceding sentence shall be made without regard to carrybacks to such taxable year.
(B) Adjustments for losses, credits, and other itemsThe Secretary shall prescribe regulations which provide such adjustments—
(i) to the accounts of the DISC, and
(ii) to the amount of any carryover or carryback of the shareholder,
as may be necessary or appropriate in the case of net operating losses, credits, and carryovers, and carrybacks of losses and credits.
(C) Tax liability
(3) Deferred DISC incomeFor purposes of this subsection—
(A) In generalThe term “deferred DISC income” means, with respect to any taxable year of a shareholder, the excess of—
(i) the shareholder’s pro rata share of accumulated DISC income (for periods after 1984) of the DISC as of the close of the computation year, over
(ii) the amount of the distributions-in-excess-of-income for the taxable year of the DISC following the computation year.
(B) Computation year
(C) Distributions-in-excess-of-incomeFor purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “distributions-in-excess-of-income” means, with respect to any taxable year of a DISC, the excess (if any) of—
(i) the amount of actual distributions to the shareholder out of accumulated DISC income, over
(ii) the shareholder’s pro rata share of the DISC income for such taxable year.
(4) Base period T-bill rate
(5) Short years
(6) Payment and assessment and collection of interest
(7) DISC includes former DISC
(g) Treatment of tax-exempt shareholdersIf any organization described in subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2) of section 511 (or any other person otherwise subject to tax under section 511) is a shareholder in a DISC—
(1) any amount deemed distributed to such shareholder under subsection (b),
(2) any actual distribution to such shareholder which under section 996 is treated as out of accumulated DISC income, and
(3) any gain which is treated as a dividend under subsection (c),
shall be treated as derived from the conduct of an unrelated trade or business (and the modifications of section 512(b) shall not apply). The rules of the preceding sentence shall apply also for purposes of determining any such shareholder’s DISC-related deferred tax liability under subsection (f).
(Added Pub. L. 92–178, title V, § 501, Dec. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 544; amended Pub. L. 94–455, title X, §§ 1063, 1065(a)(2), title XI, § 1101(a), (d)(1), title XIX, §§ 1901(b)(3)(K), 1906(b)(13)(A), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1650, 1654, 1655, 1658, 1793, 1834; Pub. L. 95–600, title VII, §§ 701(u)(12)(B), 703(i)(1), (2), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2918, 2940; Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title I, § 68(d), title VIII, § 802(a), (b), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 588, 997, 999; Pub. L. 99–514, title XVIII, § 1876(b)(2), (g), (p)(1), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2898, 2900, 2902; Pub. L. 100–647, title I, §§ 1006(e)(15), 1012(bb)(6)(A), Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3402, 3535; Pub. L. 101–239, title VII, § 7811(i)(12), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2411; Pub. L. 106–170, title V, § 532(c)(2)(R), Dec. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 1931; Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(7) [title III, §§ 307(c), 319(12)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–636, 2763A–646; Pub. L. 107–147, title IV, § 417(15), Mar. 9, 2002, 116 Stat. 56.)
§ 996. Rules for allocation in the case of distributions and losses
(a) Rules for actual distributions and certain deemed distributions
(1) In general
Any actual distribution (other than a distribution described in paragraph (2) or to which section 995(c) applies) to a shareholder by a DISC (or former DISC) which is made out of earnings and profits shall be treated as made—
(A) first, out of previously taxed income, to the extent thereof,
(B) second, out of accumulated DISC income, to the extent thereof, and
(C) finally, out of other earnings and profits.
(2) Qualifying distributions
Any actual distribution made pursuant to section 992(c) (relating to distributions to meet qualification requirements), and any deemed distribution pursuant to section 995(b)(1)(G) (relating to foreign investment attributable to producer’s loans), shall be treated as made—
(A) first, out of accumulated DISC income, to the extent thereof,
(B) second, out of the earnings and profits described in paragraph (1)(C), to the extent thereof, and
(C) finally, out of previously taxed income.
In the case of any amount of any actual distribution to a C corporation made pursuant to section 992(c) which is required to satisfy the condition of section 992(a)(1)(A), the preceding sentence shall apply to 16/17ths of such amount and paragraph (1) shall apply to the remaining 1/17th of such amount.
(3) Exclusion from gross income
(b) Ordering rules for losses
If for any taxable year a DISC, or a former DISC, incurs a deficit in earnings and profits, such deficit shall be chargeable—
(1) first, to earnings and profits described in subsection (a)(1)(C), to the extent thereof,
(2) second, to accumulated DISC income, to the extent thereof, and
(3) finally, to previously taxed income, except that a deficit in earnings and profits shall not be applied against accumulated DISC income which has been determined is to be deemed distributed to the shareholders (pursuant to section 995(b)(2)(A)) as a result of a revocation of election or other disqualification.
(c) Priority of distributions
(d) Subsequent effect of previous disposition of DISC stock
(1) Shareholder previously taxed income adjustment
If—
(A) gain with respect to a share of stock of a DISC or former DISC is treated under section 995(c) as a dividend or as ordinary income, and
(B) any person subsequently receives an actual distribution made out of accumulated DISC income, or a deemed distribution made pursuant to section 995(b)(2), with respect to such share,
such person shall treat such distribution in the same manner as a distribution from previously taxed income to the extent that (i) the gain referred to in subparagraph (A), exceeds (ii) any other amounts with respect to such share which were treated under this paragraph as made from previously taxed income. In applying this paragraph with respect to a share of stock in a DISC or former DISC, gain on the acquisition of such share by the DISC or former DISC or gain on a transaction prior to such acquisition shall not be considered gain referred to in subparagraph (A).
(2) Corporate adjustment upon redemption
(e) Adjustment to basis
(1) Additions to basis
(2) Reductions of basis
(f) Definition of divisions of earnings and profits
For purposes of this part:
(1) DISC income
(2) Previously taxed income
(3) Other earnings and profits
(g) Effectively connected income
(Added Pub. L. 92–178, title V, § 501 Dec. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 547; amended Pub. L. 94–455, title XI, § 1101(e), title XIX, §§ 1901(b)(3)(I), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1659, 1793; Pub. L. 95–600, title VII, § 703(i)(3), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2940; Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title VIII, § 801(d)(10), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 997; Pub. L. 99–514, title XVIII, § 1876(k), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2900.)
§ 997. Special subchapter C rules
For purposes of applying the provisions of subchapter C of chapter 1, any distribution in property to a corporation by a DISC or former DISC which is made out of previously taxed income or accumulated DISC income shall—
(1) be treated as a distribution in the same amount as if such distribution of property were made to an individual, and
(2) have a basis, in the hands of the recipient corporation, equal to the amount determined under paragraph (1).
(Added Pub. L. 92–178, title V, § 501, Dec. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 549.)