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PUBLIC LAW 88-563-SEPT. 2, 1964

[78 STAT.

then liability for the tax imposed by section 4911 (in an amount determined under subparagraph (D) of this paragraph) shall be incurred by the transferor (with respect to such debt obligation) at the time of such subsequent transfer. " (B) Where the exclusion provided by paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (c) has applied with respect to the acquisition of stock by any person, but such stock is subsequently transferred by such person (before the termination date specified in section 4911(d)) to a United States person otherwise than in a transaction described in subsection (a)(1) or (2), or a transaction (other than a transfer by gift) described in subsection (a)(3), then liability for the tax imposed by section 4911 (in an amount determined under subparagraph (D) of this paragraph) shall be incurred by the transferor (with respect to such stock) at the time of such subsequent transfer. " (C) Where the exclusion provided by subsection (f) has applied with respect to the acquisition of stock or a debt obligation by any person, but such stock or debt obligation is subsequently transferred by such person (before the termination dat« specified in section 4911(d)) to any United States person, then liability for the tax imposed by section 4911 (in an amount determined under subparagraph (D) of this paragraph) shall be incurred by the transferor (with respect to such stock or debt obligation) at the time of such subsequent transfer. " (D) I n any case where an exclusion provided by paragraph (1)(B), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of subsection (c) or by subsection (d) or (f) has applied, but a subsequent transfer described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of this paragraph occurs and liability for the tax imposed by section 4911 is incurred by the transferor as a result thereof, the amount of such tax shall be equal to the amount of tax for which the transferor would have been liable under such section upon his acquisition of the stock or debt obligation involved if such exclusion had not applied with respect to such acquisition. "(2)

UNITED STATES PERSON TREATED AS FOREIGN PERSON ON DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN SECURITIES.—FoT purposes of this chapter,

if, after December 10, 1963, a United States person sells or otherwise disposes of stock or a debt obligation which it^— " (A) acquired to satisfy minimum requirements imposed by foreign law and with respect to which it claimed an exclusion under subsection (b)(3), or " (B) designated (or was required to designate) as part of a fund pf assets under subsection (e), such person shall not, with respect to that stock or debt obligation, be considered a United States person. ''SEC. 4915. EXCLUSION FOR DIRECT INVESTMENTS. "(a)

IN GENERAL.— "(1) EXCLUDED ACQUISITIONS.—Except

as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, the tax imposed by section 4911 shall not apply to the acquisition by a United States person (A) of stock or a debt obligation of a foreign corporation, or of a debt obligation from a foreign corporation which received such obligation in the ordinary course of its trade or business as a result of the sale or rental of products manufactured or assembled by it or of the performance of services by it, if immediately after the acquisition such person (or one or more

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