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 72 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 85-866-SEPT. 2, 1958

extent that any such amount is a distribution out of earnings and profits of the taxable year as specified in section 316(a)(2). " (d) TAXABLE INCOME.—For purposes of this subchapter, the taxable income of an electing small business corporation shall be determined without regard to— "(1) the deduction allowed by section 172 (relating to net operating loss deduction), and "(2) the deductions allowed by part VIII of subchapter B (other than the deduction allowed by section 248, relating to organization expenditures). "SEC. 1374. CORPORATION NET OPERATING LOSS ALLOWED TO SHAREHOLDERS. " (a) GENERAL RULE.—^A net operating loss of an electing small business corporation for any taxable year shall be allowed as a deduction from gross income of the shareholders of such corporation in the manner and to the extent set forth in this section. "(b) ALLOWANCE or DEDUCTION.—Each person who is a shareholder of an electing small business corporation at any time during a taxable year of the corporation in which it has a net operating loss shall be allowed as a deduction from gross income, for his taxable year in which or with which the taxable year of the corporation ends, an amount equal to his portion of the corporation's net operating loss (as determined under subsection (c)). "(c)

26 USC 316.

26 USC 172. 26 USC 243.

DETERMINATION OF SHAREHOLDER'S PORTION.—

" (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, a shareholder's portion of the net operating loss of an electing small business corporation is his pro rata share of the corporation's net operating loss (computed as provided in section 172(c), except that the deductions provided in part VIII (except section 248) of subchapter B shall not be allowed) for his taxable year in which or with which the taxable year of the corporation ends. For purposes of this paragraph, a shareholder's pro rata share of the corporation's net operating loss is the sum of the portions of the corporation's daily net operating loss attributable on a pro rata basis to the shares held by him on each day of the taxable year. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the corporation's daily net operating loss is the corporation's net operating loss divided by the number of days in the taxable year. "(2) LIMITATION.—A shareholder's portion of the net operating loss of an electing small business corporation for any taxable year shall not exceed the sum of— " (A) the adjusted basis (determined without regard to any adjustment under section 1376 for the taxable year) of the shareholder's stock in the electing small business corporation, determined as of the close of the taxable year of the corporation (or, in respect of stock sold or otherwise disposed of during such taxable year, as of the day before the day of such sale or other disposition), and " (B) the adjusted basis (determined without regard to any adjustment under section 1376 for the taxable year) of any indebtedness of the corporation to the shareholder, determined as of the close of the taxable year of the corporation (or, if the shareholder is not a shareholder as of the close of such taxable year, as of the close of the last day in such taxable year on which the shareholder was a shareholder in the corporation). "(d)

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APPLICATION W I T H OTHER PROVISIONS.—

"(1) IN GENERAL.—The deduction allowed by subsection (b) shall, for purposes of this chapter, be considered as a deduction attributable to a trade or business carried on by the shareholder.

26 USC 172. 26 USC 243.

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