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TITLE 26—INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
§ 937
(a) [enacting this section] shall apply to tax liability
incurred with respect to taxable years beginning on or
after January 1, 1960.’’
PLAN AMENDMENTS NOT REQUIRED UNTIL
JANUARY 1, 1989
For provisions directing that if any amendments
made by subtitle A or subtitle C of title XI [§§ 1101–1147
and 1171–1177] or title XVIII [§§ 1800–1899A] of Pub. L.
99–514 require an amendment to any plan, such plan
amendment shall not be required to be made before the
first plan year beginning on or after Jan. 1, 1989, see
section 1140 of Pub. L. 99–514, as amended, set out as a
note under section 401 of this title.
[§ 934A. Repealed. Pub. L. 99–514, title XII,
§ 1275(c)(3), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2599]
Section, added Pub. L. 97–455, § 1(a), Jan. 12, 1983, 96
Stat. 2497, related to income tax rate on Virgin Islands
source income.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL
Repeal applicable to taxable years beginning after
Dec. 31, 1986, with certain exceptions and qualifica-
tions, see section 1277 of Pub. L. 99–514, set out as an Ef-
fective Date of 1986 Amendment note under section 931
of this title.
[§ 935.
Repealed.
Pub.
L.
99–514,
title
XII,
§ 1272(d)(2), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2594]
Section, added Pub. L. 92–606, § 1(a), Oct. 31, 1972, 86
Stat. 1494; amended Pub. L. 108–357, title VIII,
§ 908(c)(4), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1656, related to coordi-
nation of United States and Guam individual income
taxes.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
AMENDMENT SUBSEQUENT TO REPEAL
Pub. L. 108–357, title IX, § 908(c)(4), (d), Oct. 22, 2004,
118 Stat. 1656, 1657, applicable to taxable years ending
after Oct. 22, 2004, amended section, as in effect before
the effective date of it
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Page 2167
TITLE 26—INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
§ 937
(a) [enacting this section] shall apply to tax liability
incurred with respect to taxable years beginning on or
after January 1, 1960.’’
PLAN AMENDMENTS NOT REQUIRED UNTIL
JANUARY 1, 1989
For provisions directing that if any amendments
made by subtitle A or subtitle C of title XI [§§ 1101–1147
and 1171–1177] or title XVIII [§§ 1800–1899A] of Pub. L.
99–514 require an amendment to any plan, such plan
amendment shall not be required to be made before the
first plan year beginning on or after Jan. 1, 1989, see
section 1140 of Pub. L. 99–514, as amended, set out as a
note under section 401 of this title.
[§ 934A. Repealed. Pub. L. 99–514, title XII,
§ 1275(c)(3), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2599]
Section, added Pub. L. 97–455, § 1(a), Jan. 12, 1983, 96
Stat. 2497, related to income tax rate on Virgin Islands
source income.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL
Repeal applicable to taxable years beginning after
Dec. 31, 1986, with certain exceptions and qualifica-
tions, see section 1277 of Pub. L. 99–514, set out as an Ef-
fective Date of 1986 Amendment note under section 931
of this title.
[§ 935.
Repealed.
Pub.
L.
99–514,
title
XII,
§ 1272(d)(2), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2594]
Section, added Pub. L. 92–606, § 1(a), Oct. 31, 1972, 86
Stat. 1494; amended Pub. L. 108–357, title VIII,
§ 908(c)(4), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1656, related to coordi-
nation of United States and Guam individual income
taxes.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
AMENDMENT SUBSEQUENT TO REPEAL
Pub. L. 108–357, title IX, § 908(c)(4), (d), Oct. 22, 2004,
118 Stat. 1656, 1657, applicable to taxable years ending
after Oct. 22, 2004, amended section, as in effect before
the effective date of its repeal, in introductory provi-
sions of subsec. (a), by substituting ‘‘who, during the
entire taxable year’’ for ‘‘for the taxable year who’’, in
subsecs. (a)(1) and (b)(1)(B), by inserting ‘‘bona fide’’ be-
fore ‘‘resident’’, in subsec. (b)(1)(A), by inserting
‘‘(other a bona fide resident of Guam during the entire
taxable year)’’ after ‘‘United States’’, and, in sub-
section (b)(2), by striking out ‘‘residence and’’ before
‘‘citizenship’’.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL
Repeal applicable to taxable years beginning after
Dec. 31, 1986, with certain exceptions and qualifica-
tions, see section 1277 of Pub. L. 99–514, set out as an Ef-
fective Date of 1986 Amendment note under section 931
of this title.
[§ 936. Repealed. Pub. L. 115–141, div. U, title IV,
§ 401(d)(1)(C), Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1206]
Section, added Pub. L. 94–455, title X, § 1051(b), Oct. 4,
1976, 90 Stat. 1643; amended Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX,
§ 1901(b)(37)(B), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1803; Pub. L. 95–600,
title VII, § 701(u)(11)(A), (B), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2917;
Pub.
L.
97–248,
title
II,
§ 201(d)(8)(B),
formerly
§ 201(c)(8)(B), § 213(a), Sept. 3, 1982, 96 Stat. 420, 452, re-
numbered § 201(d)(8)(B), Pub. L. 97–448, title III,
§ 306(a)(1)(A)(i), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2400; Pub. L.
98–369, div. A, title IV, § 474(r)(22), title VII, § 712(g), title
VIII, § 801(d)(11), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 843, 947, 997; Pub.
L. 99–499, title V, § 516(b)(1)(B), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat.
1770; Pub. L. 99–514, title II, § 231(d)(3)(G), title VII,
§ 701(e)(4)(I), title XII, §§ 1231(a)–(d), (f), 1275(a)(1), title
XVIII, § 1812(c)(4)(C), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2179, 2343,
2561–2563, 2598, 2835; Pub. L. 100–647, title I, §§ 1002(h)(3),
1012(h)(2)(B), (j), (n)(4), (5), title VI, § 6132(a), Nov. 10,
1988, 102 Stat. 3370, 3502, 3512, 3515, 3721; Pub. L. 101–382,
title II, § 227(a), Aug. 20, 1990, 104 Stat. 661; Pub. L.
101–508, title XI, § 11704(a)(11), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat.
1388–518; Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13227(a), (b), Aug. 10,
1993, 107 Stat. 489, 490; Pub. L. 104–188, title I, §§ 1601(a),
1704(t)(37), (80), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1827, 1889, 1891;
Pub. L. 108–357, title IV, § 402(b)(2), Oct. 22, 2004, 118
Stat. 1492; Pub. L. 110–172, § 11(g)(12), Dec. 29, 2007, 121
Stat. 2490; Pub. L. 113–295, div. A, title II, § 221(a)(12)(G),
Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 4038; Pub. L. 115–97, title I,
§ 14221(a), Dec. 22, 2017, 131 Stat. 2218, related to Puerto
Rico and possession tax credit.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SAVINGS PROVISION
For provisions that nothing in repeal by Pub. L.
115–141 be construed to affect treatment of certain
transactions occurring, property acquired, or items of
income, loss, deduction, or credit taken into account
prior to Mar. 23, 2018, for purposes of determining li-
ability for tax for periods ending after Mar. 23, 2018, see
section 401(e) of Pub. L. 115–141, set out as a note under
section 23 of this title.
§ 937. Residence and source rules involving pos-
sessions
(a) Bona fide resident
For purposes of this subpart, section 865(g)(3),
section 876, section 881(b), paragraphs (2) and (3)
of
section
901(b),
section
957(c),
section
3401(a)(8)(C), and section 7654(a), except as pro-
vided in regulations, the term ‘‘bona fide resi-
dent’’ means a person—
(1) who is present for at least 183 days during
the taxable year in Guam, American Samoa,
the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, or
the Virgin Islands, as the case may be, and
(2) who does not have a tax home (deter-
mined under the principles of section 911(d)(3)
without regard to the second sentence thereof)
outside such specified possession during the
taxable year and does not have a closer con-
nection (determined under the principles of
section 7701(b)(3)(B)(ii)) to the United States
or a foreign country than to such specified
possession.
For purposes of paragraph (1), the determination
as to whether a person is present for any day
shall be made under the principles of section
7701(b).
(b) Source rules
Except as provided in regulations, for purposes
of this title—
(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), rules
similar to the rules for determining whether
income is income from sources within the
United States or is effectively connected with
the conduct of a trade or business within the
United States shall apply for purposes of de-
termining whether income is from sources
within a possession specified in subsection
(a)(1) or effectively connected with the con-
duct of a trade or business within any such
possession, and
(2) any income treated as income from
sources within the United States or as effec-
tively connected with the conduct of a trade
or business within the United States shall not
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[§§ 941 to 943
be treated as income from sources within any
such possession or as effectively connected
with the conduct of a trade or business within
any such possession.
(c) Reporting requirement
(1) In general
If, for any taxable year, an individual takes
the position for United States income tax re-
porting purposes that the individual became,
or ceases to be, a bona fide resident of a pos-
session specified in subsection (a)(1), such indi-
vidual shall file with the Secretary, at such
time and in such manner as the Secretary may
prescribe, notice of such position.
(2) Transition rule
If, for any of an individual’s 3 taxable years
ending before the individual’s first taxable
year ending after the date of the enactment of
this subsection, the individual took a position
described in paragraph (1), the individual shall
file with the Secretary, at such time and in
such manner as the Secretary may prescribe,
notice of such position.
(Added Pub. L. 108–357, title VIII, § 908(a), Oct. 22,
2004, 118 Stat. 1655.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The date of the enactment of this subsection, referred
to in subsec. (c)(2), is the date of enactment of Pub. L.
108–357, which was approved Oct. 22, 2004.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Pub. L. 108–357, title VIII, § 908(d), Oct. 22, 2004, 118
Stat. 1657, provided that:
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in
this subsection, the amendments made by this section
[enacting this section and amending sections 931, 932,
934, 935, 957, and 6688 of this title] shall apply to taxable
years ending after the date of the enactment of this
Act [Oct. 22, 2004].
‘‘(2) 183-DAY RULE.—Section 937(a)(1) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section) shall
apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
‘‘(3) SOURCING.—Section 937(b)(2) of such Code (as so
added) shall apply to income earned after the date of
the enactment of this Act.’’
[SUBPART E—REPEALED]
[§§ 941 to 943. Repealed. Pub. L. 108–357, title I,
§ 101(b)(1), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1423]
Section 941, added Pub. L. 106–519, § 3(b), Nov. 15, 2000,
114 Stat. 2424, related to qualifying foreign trade in-
come.
A prior section 941, acts Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A
Stat. 293; Oct. 4, 1976, Pub. L. 94–455, title X, § 1053(a),
title XIX, § 1906(b)(1)(A), 90 Stat. 1648, 1834, set forth
provisions authorizing special deduction for China
Trade Act corporations, prior to repeal by Pub. L.
94–455, title X, § 1053(c), (e), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1649, ef-
fective with respect to taxable years beginning after
Dec. 31, 1977.
Section 942, added Pub. L. 106–519, § 3(b), Nov. 15, 2000,
114 Stat. 2426, defined ‘‘foreign trading gross receipts’’
and set forth economic process requirements.
A prior section 942, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat.
294, disallowed foreign tax credit authorized by section
901 to any corporation organized under the China Trade
Act, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 94–455, title X, § 1053(c),
(e), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1649, effective with respect to
taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 1977.
Section 943, added Pub. L. 106–519, § 3(b), Nov. 15, 2000,
114 Stat. 2428; amended Pub. L. 107–147, title IV,
§ 417(14), Mar. 9, 2002, 116 Stat. 56, set forth other defini-
tions and special rules for purposes of this subpart.
A prior section 943, acts Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A
Stat. 294; Oct. 4, 1976, Pub. L. 94–455, title X, § 1053(b), 90
Stat. 1648, set forth provisions relating to exclusion
from gross income of residents of Formosa or Hong
Kong of amounts distributed as dividends by China
Trade Act corporations, prior to repeal by Pub. L.
94–455, title X, § 1053(c), (e), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1649, ef-
fective with respect to taxable years beginning after
Dec. 31, 1977.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL
Repeal applicable to transactions after Dec. 31, 2004,
see section 101(c) of Pub. L. 108–357, set out as an Effec-
tive Date of 2004 Amendments note under section 56 of
this title.
SUBPART F—CONTROLLED FOREIGN
CORPORATIONS
Sec.
951.
Amounts included in gross income of United
States shareholders.
951A.
Global intangible low-taxed income included
in gross income of United States share-
holders.
952.
Subpart F income defined.
953.
Insurance income.
954.
Foreign base company income.
[955.
Repealed.]
956.
Investment of earnings in United States prop-
erty.
[956A.
Repealed.]
957.
Controlled
foreign
corporations;
United
States persons.
958.
Rules for determining stock ownership.
959.
Exclusion from gross income of previously
taxed earnings and profits.
960.
Deemed paid credit for subpart F inclusions.
961.
Adjustments to basis of stock in controlled
foreign corporations and of other property.
962.
Election by individuals to be subject to tax at
corporate rates.
[963.
Repealed.]
964.
Miscellaneous provisions.
965.
Treatment of deferred foreign income upon
transition to participation exemption sys-
tem of taxation.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2017—Pub. L. 115–97, title I, §§ 14103(b), 14201(c),
14212(b)(6), 14301(c)(39), Dec. 22, 2017, 131 Stat. 2208, 2213,
2217, 2225, added item 951A, substituted ‘‘Deemed paid
credit for subpart F inclusions’’ for ‘‘Special rules for
foreign tax credit’’ in item 960 and ‘‘Treatment of de-
ferred foreign income upon transition to participation
exemption system of taxation’’ for ‘‘Temporary divi-
dends received deduction’’ in item 965, and struck out
item 955 ‘‘Withdrawal of previously excluded subpart F
income from qualified investment’’.
2004—Pub. L. 108–357, title IV, § 422(c), Oct. 22, 2004, 118
Stat. 1519, added item 965.
1996—Pub. L. 104–188, title I, § 1501(c), Aug. 20, 1996, 110
Stat. 1826, which directed that the analysis for subpart
F be amended by striking item 956A, could not be exe-
cuted, because item 956A ‘‘Earnings invested in excess
passive assets’’ had been editorially supplied.
1986—Pub. L. 99–514, title XII, § 1221(b)(3)(E), Oct. 22,
1986, 100 Stat. 2553, substituted ‘‘Insurance income’’ for
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**(a) Bona fide resident** For purposes of this subpart, section 865(g)(3), section 876, section 881(b), paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 901(b), section 957(c), section 3401(a)(8)(C), and section 7654(a), except as provided in regulations, the term “bona fide resident” means a person—
(1) who is present for at least 183 days during the taxable year in Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands, as the case may be, and
(2) who does not have a tax home (determined under the principles of section 911(d)(3) without regard to the second sentence thereof) outside such specified possession during the taxable year and does not have a closer connection (determined under the principles of section 7701(b)(3)(B)(ii)) to the United States or a foreign country than to such specified possession.
For purposes of paragraph (1), the determination as to whether a person is present for any day shall be made under the principles of section 7701(b).
**(b) Source rules** Except as provided in regulations, for purposes of this title—
(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), rules similar to the rules for determining whether income is income from sources within the United States or is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States shall apply for purposes of determining whether income is from sources within a possession specified in subsection (a)(1) or effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within any such possession, and
(2) any income treated as income from sources within the United States or as effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States shall not be treated as income from sources within any such possession or as effectively connected w
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