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 102 STAT. 3716

PUBLIC LAW 100-647—NOV. 10, 1988

SEC. 6128. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN UNITED STATES AFFILIATE OBLIGATIONS. (a) GENERAL RULE.—Subparagraph (B) of section 127(g)(3) of the

26 USC 871 note. Tax Reform Act of 1984 is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: "as such principles are applied in Revenue Ruling 86-6, except that the maximum debt-to-equity ratio described in such Revenue Rulings shall be increased from 5-to-l to 25-to-l". 26 USC 871 note. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 6129. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN INSURANCE BRANCHES OF FOREIGN CORPORATIONS. (a) GENERAL RULE.—Section 964 of the 1986 Code (relating to miscellaneous provisions) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(d) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN BRANCHES.—

"(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this chapter, section 6038, section 6046, and such other provisions as may be specified in regulations— "(A) a qualified insurance branch of a controlled foreign corporation shall be treated as a separate foreign corporation created under the laws of the foreign country with respect to which such branch qualifies under paragraph (2), and "(B) except as provided in regulations, any amount directly or indirectly transferred or credited from such branch to one or more other accounts of such controlled foreign corporation shall be treated as a dividend paid to such controlled foreign corporation. "(2) QUALIFIED INSURANCE BRANCH.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the term 'qualified insurance branch' means any branch of a controlled foreign corporation which is licensed and predominantly engaged on a permanent basis in the active conduct of an insurance business in a foreign country if^ "(A) separate books and accounts are maintained for such branch, "(B) the principal place of business of such branch is in such foreign country, "(C) such branch would be taxable under subchapter L if it were a separate domestic corporation, and "(D) an election under this paragraph applies to such branch. An election under this paragraph shall apply to the taxable year for which made and all subsequent taxable years unless revoked with the consent of the Secretary. "(3) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this subsection." 26 USC 964 note. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years of foreign corporations beginning after December 31, 1988.

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