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                     Use Form 1118 to compute a corporation's foreign tax credit for certain taxes paid or accrued to foreign countries or U.S.
                        possessions. See
                        Taxes Eligible for a Credit on page 3.
                        
                      
                     
                     Any corporation that elects the benefits of the foreign tax credit under section 901 must complete and attach Form 1118 to
                        its income tax return.
                        
                      
                     
                        
                           
                              When to Make the Election
                               The election to claim the foreign tax credit (or a deduction in lieu of a credit) for any tax year may be made or changed
                        at any time before the
                        end of a special 10-year period described in section 6511(d)(3) (or section 6511(c) if the period is extended by agreement).
                        
                      
                     
                        
                           
                              Computer-Generated  Form 1118
                               The corporation may submit a computer-generated Form 1118 and schedules if they conform to the IRS version. However, if a
                        software program is used,
                        it must be approved by the IRS for use in filing substitute forms. This ensures the proper placement of each item appearing
                        on the IRS version. For
                        more information, see Pub. 1167, General Rules and Specifications for Substitute Forms and Schedules.
                        
                      
                     
                        
                           
                              How To Complete  Form 1118
                               
                        
                      
                        Important:Complete a separate Schedule A; Schedule B, Parts I & II; Schedules C through G; and Schedule I for each applicable separate
                           category of
                           income. See Categories of Income below. Complete Schedule B, Part III; Schedule H; and Schedule J only once.
                           
                         
                        
                      
                        
                           
                              Use Schedule A to compute the corporation's income or loss before adjustments for each applicable category of income.
                              
                              Use Schedule B to determine the total foreign tax credit after certain limitations.
                              
                              Use Schedule C to compute taxes deemed paid by the domestic corporation filing the return.
                              
                              Use Schedules D and E to compute taxes deemed paid by lower-tier foreign corporations.
                              
                              Use Schedule F to report gross income and definitely allocable deductions from foreign branches.
                              
                              Use Schedule G to report required reductions of tax paid, accrued, or deemed paid.
                              
                              Use Schedule H to apportion deductions that cannot be definitely allocated to some item or class of income.
                              
                              Use Schedule I (a separate schedule) to compute reductions of taxes paid, accrued, or deemed paid on foreign oil and gas
                                 extraction income.
                              
                              Use Schedule J (a separate schedule) to compute adjustments to separate limitation income or losses in determining the numerators
                                 of limitation fractions, year-end recharacterization balances, and overall foreign loss account balances.
                               
                        
                      
                     
                     Compute a separate foreign tax credit for each applicable separate category described below.
                        
                      
                        
                        Generally, passive income is:
                           
                         
                           
                              
                                 Any income received or accrued that would be foreign personal holding company income (defined in section 954(c)) if the corporation
                                    were a
                                    controlled foreign corporation (CFC) (defined in section 957). This includes any gain on the sale or exchange of stock that
                                    is more than the amount
                                    treated as a dividend under section 1248. However, in determining if any income would be foreign personal holding company
                                    income, the rules of section
                                    864(d)(6) will apply only for income of a CFC.
                                 
                                 Any amount includible in gross income under sections 551 (which relates to foreign personal holding companies prior to its
                                    repeal effective
                                    for tax years of foreign corporations beginning after December 31, 2004) and 1293 (which relates to certain passive foreign
                                    investment
                                    companies).
                                  
                           
                         Passive income does not include:
                           
                         
                           
                              
                                 Any income that belongs in one of the other separate categories described below,
                                 Any export financing interest unless it is also related person factoring income (see section 904(d)(2)(G) and Regulations
                                    section
                                    1.904-4(h)(3)),
                                 
                                 Any high-taxed income (see General Limitation Income on page 2), or
                                 
                                 Any active rents or royalties received from an unrelated person and active rents or royalties received from a related person
                                    that were paid
                                    or accrued after September 20, 2004. See Regulations section 1.904-4(b)(2) for definitions and exceptions.
                                  
                           
                         
                           Note.Certain income received from a CFC and certain dividends from a 10/50 corporation that would otherwise be passive income may
                              be assigned to another
                              separate category under the look-through rules. See Look-Through Rules on page 3.
                              
                            
                           
                         
                        
                           
                              
                                 High Withholding Tax Interest High withholding tax interest is any interest subject to a withholding tax or other gross basis tax of a foreign country or
                           U.S. possession at a
                           rate of 5% or more.
                           
                         High withholding tax interest does not include export financing interest (section 904(d)(2)(B)(ii)).
                           
                         
                        
                           
                              
                                 Financial Services Income Financial services income is income received or accrued while the corporation was a financial services entity if the income
                           is:
                           
                         
                           
                              
                                 Described in section 904(d)(2)(C)(ii),
                                 Passive income (determined without regard to section 904(d)(2)(A)(iii)(I) and (III)),
                                 Export financing interest (section 904(d)(2)(G)) that would be high withholding tax interest but for section 904(d)(2)(B)(ii),
                                    or
                                 
                                 Incidental income described in Regulations section 1.904-4(e)(4). 
                           
                         Financial services income does not include:
                           
                         
                           
                              
                                 Any high withholding tax interest, or
                                 Any export financing interest not described in section 904(d)(2)(C)(i)(III). 
                           
                         Special rules apply for affiliated groups. See Regulations section 1.904-4(e)(3)(ii).
                           
                         
                        
                        Shipping income is any income the corporation receives or accrues that is of a kind that would be foreign base company shipping
                           income as defined
                           in section 954(f) as in effect before its repeal by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004.
                           
                         Shipping income does not include:
                           
                         
                           
                              
                                 Financial services income,
                                 High withholding tax interest, or
                                 Foreign trade income. 
                           
                         
                        
                           
                              
                                 Dividends From 10/50 Corporations The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 eliminated the separate categories of income for dividends received from noncontrolled
                           section 902
                           corporations (10/50 corporations). The change is generally effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2002. Dividends
                           paid by 10/50
                           corporations in post-2002 tax years are generally eligible for look-through treatment (see Look-Through Rules on page 3). Corporations that
                           filed a tax return in which they claimed a foreign tax credit with respect to dividends paid by 10/50 corporations in post-2002
                           tax years that were
                           reported in the following separate categories of income should file an amended return and revised Form(s) 1118:
                           
                         
                           
                         Transition rule.
                                   The corporation may elect not to apply the look-through treatment referred to in the previous paragraph for tax years beginning after
                           December 31, 2002, and before January 1, 2005. If the corporation makes this election, in the case of tax years beginning
                           after December 31, 2004, the
                           corporation should apply section 904(d)(4)(C)(iv) by substituting “January 1, 2005 ” for “January 1, 2003 ” in both places it appears. The
                           Treasury Department will issue guidance regarding the manner in which this election is to be made subsequent to the issuance
                           of these instructions.
                           
                            
                        
                           
                              
                                 Dividends From a DISC or Former DISC This category includes dividends from a DISC or former DISC (as defined in section 992(a)) that are treated as income from
                           sources outside the
                           United States.
                           
                         
                        
                           
                              
                                 Taxable Income Attributable to Foreign Trade Income No credit is allowed for foreign taxes paid or accrued by a FSC on its taxable income attributable to foreign trade income
                           within the meaning of
                           section 923(b), as in effect before its repeal. However, this type of income is subject to a separate foreign tax credit limitation.
                           See section
                           906(b)(5) and Temporary Regulations section 1.921-3T(d)(3).
                           
                         
                        
                           
                              
                                 Certain Distributions From a FSC or Former FSC This category includes:
                           
                         
                           
                         
                        
                        No credit is allowed for foreign taxes imposed by and paid or accrued to certain sanctioned countries. However, income derived
                           from each
                                 such country is subject to a separate foreign tax credit limitation. Therefore, the corporation must use a separate Form 1118
                           for income derived
                           from each such country. On each Form 1118, check the box for section 901(j) income at the top of page 1 and identify the applicable
                           country in the
                           space provided.
                           
                         Sanctioned countries are those designated by the Secretary of State as countries that repeatedly provide support for acts
                           of international
                           terrorism, countries with which the United States does not have diplomatic relations, or countries whose governments are not
                           recognized by the United
                           States. As of the date these instructions were revised, section 901(j) applied to income derived from Cuba, Iran, North Korea,
                           Sudan, and Syria. For
                           more information, see section 901(j).
                           
                         
                           Note.The President of the United States has the authority to waive the application of section 901(j) with respect to a foreign
                              country if it is (a) in
                              the national interest of the United States and will expand trade and investment opportunities for U.S. companies in such foreign
                              country and (b) the
                              President reports to the Congress, not less than 30 days before the waiver is granted, the intention to grant such a waiver
                              and the reason for such
                              waiver.
                              
                            
                           Note.Effective December 10, 2004, the President waived the application of section 901(j) with respect to Libya.
                              
                            If the corporation paid taxes to a country that ceased to be a sanctioned country during the tax year, see Rev. Rul. 92-62,
                           1992-2 C.B. 193, for
                           details on how to figure the foreign tax credit for the period that begins after the end of the sanctioned period.
                           
                         
                           Note.Iraq ceased to be a sanctioned country on June 27, 2004.
                              
                            
                        
                           
                              
                                 Income Re-sourced by Treaty If a sourcing rule in an applicable income tax treaty treats any of the income described below as foreign source, and the
                           corporation elects to
                           apply the treaty, the income will be treated as foreign source.
                           
                         
                           
                              
                                 Dividends eligible for the dividends received deduction (section 245(a)(10)).
                                 Certain gains (section 865(h)).
                                 Certain income from a U.S.-owned foreign corporation (section 904(g)(10)). See Regulations section 1.904-5(m)(7) for an example. 
                           
                         
                           Important:The corporation must compute a separate foreign tax credit limitation for any such income for which it claims benefits under
                              a treaty, using a
                              separate Form 1118 for each amount of re-sourced income from a treaty country. On each Form 1118, check the box for income
                              re-sourced by treaty at the
                              top of page 1 and identify the applicable country in the space provided.
                              
                            
                           
                         
                        
                           
                              
                                 General Limitation Income This category includes all income not described above. This includes high-taxed income that would otherwise be passive income.
                           Usually, income is
                           high-taxed if the total foreign income taxes paid, accrued, or deemed paid by the corporation for that income exceed the highest
                           rate of tax specified
                           in section 11 (and with reference to section 15, if applicable), multiplied by the amount of such income (including the amount
                           treated as a dividend
                           under section 78). For more information, see Regulations section 1.904-4(c).
                           
                         
                     
                     
                        
                        Determine income or (loss) for each separate category on Schedule A using the general source rules of sections 861 through
                           865 and related
                           regulations; the special source rules of section 904(g) described below; and any applicable source rules contained in any
                           applicable tax treaties.
                           
                         Special source rules of section 904(g).
                                   Usually, the following income from a U.S.-owned foreign corporation, otherwise treated as foreign source income, must
                           be treated as U.S. source
                           income under section 904(g):
                           
                            
                              
                                 
                                    Any subpart F income, foreign personal holding company income, or income from a qualified electing fund that a U.S. shareholder
                                       is required
                                       to include in its gross income, if such amount is attributable to the U.S.-owned foreign corporation's U.S. source income;
                                    
                                    Interest that is properly allocable to the U.S.-owned foreign corporation's U.S. source income; and
                                    Dividends equal to the U.S. source ratio (defined in section 904(g)(4)(B)). 
                                   The rules regarding interest and dividends described above do not apply to a U.S.-owned foreign corporation if less
                           than 10% of its E&P for the
                           tax year is from U.S. sources.
                           
                            
                        
                           
                              
                                 Amounts That Do Not Constitute Income Under U.S. Tax Principles For taxes paid or accrued in tax years beginning after December 31, 2004, and before January 1, 2007, the corporation may
                           elect to treat creditable
                           foreign taxes that are imposed on amounts that do not constitute income under U.S. tax principles as imposed on either general
                           limitation income or
                           financial services income. An election to treat such taxes as imposed on financial services income is made by attaching a
                           statement to a timely-filed
                           (including extensions) Form 1118 that indicates that the corporation is making this election under section 904(d)(2)(H)(ii)
                           and including the foreign
                           taxes on the separate Form 1118 filed with respect to financial services income. No separate statement is required to elect
                           to treat such taxes as
                           imposed on general limitation income. See Regulations section 1.904-6(a)(1)(iv). Once made, this election applies to all such
                           taxes for the tax years
                           described above and is revocable only with the consent of the IRS.
                           
                         
                        
                        CFCs. 
                                   Generally, dividends, interest, rents, and royalties received or accrued by the taxpayer are passive income. However,
                           if these items are received
                           or accrued by a 10% U.S. shareholder from a CFC, they may be assigned to other separate categories under the look-through
                           rules of section 904(d)(3).
                           This includes:
                           
                            
                              
                                 
                                    Interest, rents, and royalties based on the amount allocable to E&P of the CFC in a separate category and
                                    Dividends paid out of the E&P of a CFC in proportion to the ratio of the CFC's E&P in a separate category to its total E&P.
                                       Dividends include any amount included in gross income under section 951(a)(1)(B).
                                     
                                   Look-through rules also apply to subpart F inclusions under section 951(a)(1)(A) to the extent attributable to E&P
                           of the CFC in a separate
                           category.
                           
                            
                                   For more information and examples see section 904(d)(3), Regulations section 1.904-4(g)(3), and Regulations section
                           1.904-5.
                           
                            10/50 corporations. 
                                   Generally, dividends received or accrued by the taxpayer are passive income. However, dividends received or accrued
                           from a
                            10/50 corporation may be assigned to other separate categories under the look-through rules of section 904(d)(4). A 10/50
                           corporation is any
                           foreign corporation in which the taxpayer (domestic corporation) meets the stock ownership requirements of section 902.
                           
                            Certain amounts paid by a U.S. corporation to a related corporation. 
                                   Look-through rules also apply to foreign source interest, rents, and royalties paid by a U.S. corporation to a related
                           corporation. See Regulations
                           section 1.904-5(g).
                           
                            
                        
                        Certain transfers of intangible property.
                                   See section 367(d)(2)(C) for a rule that clarifies the treatment of certain transfers of intangible property.
                           
                            
                        
                           
                              
                                 Reporting Foreign Tax Information From Partnerships If you received a Schedule K-1 from a partnership that includes foreign tax information, use the rules below to report that
                           information on Form
                           1118.
                           
                         Gross income sourced at partner level.
                                   This includes income from the sale of most personal property other than inventory, depreciable property, and certain
                           intangible property sourced
                           under section 865. This gross income will generally be U.S.-source and therefore will not be reported on Form 1118.
                           
                            
                                   The remaining lines of the foreign tax section of the Schedule K-1 are reported on Form 1118 as follows:
                           
                            Foreign gross income sourced at partnership level.
                                   
                           Report on Schedule A.
                           
                            Deductions allocated and apportioned at partner level and partnership level.
                                   Report on Schedule A or Schedule H.
                           
                            Total foreign taxes paid or accrued.
                                   Report on Schedule B.
                           
                            Reduction in taxes available for credit.
                                   Report on Schedule G.
                           
                            
                        
                        Foreign source taxable income or (loss) before adjustments in all separate categories in the aggregate should include gain
                           from the sale or
                           exchange of capital assets only up to the amount of foreign source capital gain net income (which is the smaller of capital
                           gain net income from
                           sources outside the United States or capital gain net income). Therefore, if the corporation has capital gain net income from
                           sources outside the
                           United States in excess of the capital gain net income reported on its tax return, enter a pro rata portion of the net U.S.
                           source capital loss as a
                           negative number on Schedule A, column 9(d) for each separate category with capital gain net income from sources outside the
                           United States. To figure
                           the pro rata portion of the net U.S. source capital loss attributable to a separate category, multiply the net U.S. source
                           capital loss by the amount
                           of capital gain net income from sources outside the United States in the separate category divided by the aggregate amount
                           of capital gain net income
                           from sources outside the United States in all separate categories with capital gain net income from sources outside the United
                           States.
                           
                         See section 904(b)(2)(B) for special rules regarding adjustments to account for capital gain rate differentials (as defined
                           in section
                           904(b)(3)(D)) for any tax year. At the time these instructions went to print, there was no capital gain rate differential
                           for corporations.
                           
                         
                        
                           
                              
                                 Coordination with Section 936 In computing the foreign tax credit limitation, exclude from taxable income any income taken into account in computing the
                           possessions corporation
                           tax credit under section 936 (without regard to sections 936(a)(4) and 936(i)) or section 30A.
                           
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           
                              
                                 Taxes Eligible for a Credit Domestic corporations.
                                   Generally, a domestic corporation may claim a foreign tax credit (subject to the limitation of section 904) for the
                           following taxes:
                           
                            
                              
                                 
                                    Income, war profits, and excess profits taxes (defined in Regulations section 1.901-2(a)) paid or accrued during the tax year
                                       to any foreign
                                       country or U.S. possession;
                                    
                                    Taxes deemed paid under sections 902 and 960; and
                                    Taxes paid in lieu of income taxes as described in section 903 and Regulations section 1.903-1. 
                                   Some foreign taxes that are otherwise eligible for the foreign tax credit must be reduced. These reductions are reported
                           on Schedule G.
                           
                            
                              Note.A corporation may not claim a foreign tax credit for foreign taxes paid to a foreign country that the corporation does not
                                 legally owe, including
                                 amounts eligible for refund by the foreign country. If the corporation does not exercise its available remedies to reduce
                                 the amount of foreign tax to
                                 what it legally owes, a credit is not allowed for the excess amount.
                                 
                               Foreign corporations.
                                   Foreign corporations are allowed (under section 906) a foreign tax credit for income, war profits, and excess profits
                           taxes paid or accrued (or
                           deemed paid under section 902) to any foreign country or U.S. possession for income effectively connected with the conduct
                           of a trade or business
                           within the United States. The credit is not applicable, however, if a foreign country or U.S. possession imposes the tax on
                           income from U.S. sources
                           solely because the foreign corporation was created or organized under the law of the foreign country or U.S. possession or
                           is domiciled there for tax
                           purposes.
                           
                            
                                   The credit may not be taken against any tax imposed on income not effectively connected with a U.S. business.
                           
                            
                                   In computing the foreign tax credit limitation, the foreign corporation's taxable income includes only the taxable
                           income that is effectively
                           connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States.
                           
                            
                                   A foreign corporation claiming a foreign tax credit will be treated as a domestic corporation in computing tax deemed
                           paid (section 902(a)) and
                           dividend gross-up (section 78).
                           
                            Definition of foreign corporation for purposes of the deemed paid credit.
                                      In computing the deemed paid credit on Schedules C, D, and E, the term “foreign corporation ” includes:
                              
                               
                                 
                                    
                                       A DISC or former DISC, but only for dividends from the DISC or former DISC that are treated as income from sources outside
                                          the United States
                                          and
                                       
                                       A contiguous country life insurance branch that has made an election to be treated as a foreign corporation under section
                                          814(g).
                                        
                        
                        A corporation may choose to take either a credit or a deduction for eligible foreign taxes paid or accrued. The choice is
                           made annually. Generally,
                           if a corporation elects the benefits of the foreign tax credit for any tax year, no portion of the foreign taxes will be allowed
                           as a deduction in
                           that year or any subsequent tax year.
                           
                         Exceptions.
                                    However, a corporation that elects the credit for eligible foreign taxes may be allowed a deduction for certain taxes
                           for which a credit was not
                           allowed. These include:
                           
                            
                              
                                 
                                    Taxes for which the credit was denied because of the boycott provisions of section 908.
                                    Certain taxes on foreign oil related income under section 907(b).
                                    Certain taxes on the purchase or sale of oil or gas (section 901(f)).
                                    Certain taxes used to provide subsidies (section 901(i)).
                                    Taxes paid to certain foreign countries for which a credit was denied under section 901(j).
                                    Certain taxes paid on dividends if the minimum holding period is not met with respect to the underlying stock, or if the corporation
                                       is
                                       obligated to make related payments with respect to positions in similar or related property (section 901(k)).
                                    
                                    Certain taxes paid on gain and income other than dividends if the minimum holding period is not met with respect to the underlying
                                       property,
                                       or if the corporation is obligated to make related payments with respect to positions in similar or related property (see
                                       section 901(l)).
                                     
                        
                        No foreign tax credit (or deduction) is allowed for certain taxes including:
                           
                         
                           
                              
                                 Taxes on mineral income that were reduced under section 901(e).
                                 Certain taxes paid on distributions from possessions corporations (section 901(g)).
                                 Taxes attributable to foreign trade income (other than section 923(a)(2) non-exempt income) distributed to a shareholder of
                                    a FSC (section
                                    901(h)).
                                 
                                 Taxes of a FSC on foreign trade income (section 906(b)(5)).
                                 Taxes on foreign oil and gas extraction income that were reduced under section 907(a).
                                 Taxes paid or accrued to a foreign country or U.S. possession on taxable income that is taken into account in computing the
                                    possessions
                                    corporation tax credit (section 936(c) or section 30A).
                                 
                                 Taxes attributable to income excluded under section 814(a) (relating to contiguous country branches of domestic life insurance
                                    companies).
                                 
                                 Taxes paid or accrued to a foreign country or U.S. possession with respect to income excluded from gross income on Form 8873,
                                    Extraterritorial Income Exclusion. However, see section 943(d) for an exception for certain withholding taxes.
                                 
                                 Taxes paid, accrued, or deemed paid that are attributable to the deductible portion of any cash dividend described in section
                                    965(a).
                                  
                           
                         
                        
                           
                              
                                 Carryback and Carryforward of Excess Foreign Taxes If the allowable foreign taxes paid, accrued, or deemed paid in a tax year in a separate category exceed the foreign tax credit
                           limitation for the
                           tax year for that separate category, the excess may be:
                           
                         
                           
                              
                                 Carried back 2 years to offset taxes imposed in the same category. (For excess foreign taxes arising in tax years beginning
                                    after October
                                    22, 2004, the excess may be carried back 1 year.)
                                 
                                 Carried forward 5 years to offset taxes imposed in the same category (and 10 years for excess foreign taxes which may be carried
                                    to any tax
                                    year ending after October 22, 2004).
                                  
                           
                         The excess is applied first to the earliest of the years to which it may be carried, then to the next earliest year, etc.
                           The corporation may not
                           carry a credit to a tax year for which it claimed a deduction, rather than a credit, for foreign taxes paid or accrued. Furthermore,
                           the corporation
                           must reduce the amount of any carryback or carryforward by the amount it would have used if it had chosen to claim a credit
                           rather than a deduction in
                           that tax year. See section 904(c) and Regulations section 1.904-2 for more details.
                           
                         How to claim the excess credit.
                                   If the corporation is carrying back the excess credit to an earlier year, file an amended tax return with a revised
                           Form 1118. Attach the statement
                           described in Regulations section 1.904-2(f) for each tax year to which the corporation is carrying back or carrying forward
                           the excess credit.
                           
                            Special rules apply to:
                           
                         
                           
                              
                                 The carryback and carryover of foreign taxes paid or accrued on foreign oil and gas extractions or related taxes (see section
                                    907(f))
                                    and
                                 
                                 An excess foreign tax credit carried to a tax year beginning after September 30, 1993, if an excess limitation account was
                                    established under
                                    section 960(b)(2).
                                  
                           
                         
                     
                        
                           
                              Treaty-Based Return Positions
                               Corporations that adopt a return position that any U.S. treaty overrides or modifies any provision of the Internal Revenue
                        Code, and causes (or
                        potentially causes) a reduction of any tax incurred at any time, generally must disclose this position. Complete Form 8833,
                        Treaty-Based Return
                        Position Disclosure Under Section 6114 or Section 7701(b), and attach it to Form 1118. See section 6114 and Regulations section
                        301.6114-1 for
                        details.
                        
                      Failure to make such a report may result in a $10,000 penalty.
                        
                      
                     
                     Form 1118 must be carefully filled in with all the information called for and with the calculations of credits indicated.
                        
                      
                        Important:Documentation (e.g., receipts of payments or a foreign tax return for accrued taxes) is not required to be attached to Form
                           1118. However,
                           proof must be presented upon request by the IRS to substantiate the credit. See Regulations section 1.905-2.
                           
                         
                        
                      If the corporation claims a foreign tax credit for tax accrued but not paid, the IRS may require a bond to be furnished on
                        Form 1117, Income Tax
                        Surety Bond, before the credit is allowed. See Regulations section 1.905-2(c).
                        
                      
                     
                        
                           
                              Foreign Tax Credit Redeterminations
                               The corporation's foreign tax credit must be redetermined if:
                        
                      
                        
                           
                              Accrued foreign taxes when paid differ from the amounts claimed as credits;
                              Accrued foreign taxes that relate to tax years beginning after 1997 are not paid within 2 years after the close of the tax
                                 year to which
                                 they relate; or
                              
                              Any foreign tax paid is fully or partially refunded. 
                        
                      
                        
                        If any of the above occurs, the corporation generally must redetermine its U.S. tax liability. To do this, the corporation
                           must:
                           
                         
                           
                              
                                 File an amended return and Form 1118 with the Service Center where it filed the tax return on which it claimed the affected
                                    foreign tax
                                    credit and
                                 
                                 Provide identifying information such as the corporation's name, address, employer identification number (EIN), and the tax
                                    year or years
                                    that are affected by the redetermination.
                                  
                           
                         Additional information required.
                                   If the redetermination was because of one of the following, the corporation must provide the additional information
                           as indicated.
                           
                            
                              
                                 
                                    Refund of foreign taxes paid—
                                       
                                     
                                       
                                          
                                             The date or dates on which the foreign taxes were paid;
                                             The amount of foreign taxes paid on each date (in foreign currency);
                                             The exchange rate on each date the foreign taxes were paid; and
                                             The amount of foreign taxes refunded (in foreign currency).
                                    Foreign taxes that when paid differ from the accrued amounts claimed as credits for a year beginning before 1998— 
                                       
                                     
                                       
                                          
                                             The date on which the foreign taxes were accrued;
                                             The dates on which the foreign taxes were paid;
                                             The exchange rate for each date the foreign taxes were accrued and paid; and
                                             The amount of foreign taxes accrued or paid on each such date (in foreign currency).
                                    Foreign taxes that when paid differ from accrued amounts claimed as credits for a tax year beginning after 1997 because the
                                             corporation
                                             paid more or less foreign tax than was originally accrued or failed to pay accrued taxes within 2 years—
                                       
                                     
                                       
                                          
                                             The date on which the foreign taxes were accrued;
                                             The dates on which the foreign taxes were paid;
                                             The average exchange rate for the year for which the foreign taxes were accrued;
                                             For taxes paid more than 2 years after the year to which they relate, the exchange rate at the time of payment; and
                                             The amount of tax accrued or paid for each such date, and the amount of accrued tax that was not paid within 2 years (in foreign
                                                currency).
                                             
                                    Foreign taxes deemed paid under section 902 or 960—If the corporation is required to make a redetermination under Temporary
                                       Regulations section 1.905-3T(d)(4), include the following basic information as an attachment to the tax return for the year
                                       for which the
                                       redetermination applies:
                                       
                                     
                                       
                                          
                                             The dates and amounts of any dividend distributions or other inclusions from E&P for the affected year or years;
                                             The amount of E&P from which such dividends were paid for the affected year or years; and
                                             The information described above for foreign taxes paid or accrued, as applicable. 
                                   If foreign taxes deemed paid under sections 902 or 960 are adjusted and the corporation is not required to redetermine
                           its U.S. tax liability,
                           adjust the appropriate pools of foreign taxes and E&P using the rules outlined in Temporary Regulations section 1.905-3T(d)(2)(ii).
                           
                            
                                   If an adjustment to the appropriate pools of foreign taxes and E&P is required, attach a notice of the adjustment
                           to the tax return for the tax
                           year during which the foreign tax adjustment occurs. Provide the following information:
                           
                            
                              
                                 
                                    The corporation's name and EIN;
                                    The foreign corporation's name, address, and EIN (if any);
                                    The amount of any refunds of foreign taxes and the exchange rate originally used to translate the refunded foreign taxes;
                                    The amounts of unrefunded foreign taxes when paid and when accrued in foreign currency, the exchange rates applicable to the
                                       unrefunded
                                       foreign taxes, and the dollar amounts of unrefunded foreign taxes paid and accrued; and
                                    
                                    The current balances of the pools of E&P and foreign taxes before and after the foreign tax adjustment. 
                                   If an adjustment relates to a foreign tax overaccrual of 2% or more, identify each such adjustment and include a complete
                           factual description
                           justifying the reasons for the overaccrual (Temporary Regulations section 1.905-3T(d)(2)(iii)).
                           
                            
                                   If the corporation fails to attach the required notice, to provide the necessary information, or to make the required
                           adjustments, it must provide
                           notification of the foreign tax changes under Temporary Regulations section 1.905-4T. The notification must include a complete
                           factual description
                           justifying the reasons for the failure to attach the required notification or make the required adjustments. The IRS may,
                           in its discretion, make a
                           redetermination of the corporation's U.S. tax liability and apply the interest provisions of section 6601 and the penalty
                           provisions of section 6689.
                           
                            
                              Until final regulations are issued under section 905(c), redeterminations otherwise subject to those regulations sections
                                 must be accounted
                                 for through adjustment to the appropriate pools of E&P and foreign taxes as described in Temporary Regulations section 1.905-3T(d)(3)
                                 and subject
                                 to the exceptions in Temporary Regulations section 1.905-3T(d)(4). See Notice 90-26, 1990-1 C.B. 336, for details.Important:Temporary Regulations section 1.905-3T(d)(2)(ii)(A) has been suspended, as well as that portion of Regulations section 1.905-3T(d)(2)(ii)(C)
                                 that
                                 refers to Regulations section 1.905-3T(d)(2)(ii)(A). These suspensions are effective for taxes deemed paid or accrued for
                                 E&P of a foreign
                                 corporation accumulated in tax years beginning after 1986.
                                 
                               
                        
                        In most cases, interest is computed on the deficiency or overpayment that resulted from the foreign tax adjustment (sections
                           6601 and 6611 and the
                           related regulations). See Temporary Regulations section 1.905-4T(c) for additional information.
                           
                         If the corporation does not comply with the requirements discussed above within the time for filing specified, the penalty
                           provisions of section
                           6689 (and the related regulations) will apply.
                           
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