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        <text><![CDATA[Fairness, Simplification and Competitiveness for American Business Act of 2003 - Revises Internal Revenue Code rules relating to U.S. businesses operating abroad.<p>Revises provisions concerning treatment of controlled foreign corporations, including: (1) expanding the de minimis rule; (2) excluding from the definition of "foreign base company oil related income" the pipeline transportation of oil or gas within such foreign country; (3) repealing rules applicable to foreign personal holding companies and foreign investment companies; (4) amending the definition of foreign personal holding company income to include income from certain personal services contracts and sale of such contracts; (5) repealing controlled foreign corporation rules on foreign base company sales and service income; (6) reducing foreign tax credit baskets; and (7) not treating interest, dividends, rents, and royalties from a related controlled foreign corporation as foreign personal holding company income.<p>Sets forth provisions concerning foreign tax credit, including: (1) extending the period in which excess foreign taxes may be carried; (2) defining overall domestic loss and setting forth provisions for determining taxable income for any taxpayer sustaining such a loss; (3) issuing special rules relating to financial services income; (4) dictating rules for the treatment of dividends from certain corporations and extending the look-through treatment for such corporations; (5) extending the carryforward period for foreign tax credits; (6) repealing the limitation of such credits under the alternative minimum tax; and (7) eliminating limitation on such credits with regard to oil or gas extraction taxes.<p>Exempts certain foreign corporations from uniform capitalization rules.<p>Sets forth provisions concerning airline mileage awards to certain foreign persons.<p>Repeals the special capital gains tax on certain nonresident aliens.<p>Exempts dividends paid by a foreign corporation to a nonresident alien from 30 percent taxation.<p>Permits, for interest allocation rule purposes, treating each electing worldwide affiliated group as an affiliated group, subject to exceptions.<p>Makes permanent the subpart F exception for active income financing (presently, the exception expires for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006).]]></text>
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