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PUBLIC LAW 8 7 - 8 3 4 - O C T. 16, 1962

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EXCEPTIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.— "(A) LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRY CORPORATIONS.—If

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United States shareholder so elects, subsection (a)(3) and paragraph (3) of this subsection shall not apply to amounts which would be included in the gross income or such shareholder under section 951(a)(1)(A)(i) by reason of its own- Ante, p. looe. ership, within the meaning of section 958(a), of stock of controlled foreign corporations which are less developed country corporations (as defined in section 955(c)). This subparagraph shall not apply with respect to a less developed country corporation if, by reason of the ownership of the stock of such corporation, the United States shareholder owns, within the meaning of section 958(a)(2), stock of any other controlled foreign corporation which is not a less developed country corporation. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, an election under this subparagraph may be made only with respect to all controlled foreign corporations which are less developed country corporations and with respect to which the domestic corporation making the election is a United States shareholder. " (B) FOREIGN BRANCHES.—In applying subsection (a)(3) and paragraph (3) of this subsection, if a United States shareholder so elects, all branches maintained by such shareholder in foreign countries, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or possessions of the United States shall, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary or his delegate, be treated as wholly owned subsidiary corporations of such shareholder organized under the laws of such foreign countries, the Commmon wealth of Puerto Rico, or possessions of the United States, as the case may be. Each branch so treated shall, for purposes of this section, be considered to have distributed to the United States shareholder all of its earnings and profits for the taxable year. This subparagraph shall not apply to a branch maintained by a United States shareholder in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a possession of the United States unless— " (i) such branch would be a controlled foreign corporation (as defined in section 957) if it were incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the possession of the United States, as the case may be, and "(ii) the gross income of the United States shareholder for the taxable year includes income derived from gpurces within the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and possessions of the United States. " (C) BLOCKED FOREIGN INCOME.—If a United States shareholder so elects, the provisions of subsection (a)(3) and of paragraph (3) of this subsection shall not apply with respect to any foreign corporation, if it is established to the satisfaction of the Secretary or his delegate that the earnings and profits of such foreign corporation could not have been distributed to United States shareholders who own (within the meaning of section 958(a)) stock of such foreign corporation because of currency or other restrictions or limitations imposed under the laws of any foreign country. 78135 0-63—68

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