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PUBLIC LAW 88-563-SEPT. 2, 1%4

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and reinsurance (including annuity contracts) which relate to foreign risks and the proceeds of which are payable in a single foreign currency (other than the currency of a less developed country); and •'(ii) in the case of an insurance company other than a life insurance company (as so defined), the amount of its unearned premiums (under section 832(b)(4)) and unpaid losses (under section 832(b)(5)) which relate to foreign risks insured or reinsured under contracts providing for payment in foreign currencies (other than currencies of less developed countries) and which are taken into account in computing taxable income under section 832 (for such purpose treating underwriting income of an insurance company subject to taxation under section 821 as taxable income under section 832). "(B)

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T I M E OF DETERMINATION.—

" (i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of paragraph (3) (other than subparagraph (A) of such paragraph), the determination of an allowable reserve for any calendar year shall be made as of the close of such year. "(ii) INITIAL DESIGNATION.—For purposes of paragraph (3)(A), the determination of an allowable reserve shall be made as of July 18, 1963. If the insurance company so elects, the determination under this clause may be made by computing the mean of the allowable reserve at the beginning and at the close of the calendar year 1963. "(5) NONRECOGNITION OF ARTIFICIAL INCREASES IN ALLOWABLE RESERVE.—An insurance or reinsurance contract which is entered into or acquired by an insurance company for the principal purpose of artificially increasing the amount determined as an allowable reserve as provided in p a r a ^ a p h (4) shall not be recognized in computing whether an acquisition of stock or a debt obligation of a foreign issuer or obligor can be excluded under this subsection. " (f) ACQUISITIONS BY CERTAIN TAX-EXEMPT LABOR, FRATERNAL, AND SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS HAVING FOREIGN BRANCHES OR C H A P -

TERS.—The tax imposed by section 4911 shall not apply to the acquisition of stock or debt obligations by a United States person which is described in section 501(c) and exempt from taxation under subtitle A, and which operates in a foreign country through a local organization or organizations, to the extent that— "(1) such acquisition results from the investment or reinvestment of contributions or membership fees paid in the currency of such country b ^ individuals who are members of the local organization or organizations, and " (2) the stock or debt obligations acquired are held exclusively for the benefit of the members of any of such local organizations. " (g) SALE OR LIQUIDATION OF WHOLLY OWNED FOREIGN SIDIARY.—

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"(1) IN GENERAL.—The tax imposed by section 4911 shall not apply to the acquisition by a United States person of a debt obligation of a foreign obligor if the debt obligation is acquired— " (A) in connection with the sale by such United States person (or by one or more includible corporations in an affiliated group, as defined in section 4 8 (c)(3)(C), of which such United States person is a member) of all of the outstanding stock, except for qualifying shares, of a foreign corporation; or

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