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PUBLIC LAW 87-834-OCT. 16, 1962

[76 STAT.

" (b) ADDITION TO RESERVES FOR BAD DEBTS.—

26 USC 166.

" (1) IN GENERAL.—FoF purposes of section 166(c), the reasonable addition for the taxable year to the reserve for bad debts of any taxpayer described in subsection (a) shall be an amount equal to the sum of— " (A) the amount determined under section 166(c) to be a reasonable addition to the reserve for losses on nonqualifying loans, plus " (B) the amount determined by the taxpayer to be a reasonable addition to the reserve for losses on qualifying real property loans, but such amount shall not exceed the amount determined under paragraph (2), (3), or (4), whichever amount is the largest, but the amount determined under this subparagraph shall in no case be greater than the larger of— " (i) the amount determined under paragraph (4), or "(ii) the amount which, when added to the amount determined under subparagraph (A), equals the amount by which 12 percent of the total deposits or withdrawable accounts of depositors of the taxpayer at the close of such year exceeds the sum of its surplus, undivided profits, and reserves at the beginning of such year (taking into account any portion thereof attributable to the period before the first taxable year beginning after December 31, 1951). "(2) PERCENTAGE OF TAXABLE INCOME METHOD.—The amount determined under this paragraph for the taxable year shall be the excess of— " (A) an amount equal to 60 percent of the taxable income for such year, over " (B) the amount referred to in paragraph (1)(A) for such year, but the amount determined under this paragraph shall not exceed the amount necessary to increase the balance (as of the close of the taxable year) of the reserve for losses on qualifying real property loans to 6 percent of such loans outstanding at such time. For purposes of this paragraph, taxable income shall be computed (i) by excluding from gross income any amount included therein by reason of subsection (f), and (ii) without regard to any deduction allowable for any addition to the reserve for bad debts. " (3) PERCENTAGE OF REAL PROPERTY LOANS METHOD.—The

26 USC 317. 26 USC 591; Post. p. 984.

amount determined under this paragraph for the taxable year shall be an amount equal to the amount necessary to increase the balance (as of the close of the taxable year) of the reserve for losses on qualifying real property loans to an amount equal to— " (A) 3 percent of such loans outstanding at such time, plus " (B) in the case of a taxpayer which is a new company and which does not have capital stock with respect to which distributions of property (as defined in section 317(a)) are uot allowable as a deduction under section 591, an amount eq^jal to— " (i) 2 percent of so much of the amount of such loans outstanding at such time as does not exceed $4,000,000, reduced (but not below zero) by " (ii) the amount, if any, of the balance (as of the close of such taxable year) of the taxpayer's supplemental reserve for losses on loans.

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