26 USC 1442 - Withholding of tax on foreign corporations

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 26, 2024

§ 1442.

Withholding of tax on foreign corporations

(a)

General rule

(b)

Exemption

(c)

Exception for certain possessions corporations

(1)

Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands

(2)

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

(A)

In general

If dividends are received during a taxable year by a corporation—

(i)

created or organized in, or under the law of, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and

(ii)

with respect to which the requirements of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 881(b)(1) are met for the taxable year,

subsection (a) shall be applied for such taxable year by substituting “10 percent” for “30 percent”.

(B)

Applicability

(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 358; Pub. L. 89–809, title I, § 104(c), Nov. 13, 1966, 80 Stat. 1557; Pub. L. 92–178, title III, § 313(e), Dec. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 528; Pub. L. 92–606, § 1(e)(2), Oct. 31, 1972, 86 Stat. 1497; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1834; Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title I, §§ 127(e)(2), 130(b), title IV, § 474(r)(29)(I), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 652, 661, 845; Pub. L. 99–514, title XII, § 1273(b)(2)(B), title XVIII, § 1810(d)(3)(E), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2596, 2825; Pub. L. 100–647, title I, § 1012(g)(7), Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3501; Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13237(c)(5), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 508; Pub. L. 108–357, title IV, §§ 411(a)(3)(B), 420(b), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1504, 1513.)

cite as: 26 USC 1442