72 FR 90 pgs. 26542-26543 - Revisions to Regulations Relating to Repeal of Tax on Interest of Nonresident Alien Individuals and Foreign Corporations Received From Certain Portfolio Debt Investments; Correction
Type: RULEVolume: 72Number: 90Pages: 26542 - 26543
Docket number: [TD 9323]
FR document: [FR Doc. E7-8922 Filed 5-9-07; 8:45 am]
Agency: Treasury Department
Sub Agency: Internal Revenue Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
26 CFR Part 1
[TD 9323]
RIN 1545-BF64
Revisions to Regulations Relating to Repeal of Tax on Interest of Nonresident Alien Individuals and Foreign Corporations Received From Certain Portfolio Debt Investments; Correction
AGENCY:
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
ACTION:
Correcting amendment.
SUMMARY:
This document contains a correction to final regulations (TD 9323) that were published in the Federal Register on Thursday, April 12, 2007 (72 FR 18386) relating to the exclusion from gross income of portfolio interest paid to a nonresident alien individual or foreign corporation.
DATES:
The correction is effective May 10, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathryn Holman of the Office of the Associate Chief Counsel (International), (202) 622-3840 (not a toll-free call).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The final regulations that are the subject of this correction are under sections 871 and 881 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Need for Correction
As published, final regulations (TD 9323) contain an error that may prove to be misleading and is in need of clarification.
List of Subjects in 26 CFR Part 1
Income taxes, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Correction of Publication
Accordingly, 26 CFR part 1 is corrected by making the following correcting amendment:
PART 1-INCOME TAXES
Paragraph 1. The authority citation for part 1 continues to read in part as follows:
Authority:
26 U.S.C. 7805 * * *
Par. 2. Section 1.871-14 is amended by revising the second sentence of paragraph (g)(3)(ii) to read as follows:
§ 1.871-14 Rules relating to repeal of tax on interest of nonresident alien individuals and foreign corporations received from certain portfolio debt investments.
(g) * * *
(3) * * *
(ii) * * * For example, in the case of U.S. source interest paid by a domestic corporation to a domestic partnership or withholding foreign partnership (as defined in § 1.1441-5(c)(2)), the 10-percent shareholder test is applied when any distributions that include the interest are made to a foreign partner and, to the extent that a foreign partner's distributive share of the interest has not actually been distributed, on the earlier of the date that the statement required under section 6031(b) is mailed or otherwise provided to such partner, or the due date for furnishing such statement. * * *
LaNita Van Dyke,
Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Legal Processing Division, Associate Chief Counsel (Procedure and Administration).
[FR Doc. E7-8922 Filed 5-9-07; 8:45 am]
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