Internal Revenue Code · 26 U.S.C.
§ 904. Limitation on credit
Official text, no changes From the Office of the Law Revision Counsel, release point 119-121 (current through Public Law 119-121 (October 9, 2026)). Compare it with the official text at uscode.house.gov (external site).
Cite as 26 U.S.C. § 904
At a glance
Read from the text, the source credit and the official notes. Not part of the law.
- Status
- In force
- Enacted
- September 2, 1958 by Pub. L. 85–866
- Last amended
- July 4, 2025 by Pub. L. 119–21
- Amendments
- 36 dated changes in the source credit
- Length
- 11 subsections · 8,450 words · about 37 min to read
- Defines
- 40 terms
- Cross-references
- cites 43; cited by 26 Code sections and 103 other regulations
- Regulations
- 29 issued under this section
The total amount of the credit taken under section 901(a) shall not exceed the same proportion of the tax against which such credit is taken which the taxpayer’s taxable income from sources without the United States (but not in excess of the taxpayer’s entire taxable income) bears to his entire taxable income for the same taxable year.
For purposes of subsection (a), the taxable income in the case of an individual, estate, or trust shall be computed without any deduction for personal exemptions under section 151 or 642(b).
Taxable income from sources outside the United States shall include gain from the sale or exchange of capital assets only to the extent of foreign source capital gain net income.
The Secretary may by regulations modify the application of this paragraph and paragraph (3) to the extent necessary to properly reflect any capital gain rate differential under section 1(h) and the computation of net capital gain.
The term “gain from the sale or exchange of capital assets” includes any gain so treated under section 1231.
Any amount by which all taxes paid or accrued to foreign countries or possessions of the United States for any taxable year for which the taxpayer chooses to have the benefits of this subpart exceed the limitation under subsection (a) shall be deemed taxes paid or accrued to foreign countries or possessions of the United States in the first preceding taxable year and in any of the first 10 succeeding taxable years, in that order and to the extent not deemed taxes paid or accrued in a prior taxable year, in the amount by which the limitation under subsection (a) for such preceding or succeeding taxable year exceeds the sum of the taxes paid or accrued to foreign countries or possessions of the United States for such preceding or succeeding taxable year and the amount of the taxes for any taxable year earlier than the current taxable year which shall be deemed to have been paid or accrued in such preceding or subsequent taxable year (whether or not the taxpayer chooses to have the benefits of this subpart with respect to such earlier taxable year). Such amount deemed paid or accrued in any year may be availed of only as a tax credit and not as a deduction and only if the taxpayer for such year chooses to have the benefits of this subpart as to taxes paid or accrued for that year to foreign countries or possessions of the United States. This subsection shall not apply to taxes paid or accrued with respect to amounts described in subsection (d)(1)(A).
The term “passive category income” means passive income and specified passive category income.
The term “general category income” means income other than income described in paragraph (1)(A), foreign branch income, and passive category income.
Except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph, the term “passive income” means any income received or accrued by any person which is of a kind which would be foreign personal holding company income (as defined in section 954(c)).
Except as provided in clause (iii), subparagraph (E)(ii), or paragraph (3)(H), the term “passive income” includes any amount includible in gross income under section 1293 (relating to certain passive foreign investment companies).
In determining whether any income is of a kind which would be foreign personal holding company income, the rules of section 864(d)(6) shall apply only in the case of income of a controlled foreign corporation.
The Secretary shall by regulation specify for purposes of this subparagraph the treatment of financial services income received or accrued by partnerships and by other pass-thru entities which are not members of a financial services group.
If any foreign corporation is a noncontrolled 10-percent owned foreign corporation with respect to the taxpayer, any inclusion under section 1293 with respect to such corporation shall be treated as a dividend from such corporation.
In the case of taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006, tax imposed under the law of a foreign country or possession of the United States on an amount which does not constitute income under United States tax principles shall be treated as imposed on income described in paragraph (1)(D).
In the case of taxes paid or accrued in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004, and before January 1, 2007, a taxpayer may elect to treat tax imposed under the law of a foreign country or possession of the United States on an amount which does not constitute income under United States tax principles as tax imposed on income described in subparagraph (C) or (I) of paragraph (1).
Any such election shall apply to the taxable year for which made and all subsequent taxable years described in subclause (I) unless revoked with the consent of the Secretary.
For purposes of this paragraph, the term “related person” has the meaning given such term by section 954(d)(3), except that such section shall be applied by substituting “the person with respect to whom the determination is being made” for “controlled foreign corporation” each place it appears.
The term “foreign branch income” means the business profits of such United States person which are attributable to 1 or more qualified business units (as defined in section 989(a)) in 1 or more foreign countries. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the amount of business profits attributable to a qualified business unit shall be determined under rules established by the Secretary.
Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, dividends, interest, rents, and royalties received or accrued by the taxpayer from a controlled foreign corporation in which the taxpayer is a United States shareholder shall not be treated as passive category income.
Any amount included in gross income under section 951(a)(1)(A) shall be treated as passive category income to the extent the amount so included is attributable to passive category income.
Any interest, rent, or royalty which is received or accrued from a controlled foreign corporation in which the taxpayer is a United States shareholder shall be treated as passive category income to the extent it is properly allocable (under regulations prescribed by the Secretary) to passive category income of the controlled foreign corporation.
If a controlled foreign corporation meets the requirements of section 954(b)(3)(A) (relating to de minimis rule) for any taxable year, for purposes of this paragraph, none of its foreign base company income (as defined in section 954(a) without regard to section 954(b)(5)) and none of its gross insurance income (as defined in section 954(b)(3)(C)) for such taxable year shall be treated as passive category income, except that this sentence shall not apply to any income which (without regard to this sentence) would be treated as financial services income. Solely for purposes of applying subparagraph (D), passive income of a controlled foreign corporation shall not be treated as passive category income if the requirements of section 954(b)(4) are met with respect to such income.
For purposes of this paragraph, the term “dividend” includes any amount included in gross income in section 951(a)(1)(B). Any amount included in gross income under section 78 to the extent attributable to amounts included in gross income in section 951(a)(1)(A) shall not be treated as a dividend but shall be treated as included in gross income under section 951(a)(1)(A).
In the case of any distribution from a controlled foreign corporation to a United States shareholder, rules similar to the rules of subparagraph (A) shall apply in determining the extent to which earnings and profits of the controlled foreign corporation which are attributable to dividends received from a noncontrolled 10-percent owned foreign corporation may be treated as income in a separate category.
The Secretary may prescribe regulations regarding the treatment of distributions out of earnings and profits for periods before the taxpayer’s acquisition of the stock to which the distributions relate.
If the Secretary determines that the proper subparagraph of paragraph (1) in which a dividend is described has not been substantiated, such dividend shall be treated as income described in paragraph (1)(C).
Rules similar to the rules of paragraph (3)(F) shall apply for purposes of this paragraph.
Rules similar to subparagraph (A) also shall apply to any carryforward under subsection (c) from a taxable year beginning before January 1, 2003, of tax allocable to a dividend from a noncontrolled 10-percent owned foreign corporation with respect to the taxpayer. The Secretary may by regulations provide for the allocation of any carryback of tax allocable to a dividend from a noncontrolled 10-percent owned foreign corporation from a taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2003, to a taxable year beginning before such date for purposes of allocating such dividend among the separate categories in effect for the taxable year to which carried.
The term “controlled foreign corporation” has the meaning given such term by section 957 (taking into account section 953(c)).
The term “United States shareholder” has the meaning given such term by section 951(b) (taking into account section 953(c)).
This paragraph shall not apply to any item of income to which subsection (h)(10) or section 865(h) applies.
The Secretary may issue such regulations or other guidance as is necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this paragraph, including regulations or other guidance which provides that related items of income may be aggregated for purposes of this paragraph.
This paragraph shall apply to an applicable disposition in the same manner as if it were a disposition of property described in subparagraph (A), except that the exception contained in subparagraph (C)(i) shall not apply.
For purposes of clause (i), the term “applicable disposition” means any disposition of any share of stock in a controlled foreign corporation in a transaction or series of transactions if, immediately before such transaction or series of transactions, the taxpayer owned more than 50 percent (by vote or value) of the stock of the controlled foreign corporation. Such term shall not include a disposition described in clause (iii) or (iv), except that clause (i) shall apply to any gain recognized on any such disposition.
A disposition shall not be treated as an applicable disposition under clause (ii) if it is part of a transaction or series of transactions in which the taxpayer (or any member of an affiliated group of corporations filing a consolidated return under section 1501 which includes the taxpayer) acquires the assets of a controlled foreign corporation in exchange for the shares of the controlled foreign corporation in a liquidation described in section 332 or a reorganization described in section 368(a)(1).
For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “controlled foreign corporation” has the meaning given such term by section 957.
For purposes of this subparagraph, ownership of stock shall be determined under the rules of subsections (a) and (b) of section 958.
For purposes of this chapter, in the case of amounts of income from sources without the United States which are treated under section 666 (without regard to subsections (b) and (c) thereof if the taxpayer chose to take a deduction with respect to the amounts described in such subsections under section 667(d)(1)(B)) as having been distributed by a foreign trust in a preceding taxable year, that portion of such amounts equal to the amount of any overall foreign loss sustained by the beneficiary in a year prior to the taxable year of the beneficiary in which such distribution is received from the trust shall be treated as income from sources within the United States (and not income from sources without the United States) to the extent that such loss was not used under this subsection in prior taxable years, or in the current taxable year, against other income of the beneficiary.
The amount of the separate limitation losses for any taxable year shall reduce income from sources within the United States for such taxable year only to the extent the aggregate amount of such losses exceeds the aggregate amount of the separate limitation incomes for such taxable year.
The separate limitation losses for any taxable year (to the extent such losses do not exceed the separate limitation incomes for such year) shall be allocated among (and operate to reduce) such incomes on a proportionate basis.
Any loss from sources in the United States for any taxable year (to the extent such loss does not exceed the separate limitation incomes from such year) shall be allocated among (and operate to reduce) such incomes on a proportionate basis. This subparagraph shall be applied after subparagraph (B).
The term “separate limitation income” means, with respect to any income category, the taxable income from sources outside the United States, separately computed for such category.
The term “separate limitation loss” means, with respect to any income category, the loss from such category determined under the principles of section 907(c)(4)(B).
If any separate limitation loss for any taxable year is allocated against any separate limitation income for such taxable year, except to the extent provided in regulations, rules similar to the rules of paragraph (3) shall apply to any disposition of property if gain from such disposition would be in the income category with respect to which there was such separate limitation loss.
For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “domestic loss” means the amount by which the gross income for the taxable year from sources within the United States is exceeded by the sum of the deductions properly apportioned or allocated thereto (determined without regard to any carryback from a subsequent taxable year).
For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “qualified taxable year” means any taxable year for which the taxpayer chose the benefits of this subpart.
Any income from sources within the United States that is treated as income from sources without the United States under paragraph (1) shall be allocated among and increase the income categories in proportion to the loss from sources within the United States previously allocated to those income categories.
For purposes of this paragraph, the term “income category” has the meaning given such term by subsection (f)(5)(E)(i).
If any pre-2018 unused overall domestic loss is taken into account under paragraph (1) for any applicable taxable year, the taxpayer may elect to have such paragraph applied to such loss by substituting a percentage greater than 50 percent (but not greater than 100 percent) for 50 percent in subparagraph (B) thereof.
For purposes of this paragraph, the term “applicable taxable year” means any taxable year of the taxpayer beginning after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2028.
Any amount described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) shall be treated as derived from sources within the United States to the extent such amount is attributable to income of the United States-owned foreign corporation from sources within the United States.
The United States source ratio of any dividend paid or accrued by a United States-owned foreign corporation shall be treated as derived from sources within the United States.
For purposes of this subsection, the term “dividend” includes any gain treated as a dividend under section 1248.
In the case of any dividend treated as not from sources within the United States under section 861(a)(2)(A), the corporation paying such dividend shall be treated for purposes of this subsection as a United States-owned foreign corporation.
Amounts included in gross income under section 951(a)(1) shall be treated as a dividend under subparagraph (A)(ii) only if dividends paid by each corporation (the stock in which is taken into account in determining whether the shareholder is a United States shareholder in the United States-owned foreign corporation), if paid to the United States shareholder, would be treated under a treaty obligation of the United States as arising from sources outside the United States (applied without regard to this subsection).
The term “creditable foreign taxes” means any taxes for which a credit is allowable under section 901; except that such term shall not include any tax unless such tax is shown on a payee statement furnished to such individual.
The term “payee statement” has the meaning given to such term by section 6724(d)(2).
For increase of limitation under subsection (a) for taxes paid with respect to amounts received which were included in the gross income of the taxpayer for a prior taxable year as a United States shareholder with respect to a controlled foreign corporation, see section 960(c).
(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 287; Pub. L. 85–866, title I, § 42(a), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1639; Pub. L. 86–780, § 1, Sept. 14, 1960, 74 Stat. 1010; Pub. L. 87–834, §§ 10(a), 12(b)(2), Oct. 16, 1962, 76 Stat. 1002, 1031; Pub. L. 88–272, title II, § 234(b)(6), Feb. 26, 1964, 78 Stat. 116; Pub. L. 89–809, title I, § 106(c)(1), Nov. 13, 1966, 80 Stat. 1570; Pub. L. 91–172, title V, § 506(b), Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 635; Pub. L. 92–178, title V, § 502(b)(2)–(4), Dec. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 549; Pub. L. 94–455, title V, § 503(b)(1), title X, §§ 1031(a), 1032(a), 1034(a), 1051(e), title XIX, § 1901(b)(10)(B), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1562, 1620, 1624, 1629, 1646, 1795; Pub. L. 95–30, title I, § 102(b)(11), May 23, 1977, 91 Stat. 138; Pub. L. 95–600, title IV, §§ 403(c)(4), 421(e)(6), title VII, § 701(q)(2), (u)(2)(A)–(C), (3)(A), (4)(A), (B), (8)(C), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2868, 2876, 2910, 2913, 2916; Pub. L. 96–222, title I, § 104(a)(3)(D), Apr. 1, 1980, 94 Stat. 215; Pub. L. 97–248, title II, § 211(c)(2), Sept. 3, 1982, 96 Stat. 449; Pub. L. 98–21, title I, § 122(c)(1), Apr. 20, 1983, 97 Stat. 87; Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title I, §§ 121(a), 122(a), title IV, § 474(r)(21), title VIII, § 801(d)(2), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 638, 643, 843, 995; Pub. L. 99–514, title I, § 104(b)(13), title VII, § 701(e)(4)(H), title XII, §§ 1201(a), (b), (d)(1)–(3), 1203(a), 1211(b)(3), 1235(f)(4), title XVIII, §§ 1810(a)(1)(A), (b)(1)–(4)(A), 1876(d)(2), 1899A(24), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2105, 2343, 2520, 2525, 2531, 2536, 2575, 2821, 2823, 2899, 2959; Pub. L. 100–647, title I, §§ 1003(b)(2), 1012(a)(1)(A), (2)–(4), (6)–(11), (c), (p)(11), (29), (q)(12), (bb)(4)(A), title II, § 2004(l), Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3383, 3493–3497, 3517, 3521, 3525, 3534, 3606; Pub. L. 101–239, title VII, §§ 7402(a), 7811(i)(1), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2357, 2409; Pub. L. 101–508, title XI, §§ 11101(d)(5), 11801(a)(31), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–405, 1388–521; Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, §§ 13227(d), 13235(a)(2), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 494, 504; Pub. L. 104–188, title I, §§ 1501(b)(1), (12), 1703(i)(1), 1704(t)(36), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1825, 1826, 1876, 1889; Pub. L. 105–34, title III, § 311(c)(3), title XI, §§ 1101(a), 1105(a), (b), 1111(b), 1163(b), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 835, 963, 967, 969, 987; Pub. L. 106–170, title V, § 501(b)(2), Dec. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 1919; Pub. L. 107–16, title II, §§ 201(b)(2)(G), 202(f)(2)(C), title VI, § 618(b)(2)(D), June 7, 2001, 115 Stat. 46, 49, 108; Pub. L. 107–147, title IV, § 417(23)(B), title VI, § 601(b)(1), Mar. 9, 2002, 116 Stat. 57, 59; Pub. L. 108–311, title III, § 312(b)(1), Oct. 4, 2004, 118 Stat. 1181; Pub. L. 108–357, title IV, §§ 402(a), 403(a)–(b)(5), 404(a)–(f), 413(c)(14), (15), 417(a), title VIII, § 895(a), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1491–1495, 1508, 1512, 1647; Pub. L. 109–135, title IV, §§ 402(i)(3)(G), 403(k), (o), Dec. 21, 2005, 119 Stat. 2614, 2625, 2626; Pub. L. 110–172, § 11(f)(3), (g)(10), Dec. 29, 2007, 121 Stat. 2489, 2490; Pub. L. 111–5, div. B, title I, §§ 1004(b)(5), 1142(b)(1)(E), 1144(b)(1)(E), Feb. 17, 2009, 123 Stat. 314, 330, 332; Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10909(b)(2)(K), (c), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 1023; Pub. L. 111–226, title II, §§ 213(a), 217(c)(2), Aug. 10, 2010, 124 Stat. 2398, 2402; Pub. L. 111–312, title I, § 101(b)(1), Dec. 17, 2010, 124 Stat. 3298; Pub. L. 112–240, title I, § 104(c)(2)(K), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2322; Pub. L. 113–295, div. A, title II, §§ 219(c), 221(a)(72), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 4035, 4049; Pub. L. 115–97, title I, §§ 13001(b)(2)(M), 14101(d), 14201(b)(2), 14301(c)(15)–(19), 14302(a), (b), 14304(a), Dec. 22, 2017, 131 Stat. 2097, 2191, 2212, 2223, 2225; Pub. L. 115–141, div. U, title IV, § 401(a)(157), (d)(1)(D)(xiii), (xiv), Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1191, 1208; Pub. L. 119–21, title VII, §§ 70311(a)–(b)(2), 70313(a), July 4, 2025, 139 Stat. 202, 203.)
Terms defined here
Where the text says “the term … means”. Select a term to jump to its definition.
- applicable disposition § 904(f)(3)(D)(ii)
- applicable taxable year § 904(g)(5)(C)
- controlled foreign corporation § 904(d)(5)(A)
- controlled foreign corporation § 904(f)(3)(D)(v)
- creditable foreign taxes § 904(j)(3)(B)
- disposition § 904(f)(3)(B)(i)
- disposition § 904(f)(3)(C)
- dividend § 904(d)(3)(G)
- dividend § 904(h)(7)
- domestic loss § 904(g)(2)(B)
- export financing interest § 904(d)(2)(G)
- financial services group § 904(d)(2)(C)(ii)
- financial services income § 904(d)(2)(D)(i)
- foreign branch income § 904(d)(2)(J)(i)
- foreign income taxes § 904(d)(2)(F)(ii)
- foreign source capital gain net income § 904(b)(3)(A)
- foreign source net capital gain § 904(b)(3)(B)
- gain from the sale or exchange of capital assets § 904(b)(3)(C)
- general category income § 904(d)(2)(A)(ii)
- high-taxed income § 904(d)(2)(F)
- income category § 904(f)(5)(E)(i)
- income category § 904(g)(3)(B)
- noncontrolled 10-percent owned foreign corporation § 904(d)(2)(E)(i)
- overall domestic loss § 904(g)(2)(A)
- overall foreign loss § 904(f)(2)
- passive category income § 904(d)(2)(A)(i)
- passive income § 904(d)(2)(B)(i)
- passive income § 904(d)(2)(B)(ii)
- passive income § 904(d)(2)(B)(iii)
- payee statement § 904(j)(3)(C)
- pre-2018 unused overall domestic loss § 904(g)(5)(B)
- qualified passive income § 904(j)(3)(A)
- qualified taxable year § 904(g)(2)(C)
- related person § 904(d)(2)(I)
- separate limitation income § 904(f)(5)(E)(ii)
- separate limitation loss § 904(f)(5)(E)(iii)
- specified passive category income § 904(d)(2)(B)(v)
- United States shareholder § 904(d)(5)(B)
- United States source ratio § 904(h)(4)(B)
- United States-owned foreign corporation § 904(h)(6)
Regulations under this section
Treasury regulations (26 CFR) issued under § 904
- § 1.904-1 Limitation on credit for foreign income taxes.
- § 1.904-2 Carryback and carryover of unused foreign tax.
- § 1.904-3 Carryback and carryover of unused foreign tax by spouses making a joint return.
- § 1.904-4 Separate application of section 904 with respect to certain categories of income.
- § 1.904-5 Look-through rules as applied to controlled foreign corporations and other entities.
- § 1.904-6 Allocation and apportionment of foreign income taxes.
- § 1.904-7 Transition rules.
- § 1.904(b)-0 Outline of regulation provisions.
- § 1.904(b)-1 Special rules for capital gains and losses.
- § 1.904(b)-2 Special rules for application of section 904(b) to alternative minimum tax foreign tax credit.
- § 1.904(b)-3 Disregard of certain dividends and deductions under section 904(b)(4).
- § 1.904(f)-0 Outline of regulation provisions.
- § 1.904(f)-1 Overall foreign loss and the overall foreign loss account.
- § 1.904(f)-2 Recapture of overall foreign losses.
- § 1.904(f)-3 Allocation of net operating losses and net capital losses.
- § 1.904(f)-4 Recapture of foreign losses out of accumulation distributions from a foreign trust.
- § 1.904(f)-5 Special rules for recapture of overall foreign losses of a domestic trust.
- § 1.904(f)-6 Transitional rule for recapture of FORI and general limitation overall foreign losses incurred in taxable years beginning before January 1, 1983, from foreign source taxable income subject to the general limitation in taxable years beginning after December 31, 1982.
- § 1.904(f)-7 Separate limitation loss and the separate limitation loss account.
- § 1.904(f)-8 Recapture of separate limitation loss accounts.
- § 1.904(f)-12 Transition rules.
- § 1.904(g)-0 Outline of regulation provisions.
- § 1.904(g)-1 Overall domestic loss and the overall domestic loss account.
- § 1.904(g)-2 Recapture of overall domestic losses.
- § 1.904(g)-3 Ordering rules for the allocation of net operating losses, net capital losses, U.S. source losses, and separate limitation losses, and for the recapture of separate limitation losses, overall foreign losses, and overall domestic losses.
- § 1.904(i)-0 Outline of regulation provisions.
- § 1.904(i)-1 Limitation on use of deconsolidation to avoid foreign tax credit limitations.
- § 1.904(j)-0 Outline of regulation provisions.
- § 1.904(j)-1 Certain individuals exempt from foreign tax credit limitation.
Cross-references
Computed from the citations in the text of Title 26 and 26 CFR.
This section cites 43 other sections
- § 901(a) Taxes of foreign countries and of possessions of United States
- § 151 Allowance of deductions for personal exemptions
- § 1212(a) Capital loss carrybacks and carryovers
- § 1(h) Tax imposed
- § 1231 Property used in the trade or business and involuntary conversions
- § 245A Deduction for foreign source-portion of dividends received by domestic corporations from specified 10-percent owned foreign corporations
- § 951(a)(1) Amounts included in gross income of United States shareholders
- § 250(a)(1)(B) Foreign-derived deduction eligible income and net CFC tested income
- § 164(a)(3) Taxes
- § 864(c)(5) Definitions and special rules
- § 865(i)(1) Source rules for personal property sales
- § 863(b) Special rules for determining source
- § 902 Repealed
- § 951A Net CFC tested income included in gross income of United States shareholders
- § 954(c) Foreign base company income
- § 1293 Current taxation of income from qualified electing funds
- § 992(a) Requirements of a domestic international sales corporation
- § 1504(a) Definitions
- § 953(a) Insurance income
- § 1297(a) Passive foreign investment company
- § 78 Gross up for deemed paid foreign tax credit
- § 989(a) Other definitions and special rules
- § 316 Dividend defined
- § 957 Controlled foreign corporations; United States persons
Show 19 more
- § 907 Special rules in case of foreign oil and gas income
- § 960 Deemed paid credit for subpart F inclusions
- § 172(a) Net operating loss deduction
- § 381(a) Carryovers in certain corporate acquisitions
- § 351 Transfer to corporation controlled by transferor
- § 7701(a)(44) Definitions
- § 1501 Privilege to file consolidated returns
- § 332 Complete liquidations of subsidiaries
- § 368(a)(1) Definitions relating to corporate reorganizations
- § 958 Rules for determining stock ownership
- § 666 Accumulation distribution allocated to preceding years
- § 667(d)(1)(B) Treatment of amounts deemed distributed by trust in preceding years
- § 936 Repealed
- § 267(b) Losses, expenses, and interest with respect to transactions between related taxpayers
- § 318(a) Constructive ownership of stock
- § 1248 Gain from certain sales or exchanges of stock in certain foreign corporations
- § 861(a)(2)(A) Income from sources within the United States
- § 1563(e) Definitions and special rules
- § 6724(d)(2) Waiver; definitions and special rules
Cited by 26 Code sections
- § 1(h)(11)(C)(iv) Tax imposed
- § 59(a)(1)(A) Other definitions and special rules
- § 91(b)(2)(B) Certain foreign branch losses transferred to specified 10-percent owned foreign corporations
- § 245(a)(9) Dividends received from certain foreign corporations
- § 250(b)(3)(A)(i)(III) Foreign-derived deduction eligible income and net CFC tested income
- § 367(d)(2)(C) Foreign corporations
- § 383(c) Special limitations on certain excess credits, etc.
- § 411(a)(12) Minimum vesting standards
- § 535(d)(2) Accumulated taxable income
- § 593(b)(2)(D)(v) Reserves for losses on loans
- § 667(d)(1)(C)(ii) Treatment of amounts deemed distributed by trust in preceding years
- § 841 Credit for foreign taxes
- § 864(d)(2)(A) Definitions and special rules
- § 865(h)(1)(B) Source rules for personal property sales
- § 901(a) Taxes of foreign countries and of possessions of United States
- § 906(b)(2) Nonresident alien individuals and foreign corporations
- § 907(c)(1)(B) Special rules in case of foreign oil and gas income
- § 951A(d)(1)(A) Net CFC tested income included in gross income of United States shareholders
- § 952(c)(2) Subpart F income defined
- § 954(b)(5) Foreign base company income
- § 960(c)(1) Deemed paid credit for subpart F inclusions
- § 988(a)(3)(C)(i) Treatment of certain foreign currency transactions
- § 1291(g)(1)(C)(ii) Interest on tax deferral
- § 1373(b) Foreign income
Show 2 more
Cited in 103 regulations not issued under it
- § 1.58-7 Tax preferences attributable to foreign sources; preferences other than capital gains and stock options.
- § 1.59A-3 Base erosion payments and base erosion tax benefits.
- § 1.78-1 Gross up for deemed paid foreign tax credit.
- § 1.163(j)-7 Application of the section 163(j) limitation to foreign corporations and United States shareholders.
- § 1.168(i)-0 Table of contents for the general asset account rules.
- § 1.168(i)-1 General asset accounts.
- § 1.243-5 Effect of election.
- § 1.245A(d)-1 Disallowance of foreign tax credit or deduction.
- § 1.245A(e)-1 Special rules for hybrid dividends.
- § 1.250(b)-1 Computation of foreign-derived intangible income (FDII).
- § 1.367(a)-6T Transfer of foreign branch with previously deducted losses (temporary).
- § 1.367(b)-2 Definitions and special rules.
- § 1.367(b)-3 Repatriation of foreign corporate assets in certain nonrecognition transactions.
- § 1.367(b)-3T Repatriation of foreign corporate assets in certain nonrecognition transactions (temporary).
- § 1.367(d)-1 Transfers of intangible property to foreign corporations.
- § 1.382-2 General rules for ownership change.
- § 1.382-2T Definition of ownership change under section 382, as amended by the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (temporary).
- § 1.382-6 Allocation of income and loss to periods before and after the change date for purposes of section 382.
- § 1.383-1 Special limitations on certain capital losses and excess credits.
- § 1.636-4 Effective dates of section 636.
- § 1.671-2 Applicable principles.
- § 1.701-2 Anti-abuse rule.
- § 1.704-1 Partner's distributive share.
- § 1.704-3 Contributed property.
Show 79 more
- § 1.861-3 Dividends and income inclusions under sections 951, 951A, and 1293 and associated section 78 dividends.
- § 1.861-8 Computation of taxable income from sources within the United States and from other sources and activities.
- § 1.861-8T Computation of taxable income from sources within the United States and from other sources and activities (temporary).
- § 1.861-9 Allocation and apportionment of interest expense and rules for asset-based apportionment.
- § 1.861-10 Special allocations of interest expense.
- § 1.861-10T Special allocations of interest expense (temporary).
- § 1.861-11 Special rules for allocating and apportioning interest expense of an affiliated group of corporations.
- § 1.861-11T Special rules for allocating and apportioning interest expense of an affiliated group of corporations (temporary).
- § 1.861-12 Characterization rules and adjustments for certain assets.
- § 1.861-12T Characterization rules and adjustments for certain assets (temporary).
- § 1.861-13 Special rules for characterization of controlled foreign corporation stock.
- § 1.861-14T Special rules for allocating and apportioning certain expenses (other than interest expense) of an affiliated group of corporations (temporary).
- § 1.861-17 Allocation and apportionment of research and experimental expenditures.
- § 1.861-20 Allocation and apportionment of foreign income taxes.
- § 1.864-8T Treatment of related person factoring income (temporary).
- § 1.865-1 Loss with respect to personal property other than stock.
- § 1.865-2 Loss with respect to stock.
- § 1.884-4 Branch-level interest tax.
- § 1.901-2 Income, war profits, or excess profits tax paid or accrued.
- § 1.901-3 Reduction in amount of foreign taxes on foreign mineral income allowed as a credit.
- § 1.902-1 Credit for domestic corporate shareholder of a foreign corporation for foreign income taxes paid by the foreign corporation.
- § 1.902-3 Credit for domestic corporate shareholder of a foreign corporation for foreign income taxes paid with respect to accumulated profits of taxable years of the foreign corporation beginning before January 1, 1987.
- § 1.905-1 When credit for foreign income taxes may be taken.
- § 1.905-3 Adjustments to U.S. tax liability and to current earnings and profits as a result of a foreign tax redetermination.
- § 1.905-4 Notification of foreign tax redetermination.
- § 1.905-5 Foreign tax redeterminations of foreign corporations that relate to taxable years of the foreign corporation beginning before January 1, 2018.
- § 1.907-0 Outline of regulation provisions for section 907.
- § 1.907(a)-0 Introduction (for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1982).
- § 1.907(a)-1 Reduction in taxes paid on FOGEI (for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1982).
- § 1.907(c)-1 Definitions relating to FOGEI and FORI (for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1982).
- § 1.907(f)-1 Carryback and carryover of credits disallowed by section 907(a) (for amounts carried between taxable years that each begin after December 31, 1982).
- § 1.909-0 Outline of regulation provisions for section 909.
- § 1.909-6 Pre-2011 foreign tax credit splitting events.
- § 1.932-1 Coordination of United States and Virgin Islands income taxes.
- § 1.935-1 Coordination of individual income taxes with Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
- § 1.937-2 Income from sources within a possession.
- § 1.952-1 Subpart F income defined.
- § 1.954-1 Foreign base company income.
- § 1.954-2 Foreign personal holding company income.
- § 1.960-1 Overview, definitions, and computational rules for determining foreign income taxes deemed paid under section 960(a), (b), and (d).
- § 1.960-2 Foreign income taxes deemed paid under sections 960(a) and (d).
- § 1.960-3 Foreign income taxes deemed paid under section 960(b).
- § 1.960-4 Additional foreign tax credit in year of receipt of previously taxed earnings and profits.
- § 1.960-6 Overpayments resulting from increase in limitation for taxable year of exclusion.
- § 1.962-1 Limitation of tax for individuals on amounts included in gross income under section 951(a).
- § 1.964-1 Determination of the earnings and profits of a foreign corporation.
- § 1.965-2 Adjustments to earnings and profits and basis.
- § 1.965-7 Elections, payment, and other special rules.
- § 1.985-1 Functional currency.
- § 1.985-2 Election to use the United States dollar as the functional currency of a QBU.
- § 1.985-3 United States dollar approximate separate transactions method.
- § 1.985-7 Adjustments required in connection with a change to DASTM.
- § 1.985-8 Special rules applicable to the European Monetary Union (conversion to euro).
- § 1.987-0 Table of contents.
- § 1.987-1 Scope, definitions, and special rules.
- § 1.987-6 Character and source of section 987 gain or loss.
- § 1.987-11 Suspended section 987 loss relating to certain elections; loss-to-the-extent-of-gain rule.
- § 1.988-4 Source of gain or loss realized on a section 988 transaction.
- § 1.988-5 Section 988(d) hedging transactions.
- § 1.988-6 Nonfunctional currency contingent payment debt instruments.
- § 1.1275-4 Contingent payment debt instruments.
- § 1.1275-6 Integration of qualifying debt instruments.
- § 1.1502-4 Consolidated foreign tax credit.
- § 1.1502-9 Consolidated overall foreign losses, separate limitation losses, and overall domestic losses.
- § 1.1502-21 Net operating losses.
- § 1.1502-76 Taxable year of members of group.
- § 1.1502-79 Separate return years.
- § 1.1503(d)-1 Definitions, special rules, and filings.
- § 1.1503(d)-6 Exceptions to the domestic use limitation rule.
- § 1.1503(d)-7 Examples.
- § 1.6038-2 Information returns required of United States persons with respect to annual accounting periods of certain foreign corporations.
- § 1.6038-3 Information returns required of certain United States persons with respect to controlled foreign partnerships (CFPs).
- § 1.6038B-1 Reporting of certain transfers to foreign corporations.
- § 3.3 Nontaxability of deposits.
- § 4.954-1 Foreign base company income; taxable years beginning after December 31, 1986.
- § 4.954-2 Foreign personal holding company income; taxable years beginning after December 31, 1986.
- § 301.6225-1 Partnership adjustment by the Internal Revenue Service.
- § 301.6501(i)-1 Foreign tax carrybacks; taxable years beginning after December 31, 1957.
- § 301.9100-8 Time and manner of making certain elections under the Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988.
Amendment history
From the source credit and the official notes, newest first.
- Amended by Pub. L. 119–21Parts changed in 2025: (b)(5) (b)(6) (d)(2)(H)(i) (d)(4)(C)(ii)
- Amended by Pub. L. 115–141Parts changed in 2018: (b)(4) (d)(2)(B)(ii) (f)(1)
- Amended by Pub. L. 115–97Parts changed in 2017: (b)(2)(C) (b)(3)(D) (b)(3)(E) (b)(5) (c) (d)(1)(A) (d)(1)(B) (d)(1)(C) (d)(1)(D) (d)(2)(A)(ii) (d)(2)(E)(i) (d)(2)(E)(ii) (d)(2)(J) (d)(4) (d)(6)(A) (g)(5) (h)(10)(A) (k)
- Amended by Pub. L. 113–295Parts changed in 2014: (d)(2)(J) (h)(7)
- Amended by Pub. L. 112–240Parts changed in 2013: (i)
- Amended by Pub. L. 111–312Parts changed in 2010: (d)(6) (h)(9) (i)
- Amended by Pub. L. 111–226
- Amended by Pub. L. 111–148
- Amended by Pub. L. 111–5Parts changed in 2009: (i)
- Amended by Pub. L. 110–172Parts changed in 2007: (d)(2)(B)(v) (f)(3)(D)(iv)
- Amended by Pub. L. 109–135Parts changed in 2005: (d)(2)(D) (g)(2) (i)
- Amended by Pub. L. 108–357Parts changed in 2004: (c) (d)(1) (d)(1)(E) (d)(2)(A) (d)(2)(A)(ii) (d)(2)(B) (d)(2)(B)(iii) (d)(2)(B)(v) (d)(2)(C) (d)(2)(C)(iii) (d)(2)(D) (d)(2)(D)(i) (d)(2)(D)(iii) (d)(2)(E)(i) (d)(2)(E)(ii) (d)(2)(E)(iv) (d)(2)(H) (d)(2)(K) (d)(3) (d)(3)(F)(i) (d)(4) (f)(3)(D) (g) (h) (h)(1)(A) (h)(2) (i) (k) (k)(3)(A)(i) (l)
- Amended by Pub. L. 108–311
- Amended by Pub. L. 107–147Parts changed in 2002: (h)
- Amended by Pub. L. 107–16Parts changed in 2001: (h)
- Amended by Pub. L. 106–170Parts changed in 1999: (h)
- Amended by Pub. L. 105–34Parts changed in 1997: (b)(2)(C) (d)(1)(E) (d)(2)(C)(i)(II) (d)(2)(C)(iii)(II) (d)(2)(E)(i) (d)(2)(E)(iv) (d)(4) (j)
- Amended by Pub. L. 104–188Parts changed in 1996: (d)(3)(G) (f)(2)(B)(i)
- Amended by Pub. L. 103–66Parts changed in 1993: (b)(4) (d)(2)(A)(iii)(II)
- Amended by Pub. L. 101–508Parts changed in 1990: (b)(3)(D)(i) (b)(3)(E)(iii)(I) (e)
- Amended by Pub. L. 101–239Parts changed in 1989: (d)(1)(H) (i)
- Amended by Pub. L. 100–647Parts changed in 1988: (b)(2) (b)(3)(D) (b)(3)(D)(ii) (b)(3)(E) (d)(1)(E) (d)(2)(A)(ii) (d)(2)(A)(iv) (d)(2)(B)(iii) (d)(2)(C) (d)(2)(D) (d)(2)(E)(i) (d)(2)(E)(iii) (d)(2)(I)(ii) (d)(3)(E) (d)(3)(F) (d)(3)(H) (d)(3)(I) (f)(5)(F) (g)(9)(A) (g)(10)
- Amended by Pub. L. 99–514Parts changed in 1986: (a) (b)(3)(C) (b)(3)(D) (b)(3)(E) (d) (d)(1) (d)(1)(D) (d)(2) (d)(3) (d)(3)(C) (d)(3)(E) (d)(3)(I) (d)(3)(J) (d)(4) (f)(5) (g)(1)(A)(iii) (g)(2) (g)(9) (i)(2)
- Amended by Pub. L. 98–369Parts changed in 1984: (d) (d)(1)(B) (d)(3) (g) (h)
- Amended by Pub. L. 98–21Parts changed in 1983: (g)
- Amended by Pub. L. 97–248Parts changed in 1982: (f)(4)
- Amended by Pub. L. 96–222Parts changed in 1980: (b)(3)(F)
- Amended by Pub. L. 95–600Parts changed in 1978: (b)(2) (b)(3) (f)(2)(A) (f)(4) (f)(5) (h)
- Amended by Pub. L. 95–30Parts changed in 1977: (a)
- Amended by Pub. L. 94–455Parts changed in 1976: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h)
- Amended by Pub. L. 92–178Parts changed in 1971: (f) (f)(1) (f)(3) (f)(5)
- Amended by Pub. L. 91–172Parts changed in 1969: (b)(1) (b)(2)
- Amended by Pub. L. 89–809Parts changed in 1966: (f)(2)
- Amended by Pub. L. 88–272Parts changed in 1964: (g)(2)
- Amended by Pub. L. 87–834Parts changed in 1962: (f) (g)
- Amended by Pub. L. 86–780Parts changed in 1960: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
- Enacted by Pub. L. 85–866Parts changed in 1958: (c)
Where it sits in the Code
- Subtitle A Income Taxes
- Chapter 1 NORMAL TAXES AND SURTAXES
- Subchapter N Tax Based on Income From Sources Within or Without the United States
- Part III INCOME FROM SOURCES WITHOUT THE UNITED STATES
- Subpart A Foreign Tax Credit
Nearby sections
- § 901 Taxes of foreign countries and of possessions of United States
- § 902 Repealed
- § 903 Credit for taxes in lieu of income, etc., taxes
- § 904 Limitation on credit
- § 905 Applicable rules
- § 906 Nonresident alien individuals and foreign corporations
- § 907 Special rules in case of foreign oil and gas income
- § 908 Reduction of credit for participation in or cooperation with an international boycott
Official notes
The Law Revision Counsel's notes for this section (amendments, effective dates and related laws) are long, so they have their own page.