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<dc:title>118 HR 7933 IH: Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act</dc:title>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">118th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 7933</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20240410">April 10, 2024</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S001145">Ms. Schakowsky</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HWM00">Committee on Ways and Means</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the treatment of foreign corporations, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H92F2E8588CA94464A6339D3F582887C1" style="OLC"> 
<section section-type="section-one" id="H8A78213AFAD14ACDAC160C03E2BA5A19"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="H5CFBB03DB9DE44D5A6D8A4858316CF43"><enum>2.</enum><header>Restoration of progressive corporate tax rate</header> <subsection id="HD114581771BE41AC9C04527A361873DE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/11">Section 11(b)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:</text> 
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<subsection id="H839B4A096BDE4D4194547F0B6BC66E3C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amount of tax</header> 
<paragraph id="HBBE1884FED944A7FB35C5AEA68381CA4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amount of the tax imposed by subsection (a) shall be the sum of—</text> <subparagraph id="HA7A9A732E94B42F6B6D6FAA736C44175"><enum>(A)</enum><text>15 percent of so much of the taxable income as does not exceed $50,000,</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H700FFFB26BE449E7A06CB7B99C308517"><enum>(B)</enum><text>25 percent of so much of the taxable income as exceeds $50,000 but does not exceed $75,000,</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCEEC3C09C2244DAAB4860F5C8F4B4835"><enum>(C)</enum><text>34 percent of so much of the taxable income as exceeds $75,000 but does not exceed $10,000,000, and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H243F95BCA6534F86942F57E8265AD9B6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>35 percent of so much of the taxable income as exceeds $10,000,000.</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">In the case of a corporation which has taxable income in excess of $100,000 for any taxable year, the amount of tax determined under the preceding sentence for such taxable year shall be increased by the lesser of (i) 5 percent of such excess, or (ii) $11,750. In the case of a corporation which has taxable income in excess of $15,000,000, the amount of the tax determined under the foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall be increased by an additional amount equal to the lesser of (i) 3 percent of such excess, or (ii) $100,000.</continuation-text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H68407F2C61934D3F80FEC97979BC767E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certain personal service corporations not eligible for graduated rates</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the amount of the tax imposed by subsection (a) on the taxable income of a qualified personal service corporation (as defined in section 448(d)(2)) shall be equal to 35 percent of the taxable income.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> 
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CE95284D35F47AE9C2E3D2D306FFE22"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024. </text></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H129EC21CB79A41FFADB5AC6275E8C1BC"><enum>3.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Equalization of tax rates on domestic and foreign income</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17205C7F354A4A41A26C4E49BD4B3F29"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/952">Section 952</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> 
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4EBB65EED0274343933A9428D2B03E99"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special application of subpart</header> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0D5BD41B9C944A2962EA9571A4ACBB2"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024, notwithstanding any other provision of this subpart, the term <term>subpart F income</term> means, in the case of any controlled foreign corporation, the income of such corporation derived from any foreign country.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2440C4434E8D4738B29669CFC0E87C07"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicable rules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rules similar to the rules under the last sentence of subsection (a) and subsection (d) shall apply to this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> 
<subsection commented="no" id="HECA54814FFAB443FAB1AFB35D2CB898A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of previously deferred foreign income</header> 
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA071D7F1C381420A8352F961A8870AE2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Treatment of interest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/965">Section 965(h)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B1A4F196D7E4F1F9A13DBAB751EF397"> <paragraph commented="no" id="H0F1B9FB82DB84CF3ADAC2D1FA208FFE1"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Rules relating to interest</header><text>In the case of any amount of the net tax liability prorated to an installment under this subsection which has not been paid before the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the last date prescribed for payment of any such installment for purposes of section 6601 shall be the earlier of such last date (determined without regard to this paragraph) or such date of enactment.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2F9F3DD048924A8B9189844845C14377"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rules for S corporations</header><text>Section 965(i)(2)(A) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H292E165AB6204EDC9748FF79CA349F94"> <clause commented="no" id="HB7BCD0C90D5C42D9A94E962402502603"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The date of the enactment of the <short-title>Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act</short-title>.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="H4CBD17C17DC44F388BEC64EE5E3FC452"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years of foreign corporations beginning after December 31, 2024, and to taxable years of United States shareholders in which or with which such taxable years of foreign corporations end.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H1B2444A73E76444F82E5C04AC9DD5092"><enum>4.</enum><header>Country-by-country application of limitation on foreign tax credit based on taxable units</header> <subsection id="HBAA8FD8629B540679B5464852113A9B2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 904 is amended by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection:</text> 
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<subsection id="HC101BFCD65E245C29026333AD4162883"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Country-by-Country application of section based on taxable units</header> 
<paragraph id="H83571C2FCE1B4F429BCE9A3C1264D729"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) and sections 907 and 960 shall be applied separately with respect to each country and possession by taking into account the aggregate items properly attributable or otherwise allocable to a taxable unit of the taxpayer which is a tax resident of such country or possession.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H47914F9CCDF44D1CA0BE59A4C4A1F01B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Taxable units</header> <subparagraph id="H3BA646D5F56746E5B4BDE3D5ED0A2BEB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unless otherwise provided by the Secretary, to the extent an item may be properly attributable or otherwise allocable to more than one taxable unit under paragraph (1), such item shall be treated as properly attributable or otherwise allocable to the lowest-tier taxable unit of the taxpayer to which such item may be properly attributable or otherwise allocable. No item shall be attributable or otherwise allocable to more than one taxable unit of the taxpayer.</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H144AD3C85BB04C6798E71CA3BF84D2B0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Determination of taxable units</header><text>Except as otherwise provided by the Secretary, the taxable units of a taxpayer are as follows:</text> <clause id="H78562FF6CA6143298524E2A6EE55FD37"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The general taxable unit of the taxpayer which is not otherwise described in a separate clause of this subparagraph.</text></clause> 
<clause id="H1E7E65AF45E04C83B6EA493CB93FE948"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Foreign branches</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each foreign branch the activities of which are carried on directly or indirectly (through one or more pass-through entities) by the taxpayer.</text></clause> <clause id="H297297356EEF44F1869BEAE70FA936FD"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Controlled foreign corporations</header><text>Each controlled foreign corporation with respect to which the taxpayer is a United States shareholder.</text></clause> 
<clause id="H838222DFCC6341BAA8FBD86B9BB2717F"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Branches of controlled foreign corporations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each branch the activities of which are carried on directly or indirectly (through one or more pass-through entities) by a controlled foreign corporation referred to in clause (iii).</text></clause> <clause id="HBADC95571DD54DBEA5078908D9D38407"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Interests in pass-through entities</header> <subclause id="H0BD2A62C0D984CA38F9E9A415A6B45D8"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each interest in a pass-through entity held directly or indirectly by the taxpayer or a controlled foreign corporation referred to in clause (iii) if such entity is a tax resident of a foreign country.</text></subclause> 
<subclause id="H3CAF257EB21E49539C4621FC4A76E4D7"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Certain interests held by controlled foreign corporations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each interest in a pass-through entity held directly or indirectly by a controlled foreign corporation referred to in clause (iii) if such entity is a tax resident of a foreign country or such entity is treated as a corporation (or other entity that is not fiscally transparent) for purposes of the tax law of a foreign country in which such controlled foreign corporation is a tax resident.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBBA37145A7894EC8B7E935E705FA82E5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Tax resident</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, a taxable unit shall be treated as a tax resident of a country or possession if such taxable unit is liable to tax under the tax law of such country or possession as a resident.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H5211DAB43A744299B7B43CE261E878C8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Pass-through entity</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>pass-through entity</term> means any partnership and any other type of entity (other than a corporation) identified by the Secretary as a pass-through entity for purposes of this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA8E293F4FAD042D2884B1E11971A225B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary shall issue such regulations or other guidance as the Secretary determines necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this subsection, including regulations or other guidance—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H3531222073BC42BD88CE57CC152ABD87"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for determining the country or possession with respect to which any taxable unit is a tax resident, including—</text> <clause id="H183EAA06B8844A80B24DBF65257483AF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determining such country or possession on the basis of location if such taxable unit would not otherwise be a tax resident of any country or possession, and</text></clause> 
<clause id="H258600F6E7214C8AA8E9C2195AD51045"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ensuring that such taxable unit is a tax resident of not more than 1 country or possession,</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAC24379E944E4BBF8AD1E4B7EFE7140C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">applying this section to hybrid entities, passive foreign investment companies, tiered structures, and branches, including branches that do not give rise to a taxable presence under the tax law of the country where the branch is located, and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H3E55D40256984F3EBABBEA0B320EE06F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>determining whether any entity is not fiscally transparent within the meaning of paragraph (2)(B)(v)(II).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H5BBA46EA106347C3ADBC021A5BB011FA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application of foreign tax credit limitation with respect to foreign branches</header><text>Section 904(d)(2)(J)(i) is amended—</text> 
<paragraph id="HB554C1855C374EDC89F050FC140A3435"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>qualified business units (as defined in section 989(a)) in 1 or more foreign countries</quote> and inserting <quote>foreign branches described in section 904(e)(2)(B)(ii)</quote>, and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8929800C610A4C0F8C7509A574F37D42"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>a qualified business unit</quote> and inserting <quote>a foreign branch</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9E0D40C55FC49B2B689CACC9B0C9BBE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024. </text></subsection></section> <section id="H423F59D852724C10995CDBE63A06A45D"><enum>5.</enum><header>Repeal of check-the-box rules for certain foreign entities and CFC look-thru rules</header> <subsection id="HDCCA7CA8C52941D59127FA6B2B2A51C8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Check-the-Box rules</header><text>Paragraph (3) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/7701">section 7701(a)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text> 
<paragraph id="HFF553D4068FD4A06802811155E712148"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and</quote>, and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A12A4B89F4C4C76BC72210FC7BCA675"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after <quote>insurance companies</quote> the following: <quote>, and any foreign business entity that has one or more owners all of which have limited liability.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC539B2B4003C42368A9354B379FADACC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Look-Thru rule</header><text>Subparagraph (C) of section 954(c)(6) of such Code is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE0242C082094B2092FC8C60AC2BA9FB"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H674757D897344A189DD46E0F1994B7B4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to dividends, interest, rents, and royalties received or accrued after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act</short-title>.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> 
<subsection id="HFCB8EFCE369643318C67A39E49F58D70"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H6C75530C354B4F87A207640A69382FE3"><enum>6.</enum><header>Limitation on deduction of interest by domestic corporations which are members of an international financial reporting group</header> <subsection id="H64F05C65B0D34FBFAEC0AC703EF43225"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/163">Section 163</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection (n) as subsection (o) and by inserting after subsection (m) the following new subsection:</text> 
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<subsection id="HED9DEDB9CC1943209D10E1EA8652AB24"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Limitation on deduction of interest by domestic corporations in international financial reporting groups</header> 
<paragraph id="H190C5501DBE14AFB8E7440021378C84F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of any domestic corporation which is a member of any international financial reporting group, the deduction under this chapter for interest paid or accrued during the taxable year shall not exceed the sum of—</text> <subparagraph id="H383850E2E6FB493DB688FE87BF3D2415"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the allowable percentage of 105 percent of the excess (if any) of—</text> 
<clause id="H3ADB01FD346F46B4B542FBFC581D065F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of such interest so paid or accrued, over</text></clause> <clause id="H4FDC95C2A57C4F448830E9E0627C2CF1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount described in subparagraph (B), plus</text></clause></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H165FBCAC684B4A139B9BC488710327B1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount of interest includible in gross income of such corporation for such taxable year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE70DDFCFE9E2471C8320B870D7A5E285"><enum>(2)</enum><header>International financial reporting group</header> <subparagraph id="H42767C1062AF4B9E870168CA800AF913"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>international financial reporting group</term> means, with respect to any reporting year, any group of entities which—</text> 
<clause id="H73403F634FA64A4CB373FBB4F3C26555"><enum>(i)</enum><text>includes—</text> <subclause id="HD7993C84192B47C1AFEBA95D102A1D8C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>at least one foreign corporation engaged in a trade or business within the United States, or</text></subclause> 
<subclause id="H8B6DFA642A6642E19AD9428508D0E64B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>at least one domestic corporation and one foreign corporation,</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H8FB13B45C7904E80917265FB8CF5A52F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>prepares consolidated financial statements with respect to such year, and</text></clause> 
<clause id="H8F9D9165CE0F4919B1C00AB495770EBD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>reports in such statements average annual gross receipts (determined in the aggregate with respect to all entities which are part of such group) for the 3-reporting-year period ending with such reporting year in excess of $25,000,000.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H787265AF96724C338353639B1632C7CA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rules relating to determination of average gross receipts</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii), rules similar to the rules of section 448(c)(3) shall apply.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H9E1CEF406092467BB675DC87FE2BF034"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allowable percentage</header><text>For purposes of this subsection—</text> <subparagraph id="H7AD93B05105E42FD865E92984EC5D4AC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>allowable percentage</term> means, with respect to any domestic corporation for any taxable year, the ratio (expressed as a percentage and not greater than 100 percent) of—</text> 
<clause id="H3524AE2F70434DA998459AC155A5EECB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such corporation’s allocable share of the international financial reporting group’s reported net interest expense for the reporting year of such group which ends in or with such taxable year of such corporation, over</text></clause> <clause id="HF127236AE38B40DA8001357DAA930BFB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such corporation’s reported net interest expense for such reporting year of such group.</text></clause></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H9F68D92F53644C57A655FFE6B34A3BE4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reported net interest expense</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>reported net interest expense</term> means—</text> <clause id="H4AF7916FE90C43B895EAE5601F933EDC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>with respect to any international financial reporting group for any reporting year, the excess of—</text> 
<subclause id="HC89B0F2E7E9045A4BD20BE7EC60DBAC5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the aggregate amount of interest expense reported in such group’s consolidated financial statements for such taxable year, over</text></subclause> <subclause id="H31CC7B75C1CD453C8A41AEF3F8976699"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the aggregate amount of interest income reported in such group’s consolidated financial statements for such taxable year, and</text></subclause></clause> 
<clause id="H5D4367B1F285453B9B4E6DC79201E865"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with respect to any domestic corporation for any reporting year, the excess of—</text> <subclause id="H6D21AF1598DF498DBEDE9358CB5822F5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the amount of interest expense of such corporation reported in the books and records of the international financial reporting group which are used in preparing such group’s consolidated financial statements for such taxable year, over</text></subclause> 
<subclause id="H09C36803903E4F22946F37761A46CEA3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the amount of interest income of such corporation reported in such books and records.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBD515A488012416BA8959DC043530282"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Allocable share of reported net interest expense</header><text>With respect to any domestic corporation which is a member of any international financial reporting group, such corporation’s allocable share of such group’s reported net interest expense for any reporting year is the portion of such expense which bears the same ratio to such expense as—</text> 
<clause id="H03CAB27581D04547B727AF508AEB1667"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the EBITDA of such corporation for such reporting year, bears to</text></clause> <clause id="H8895C72C3E8C420BBA243AFFD70027EA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the EBITDA of such group for such reporting year.</text></clause></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H5E36657459534089B00042331CB28CAF"><enum>(D)</enum><header>EBITDA</header> 
<clause id="H9D6FE32BCEAE48CEB4C3ABBFBAA5B42A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>EBITDA</term> means, with respect to any reporting year, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization—</text> <subclause id="H5224EC0C06E74845ABDB4F09B1D34D20"><enum>(I)</enum><text>as determined in the international financial reporting group’s consolidated financial statements for such year, or</text></subclause> 
<subclause id="H07482945E86B4069974E46FFCFDCCDED"><enum>(II)</enum><text>for purposes of subparagraph (A)(i), as determined in the books and records of the international financial reporting group which are used in preparing such statements if not determined in such statements.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H405B851C5E35421C875164276A55A0B8"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Treatment of disregarded entities</header><text>The EBITDA of any domestic corporation shall not fail to include the EBITDA of any entity which is disregarded for purposes of this chapter.</text></clause> 
<clause id="HF38E567FCAA6426E937340FC1143ED5B"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Treatment of intra-group distributions</header><text>The EBITDA of any domestic corporation shall be determined without regard to any distribution received by such corporation from any other member of the international financial reporting group.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H00A48025F6F44CAB998B005B3432E386"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Special rules for non-positive EBITDA</header> <clause id="HF074A5931C224ED98611D8B666D91F25"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Non-positive group EBITDA</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of any international financial reporting group the EBITDA of which is zero or less, paragraph (1) shall not apply to any member of such group the EBITDA of which is above zero.</text></clause> 
<clause id="H035A8030B9BB4BB3A6BE53764E11FB6E"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Non-positive entity EBITDA</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of any group member the EBITDA of which is zero or less, paragraph (1) shall be applied without regard to subparagraph (A) thereof.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H15EFDA90FC3D489EA40E88BCED36DDA4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consolidated financial statement</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>consolidated financial statement</term> means any consolidated financial statement described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii) if such statement is—</text> 
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5B04A7A0683A4A779E271CF5968267F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a financial statement which is certified as being prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, international financial reporting standards, or any other comparable method of accounting identified by the Secretary, and which is—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HEB6BB37CFA744C7492687E09F7991E4C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a 10–K (or successor form) or annual statement to shareholders required to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission,</text></clause> 
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9233AED60C61419AA85E67F6CD8FB4D6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an audited financial statement which is used for—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9239A671009F4D69BC608B3BA890C4D7"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">credit purposes,</text></subclause> 
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A3ABBBB63FC49E4B8B2B581108CE742"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reporting to shareholders, partners, or other proprietors, or to beneficiaries, or</text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9F699E361ED42B4948CF063AE088CEB"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other substantial nontax purpose,</text></subclause><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="clause">but only if there is no statement described in clause (i), or</continuation-text></clause> 
<clause commented="no" id="H8EEEF3FBDA23493FA4B9149C147AF612"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>filed with any other Federal or State agency for nontax purposes, but only if there is no statement described in clause (i) or (ii), or</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6BC6736101854FF2BC1A6033207F6E74"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a financial statement which—</text> 
<clause commented="no" id="HE94D327AFE3B440B900C9B261E8B5B83"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is used for a purpose described in subclause (I), (II), or (III) of subparagraph (A)(ii), or</text></clause> <clause id="HC9A9CB9397754D23A8FBDF5BAC6AF29D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>filed with any regulatory or governmental body (whether domestic or foreign) specified by the Secretary,</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">but only if there is no statement described in subparagraph (A).</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H5AF2E04776154E1D802B711A42EE4793"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reporting year</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, the term <quote>reporting year</quote> means, with respect to any international financial reporting group, the year with respect to which the consolidated financial statements are prepared.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFE734FCEEB1148F7824BB9E44655CA97"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Application to certain entities</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H7AA258E622F2412E8DF20FC41B4AD2E4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Partnerships</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The secretary shall prescribe rules for application of this subsection to any partnership which is a member of any international financial reporting group. Such rules shall treat any such partnership in a manner similar to the way such partnership would be treated under this subsection if it were a domestic corporation which is a member of any international financial reporting group.</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H60D78DC1B4F246028C108C65629321A2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Foreign corporations engaged in trade or business within the United States</header><text>Except as otherwise provided by the Secretary in paragraph (7), any deduction for interest paid or accrued by a foreign corporation engaged in a trade or business within the United States shall be limited in a manner consistent with the principles of this subsection.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H93610C0C2F9C49EEA247271D4856655C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Consolidated groups</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the members of any group that file (or are required to file) a consolidated return with respect to the tax imposed by chapter 1 for a taxable year shall be treated as a single corporation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H155132E45A804D3EA2474BF65793D17A"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary may issue such regulations or other guidance as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6EEF71F0FA6F42438141FEBD5A66C45C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> 
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H705E2D0E42614D3D98697543731942E7"><enum>7.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Modifications to rules relating to inverted corporations</header> 
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF39D2DE030443BFAC0845BA3CD7D241"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/7874">section 7874</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3163BD2A93844E579B2E1460B54EEA4B"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0071FF9ECB4349C99458391FF11C3825"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inverted corporations treated as domestic corporations</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F0D92CA374E4C88B7972353A7B46EC6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 7701(a)(4), a foreign corporation shall be treated for purposes of this title as a domestic corporation if—</text> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D45BD38A99A43D99D872C8447EB508A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such corporation would be a surrogate foreign corporation if subsection (a)(2) were applied by substituting <quote>80 percent</quote> for <quote>60 percent</quote>, or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC47F4B6E485A48B69952D1AD627C9C7C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such corporation is an inverted domestic corporation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H285AE7A11545450B8217C83CF837901A"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inverted domestic corporation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, a foreign corporation shall be treated as an inverted domestic corporation if, pursuant to a plan (or a series of related transactions)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0DB67A426484C5886DA245FA2CFA402"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the entity completes after May 8, 2014, the direct or indirect acquisition of—</text> 
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29914684303047C8AD6A2090E98D45DC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">substantially all of the properties held directly or indirectly by a domestic corporation, or</text></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF3FD7B7CC9246CE9AD31FD39B7FC797"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">substantially all of the assets of, or substantially all of the properties constituting a trade or business of, a domestic partnership, and</text></clause></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H47FC47139E154E9989D4D566E401D672"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">after the acquisition, more than 50 percent of the stock (by vote or value) of the entity is held—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD4054981A6B4A7F8B0D74D4B6ADB648"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an acquisition with respect to a domestic corporation, by former shareholders of the domestic corporation by reason of holding stock in the domestic corporation, or</text></clause> 
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9E152F6637D449683F3E9D55ED724D7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an acquisition with respect to a domestic partnership, by former partners of the domestic partnership by reason of holding a capital or profits interest in the domestic partnership.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4092D3555A2948039867B10054BFBFE0"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception for corporations with substantial business activities in foreign country of organization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A foreign corporation described in paragraph (2) shall not be treated as an inverted domestic corporation if after the acquisition the expanded affiliated group which includes the entity has substantial business activities in the foreign country in which or under the law of which the entity is created or organized when compared to the total business activities of such expanded affiliated group. For purposes of subsection (a)(2)(B)(iii) and the preceding sentence, the term <term>substantial business activities</term> shall have the meaning given such term under regulations in effect on May 8, 2014, except that the Secretary may issue regulations increasing the threshold percent in any of the tests under such regulations for determining if business activities constitute substantial business activities for purposes of this paragraph.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> 
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9237164CB0F439FBCB61CF0A89A463B"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2ED4F8FD42354F60B3595C1948BBEAA2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause (i) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/7874">section 7874(a)(2)(B)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>after March 4, 2003,</quote> and inserting <quote>after March 4, 2003, and before May 9, 2014,</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CB1590FBB994D8D8DB885434BC8818A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c) of section 7874 of such Code is amended—</text> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3E7B16CF1214FE3B2E1FCE1899B8B63"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DD28176B0E04F2D906EE1BC7E2F9C26"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>subsection (a)(2)(B)(ii)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (a)(2)(B)(ii) and (b)(2)(B)</quote>, and</text></clause> 
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A411AFD01704A579445E3D52262D25D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or (b)(2)(A)</quote> after <quote>(a)(2)(B)(i)</quote> in subparagraph (B),</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91B59C04119B40C9AD22A3D03E1639CF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>or (b)(2)(B), as the case may be,</quote> after <quote>(a)(2)(B)(ii)</quote>,</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E3A9BC8D0004306AF0DCB1396E66268"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>subsection (a)(2)(B)(ii)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (a)(2)(B)(ii) and (b)(2)(B)</quote>, and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB94FCBFD52674A2EAFDEBF7A8CF9A00D"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6), by inserting <quote>or inverted domestic corporation, as the case may be,</quote> after <quote>surrogate foreign corporation</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED9915520DC743C6B25718F479EB15DF"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years ending after May 8, 2014.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H71C2D58FCBFA4305801622D2DA7845B6"><enum>8.</enum><header>Treatment of foreign corporations managed and controlled in the United States as domestic corporations</header> <subsection id="HBB4D064786774D7391EFBDA27D241DF7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/7701">Section 7701</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection (p) as subsection (q) and by inserting after subsection (o) the following new subsection:</text> 
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<subsection id="HDB00216C49B74B2EA775FE418A628D91"><enum>(p)</enum><header>Certain corporations managed and controlled in the United States treated as domestic for income tax</header> 
<paragraph id="HEF5BCF4AC1CD413F973164D6210E63FA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a)(4), in the case of a corporation described in paragraph (2) if—</text> <subparagraph id="H0B7E5756AA83496FA78D373180DEC00C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the corporation would not otherwise be treated as a domestic corporation for purposes of this title, but</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H3AF1A1090A0344B3B7D5FC05C71DE660"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the management and control of the corporation occurs, directly or indirectly, primarily within the United States,</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">then, solely for purposes of chapter 1 (and any other provision of this title relating to chapter 1), the corporation shall be treated as a domestic corporation.</continuation-text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H099A865C409D433E997B085808FB96BD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Corporation described</header> <subparagraph id="H16A67734EA67420A956BF90633BEC18E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A corporation is described in this paragraph if—</text> 
<clause id="HE103F84E92A54608AC824A90B932FFF3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the stock of such corporation is regularly traded on an established securities market, or</text></clause> <clause id="H14895A888608469A8583418BBDD41336"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the aggregate gross assets of such corporation (or any predecessor thereof), including assets under management for investors, whether held directly or indirectly, at any time during the taxable year or any preceding taxable year is $50,000,000 or more.</text></clause></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HD08713CB245C4A7790686136C78FAD28"><enum>(B)</enum><header>General exception</header><text>A corporation shall not be treated as described in this paragraph if—</text> <clause id="HCB3ACBAEFBAB41099C5066E72A746C99"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such corporation was treated as a corporation described in this paragraph in a preceding taxable year,</text></clause> 
<clause id="HEA81D6EFC88347ACB5B5C63E7425A64D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such corporation—</text> <subclause id="H9C76C5D3C8724FE085C2E3CD139F5F0C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is not regularly traded on an established securities market, and</text></subclause> 
<subclause id="HA5ED9291E2FD4DC09FCB5DE2EFEEE79D"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has, and is reasonably expected to continue to have, aggregate gross assets (including assets under management for investors, whether held directly or indirectly) of less than $50,000,000, and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HC1A62C7601614C61BD484F0E1C0EB33F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Secretary grants a waiver to such corporation under this subparagraph.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H7052710A712C45B1ACA3B50B79869286"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Management and control</header> 
<subparagraph id="HA91782A2C8884B0CA5BBC9AD2DE818D3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for purposes of determining cases in which the management and control of a corporation is to be treated as occurring primarily within the United States.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H77F9EAB2B6524946A003ECBEF0BE8CBC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Executive officers and senior management</header><text>Such regulations shall provide that—</text> 
<clause id="H2A3B0CD391B04D299107947A886DF847"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the management and control of a corporation shall be treated as occurring primarily within the United States if substantially all of the executive officers and senior management of the corporation who exercise day-to-day responsibility for making decisions involving strategic, financial, and operational policies of the corporation are located primarily within the United States, and</text></clause> <clause id="H6266FE48F4644BAE8C1B9309AD954072"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>individuals who are not executive officers and senior management of the corporation (including individuals who are officers or employees of other corporations in the same chain of corporations as the corporation) shall be treated as executive officers and senior management if such individuals exercise the day-to-day responsibilities of the corporation described in clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H8FE10E27B552447FA00299FB5052B4AA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Corporations primarily holding investment assets</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such regulations shall also provide that the management and control of a corporation shall be treated as occurring primarily within the United States if—</text> <clause id="HD8A491745912483090AADB0E08BC313E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the assets of such corporation (directly or indirectly) consist primarily of assets being managed on behalf of investors, and</text></clause> 
<clause id="H4A7A808DDA8A44F2BED1CC9F9C14BA3F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>decisions about how to invest the assets are made in the United States.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAFC5F0A97DDF48708970BDB98406F9B5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after the date which is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. </text></subsection></section> 
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B71DC4CF40644D08AF6854A76761FC1"><enum>9.</enum><header>Modifications to base erosion and anti-abuse tax</header> 
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E90E9A9BA284371AD51F4CEC0291D83"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Acceleration of modifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/59A">Section 59A(b)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F6E69AEED544B818002FE731FBEEBD2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by striking <quote>10 percent (5 percent in the case of taxable years beginning in calendar year 2018)</quote> and inserting <quote>12.5 percent</quote>,</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3207BBC9B42049FA807685040C681388"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B), by striking <quote>by the excess of</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>by the aggregate amount of the credits allowed under this chapter against such regular tax liability.</quote>,</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H440853B253A442AE9B929BC36FE69D21"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (2) and (4) and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2), and</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H285568188A75443D816ED48E22CFBBAA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A) shall each</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1)(A) shall</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H916D1B7ED92F4BAE90F696C6FD8CF223"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Modifications to definition of applicable taxpayer</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/59A">Section 59A(e)(1)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE814AFEA90684DA7AD0160CF7636E15B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$500,000,000</quote> in subparagraph (B) and inserting <quote>$25,000,000</quote>, and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2316577B7E4542008914FA04F8DAB8AD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>, and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting a period, and by striking subparagraph (C).</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEFDE5F2174DF4ED989401983782BE8B0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exceptions to definition of base erosion payment</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/59A">Section 59A(d)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B0C8C9CFC5B45ADBC6DBF1593CFCD6D"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B3583F43452480D896199F1CFF1F744"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Exception for certain payments includible in gross income of payee</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H39C5F454F83043CC85FE74ED809F1829"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any portion of an amount—</text> 
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68C5538289FD4AD283C886A9EBFC9311"><enum>(i)</enum><text> which is paid or accrued by the taxpayer to a foreign person who is a member of the same controlled group of corporations as the taxpayer, and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD020F10252C4404ADCE7A0CEA24747D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>which—</text> 
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C00823128C54A5890328C320A99C901"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is treated by the foreign person as an amount of income from sources within the United States which is effectively connected with the conduct by such person of a trade or business within the United States, or</text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0DEEDF5D91F4E959783958CFF2C8D33"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if the foreign person is a controlled foreign corporation, is included in the income of a United States shareholder of such controlled foreign corporation under section 951(a).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H6576210C344C450696B1C85CCFEB4E1A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Controlled group of corporations</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>controlled group of corporations</term> has the same meaning given to such term by section 1563(a), except that—</text> <clause id="HD39ED44522BA4B1F84268C07D7EAD88F"><enum>(i)</enum><text><quote>more than 50 percent</quote> shall be substituted for <quote>at least 80 percent</quote> each place it appears in section 1563(a)(1), and</text></clause> 
<clause id="H6470DC223AC147BCBDE429DAB3D7724E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the determination shall be made without regard to subsections (a)(4), (b)(2)(C), and (e)(3)(C) of section 1563.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34D67238B51047C688CAA644C0E047A8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning in calendar years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> 
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" changed="added" id="HEBF809B4B91A463DA91BD0D0F9E1608C"><enum>10.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Modifications of foreign tax credit rules applicable to oil, gas, mining, gambling and other industry taxpayers receiving specific economic benefits</header> 
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA621D76E4A14507988A2B7B81A2F23E"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/901">Section 901</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection (n) as subsection (o) and by inserting after subsection (m) the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" changed="added" id="H6D88908B9E084D0692C4EEB16D634501"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H96C3E0B694C74F68BEC64F698E190333"><enum>(n)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rules relating to dual capacity taxpayers</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B83F04F71404A8893D01ADDD2FD63D5"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any amount paid or accrued by a dual capacity taxpayer to a foreign country or possession of the United States for any period shall not be considered a tax—</text> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H426A15CA497846FFB0BA5E53232F809B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if, for such period, the foreign country or possession does not impose a generally applicable income tax, or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF46D00576DB48F192A3B239FDBEDAEF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent such amount exceeds the amount (determined in accordance with regulations) which—</text> 
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H844C15E7B3A84696BCB186219E0A1FFB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is paid by such dual capacity taxpayer pursuant to the generally applicable income tax imposed by the country or possession, or</text></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H22459B9752F74F068FC9DA6C7E1F87EF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">would be paid if the generally applicable income tax imposed by the country or possession were applicable to such dual capacity taxpayer.</text></clause><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="subparagraph">Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to imply the proper treatment of any such amount not in excess of the amount determined under subparagraph (B).</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD72D3326FA3048C9BC51A0C74F6D0687"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dual capacity taxpayer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>dual capacity taxpayer</term> means, with respect to any foreign country or possession of the United States, a person who—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H099A932DAB9049C1A755D673C16178E7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is subject to a levy of such country or possession, and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00BD583B5A2843E4831E199CC93AF91B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">receives (or will receive) directly or indirectly a specific economic benefit (as determined in accordance with regulations) from such country or possession.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF187353A4F684275A7838E4F2388BDC0"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Generally applicable income tax</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection—</text> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94EEE522B3444E94B93A2A21ABE131BF"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>generally applicable income tax</term> means an income tax (or a series of income taxes) which is generally imposed under the laws of a foreign country or possession on income derived from the conduct of a trade or business within such country or possession.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C077719C75D48B085C5BCB3CBA68252"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exceptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such term shall not include a tax unless it has substantial application, by its terms and in practice, to—</text> 
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6CAF52E915254988BD6264C25F3F4F98"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">persons who are not dual capacity taxpayers, and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27A2EBBAC3DB4373B761F404484DE79F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">persons who are citizens or residents of the foreign country or possession.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> 
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA965484252F44DE09A23982044890A0C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxes paid or accrued in taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1EF7BADB2C7146E1AA59A13281C8FEED"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special rule for treaties</header><text>Notwithstanding sections 894 or 7852(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the amendments made by this section shall apply without regard to any treaty obligation of the United States. </text></subsection></section> 
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF32F13D294534BA7945380CBB43DB58D"><enum>11.</enum><header>Limitations on treaty benefits</header> 
<subsection id="H973B009BE84747C481081EBB3DB4AE94"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation for certain deductible payments</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/894">Section 894</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H1546FE4E487C4E8998EC87C5AF6DB893"> <subsection id="H2E88D1201C034303986ABB4ABF07EF62"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation on treaty benefits for certain deductible payments</header> <paragraph id="H1483A62C62B54E7CA9E3E2D2DD59018F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of any deductible related-party payment, any withholding tax imposed under chapter 3 (and any tax imposed under subpart A or B of this part) with respect to such payment may not be reduced under any treaty of the United States unless any such withholding tax would be reduced under a treaty of the United States if such payment were made directly to the foreign parent corporation.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HE7AD9A9FE85B49D9B75BD310A1927A22"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deductible related-party payment</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>deductible related-party payment</term> means any payment made, directly or indirectly, by any person to any other person if the payment is allowable as a deduction under this chapter and both persons are members of the same foreign controlled group of entities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4AE7642017C0416782E87784101A8991"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Foreign controlled group of entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection—</text> 
<subparagraph id="HBF00A29E43F345278339E50FF0A1580A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>foreign controlled group of entities</term> means a controlled group of entities the common parent of which is a foreign corporation.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC66E6F593D8D4511BCE403955947F8BD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Controlled group of entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>controlled group of entities</term> means a controlled group of corporations as defined in section 1563(a)(1), except that—</text> 
<clause id="H4F2C0EA56D6344B587B3C8546348DAC8"><enum>(i)</enum><text><quote>more than 50 percent</quote> shall be substituted for <quote>at least 80 percent</quote> each place it appears therein, and</text></clause> <clause id="HD6DF16C2EABA477399E173DDD7028730"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the determination shall be made without regard to subsections (a)(4) and (b)(2) of section 1563.</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">A partnership or any other entity (other than a corporation) shall be treated as a member of a controlled group of entities if such entity is controlled (within the meaning of section 954(d)(3)) by members of such group (including any entity treated as a member of such group by reason of this sentence).</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H115222E5DA404C8C9EA3DE9A163B286C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Foreign parent corporation</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>foreign parent corporation</term> means, with respect to any deductible related-party payment, the common parent of the foreign controlled group of entities referred to in paragraph (3)(A).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFDAAD9A76BE844A7ACA1F8BE1D438946"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary may prescribe such regulations or other guidance as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this subsection, including regulations or other guidance which provide for—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H6AA5926F813C4BD9AC01218B9FB0122C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the treatment of two or more persons as members of a foreign controlled group of entities if such persons would be the common parent of such group if treated as one corporation, and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7912F7EB49AC4180A1992325FA72D40C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the treatment of any member of a foreign controlled group of entities as the common parent of such group if such treatment is appropriate taking into account the economic relationships among such entities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> 
<subsection commented="no" id="HD6573D40467D4F6A9E8D061A7D6D1ED6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation for certain income attributable to permanent establishments in a third country</header><text>Section 894 of such Code, as amended by subsection (a), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E7394915CC84B239D0514217C5CD0F4"> <subsection commented="no" id="H3EE4B594F0E942B78BA64ED8BFB4B2E7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Denial of treaty benefits with respect to certain income attributable to a permanent establishment in a third country</header><text>A foreign person shall not be entitled under any income tax treaty of the United States with a foreign country to any exemption from, or reduction of, any tax with respect to income if—</text> 
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8A447D354E60439391F185DED3B08304"><enum>(1)</enum><text>such income is income from sources within the United States, and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H498F386CC36345D4874C759367A51FB9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such income is attributable to a permanent establishment which is outside of such foreign country and—</text> 
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6C858F425E89473F8FFBB2BD78A6365E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the profits of which are subject to a combined aggregate effective rate of tax in such foreign country and the country of the permanent establishment that is less than the lesser of—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HF980272D7CA943ED97A3A73EF4C36E8F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>15 percent, or</text></clause> 
<clause commented="no" id="HE2ACE207CFC34DFF96A57A5C55732700"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>60 percent of the general statutory rate of tax on income on corporations in such foreign country, or</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H4D337D5A871541E7A4274CF14F0F088C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>which is located in a foreign country with which the United States does not have an income tax treaty and is not taxed by the foreign country which is a party to the treaty.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> 
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDE139AB7F94A4003A650E7D2E191CBE2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to payments made after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H06FF49AE6C6A486887C81BB8D46E99DD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Special rule for treaties</header><text>Notwithstanding sections 894 or 7852(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the amendments made by this section shall apply without regard to any treaty obligation of the United States. </text></subsection></section> 
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA5942D3C84A34AD0B1E9991C731D06F1"><enum>12.</enum><header>Repeal of deduction for foreign-derived intangible income</header> 
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41AA18427BC349428041FDD25F4F8261"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part VIII of subchapter B of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/26/1">chapter 1</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking section 250 (and the item related to such section in the table of sections for such part).</text></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59A11FA0518840DBBFE1784A472AED8E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB03B60EC35C04B5BBBF19E0DF3B63897"><enum>(1)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/172">Section 172(d)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking paragraph (9).</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDFFBCA66BBB646EEAC8948C2C5C6201B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 246(b) of such Code is amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B8C20FBEF9A4AF6B9BA264545DE08AC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the comma after <quote>section 243(a)(1)</quote> the first place it appears and inserting <quote>and</quote> and by striking <quote>and section 250</quote>, and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65C5DB134E134A42AE5B5F57083D6BDE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and</quote> after <quote>section 243(a)(1)</quote> the second place it appears and by striking <quote>, and 250</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E93DDB9757546638BB5BD2865C69D54"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.</text></subsection></section> 
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