Determining Amount of Taxes Paid for Purposes of Foreign Tax Credits:

Federal Register Volume 76, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 30, 2011)

Rules and Regulations

Page 53818

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

FR Doc No: 2011-22064

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service 26 CFR Part 1

TD 9535

RIN 1545-BK25

Determining the Amount of Taxes Paid for Purposes of the Foreign

Tax Credit; Correction

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

ACTION: Correction to final and temporary regulations.

SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to final and temporary regulations (TD 9535), that were published in the Federal Register on

Monday, July 18, 2011. These regulations provide guidance relating to the determination of the amount of taxes paid for purposes of the foreign tax credit. These regulations address certain highly structured transactions that produce inappropriate foreign tax credit results. The regulations affect individuals and corporations that claim direct and indirect foreign tax credits.

DATES: This correction is effective August 30, 2011, and is applicable beginning July 18, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Cowan, (202) 622-3850 (not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The final and temporary regulations (TD 9535) that is the subject of this correction are under section 901 of Internal Revenue Code.

Need for Correction

As published, TD 9535 contains an error that may prove to be misleading and is in need of clarification.

Correction of Publication

Accordingly July 18, 2011 (76 FR 42038), the publication of the final and temporary regulations (TD 9535), that were the subject of FR

Doc. 2011-17920, is corrected as follows:

On page 42042, column 3, in the preamble under the caption ``K.

Effective Date'', line 5, the language, ``or after July 17, 2011.'' is corrected to read ``or after July 13, 2011.''.

Treena V. Garrett,

Federal Register Liaison, Publications and Regulations Branch, Legal

Processing Division, Associate Chief Counsel (Procedure and

Administration).

FR Doc. 2011-22064 Filed 8-29-11; 8:45 am

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