§ 907 — Special Rules In Case Of Foreign Oil And Gas Income

(a) In applying section 901, the amount of any foreign oil and gas taxes paid or accrued (or deemed to have been paid) during the taxable year which would (but for this subsection) be taken into account for purposes of section 901 shall be reduced by the amount (if any) by which the amount of such taxes exceeds the product of— (1) the amount of the combined foreign oil and gas income for the taxable year, (2) multiplied by— (A) in the case of a corporation, the percentage which is equal to the highest rate of tax specified under section 11(b), or (B) in the case of an individual, a fraction the numerator of which is the tax against which the credit under section 901(a) is taken and the denominator of which is the taxpayer’s entire taxable income. (b) For purposes of this section— (1) The term “combined foreign oil and gas income” means, with respect to any taxable year, the sum of— (A) foreign oil and gas extraction income, and (B) foreign oil related income. (2) The term “foreign oil and gas taxes” means, with respect to any taxable year, the sum of— (A) oil and gas extraction taxes, and (B) any income, war profits, and excess profits taxes paid or accrued (or deemed to have been paid or accrued under section 960) during the taxable year with respect to foreign oil related income (determined without regard to subsection (c)(4)) or loss which would be taken into account for purposes of section 901 without regard to this section. (c) For purposes of this section— (1) The term “foreign oil and gas extraction income” means the taxable income derived from sources without the United States and its possessions from— (A) the extraction (by the taxpayer or any other person) of minerals from oil or gas wells, or (B) the sale or exchange of assets used by the taxpayer in the trade or business described in subparagraph (A). (2) The term “foreign oil related income” means the taxable income derived from sources outside the United States and its possessions from— (A) the processing of minerals extracted (by the taxpayer or by any other person) from oil or gas wells into their primary products, (B) the transportation of such minerals or primary products, (C) the distribution or sale of such minerals or primary products, (D) the disposition of assets used by the taxpayer in the trade or business described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C), or (E) the performance of any other related service. (3) The term “foreign oil and gas extraction income” and the term “foreign oil related income” include— (A) interest, to the extent the category of income of such interest is determined under section 904(d)(3), (B) amounts with respect to which taxes are deemed paid under section 960, and (C) the taxpayer’s distributive share of the income of partnerships, (A) The combined foreign oil and gas income of a taxpayer for a taxable year (determined without regard to this paragraph) shall be reduced— (i) first by the amount determined under subparagraph (B), and (ii) then by the amount determined under subparagraph (C). (B) The reduction under this paragraph shall be equal to the lesser of— (i) the foreign oil and gas extraction income of the taxpayer for the taxable year (determined without regard to this paragraph), or (ii) the excess of— (I) the aggregate amount of foreign oil extraction losses for preceding taxable years beginning after December 31, 1982, and before January 1, 2009, over (II) so much of such aggregate amount as was recharacterized under this paragraph (as in effect before and after the date of the enactment of the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008) for preceding taxable years beginning after December 31, 1982. (C) The reduction under this paragraph shall be equal to the lesser of— (i) the combined foreign oil and gas income of the taxpayer for the taxable year (determined without regard to this paragraph), reduced by an amount equal to the reduction under subparagraph (A) for the taxable year, or (ii) the excess of— (I) the aggregate amount of foreign oil and gas losses for preceding taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008, over (II) so much of such aggregate amount as was recharacterized under this paragraph for preceding taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008. (i) For purposes of this paragraph, the term “foreign oil and gas loss” means the amount by which— (I) the gross income for the taxable year from sources without the United States and its possessions (whether or not the taxpayer chooses the benefits of this subpart for such taxable year) taken into account in determining the combined foreign oil and gas income for such year, is exceeded by (II) the sum of the deductions properly apportioned or allocated thereto. (ii) For purposes of clause (i), the net operating loss deduction allowable for the taxable year under section 172(a) shall not be taken into account. (iii) For purposes of clause (i), there shall not be taken into account— (I) any foreign expropriation loss (as defined in section 172(h) (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990)) for the taxable year, or (II) any loss for the taxable year which arises from fire, storm, shipwreck, or other casualty, or from theft, (iv) For purposes of subparagraph (B)(ii)(I), foreign oil extraction losses shall be determined under this paragraph as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008. (5) The term “oil and gas extraction taxes” means any income, war profits, and excess profits tax paid or accrued (or deemed to have been paid under section 960) during the taxable year with respect to foreign oil and gas extraction income (determined without regard to paragraph (4)) or loss which would be taken into account for purposes of section 901 without regard to this section. (d) For purposes of this chapter, in determining the amount of taxable income in the case of foreign oil and gas extraction income, if the oil or gas is disposed of, or is acquired other than from the government of a foreign country, at a posted price (or other pricing arrangement) which differs from the fair market value for such oil or gas, such fair market value shall be used in lieu of such posted price (or other pricing arrangement). (1) If the amount of the foreign oil and gas taxes paid or accrued during any taxable year exceeds the limitation provided by subsection (a) for such taxable year (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the “unused credit year”), such excess shall be deemed to be foreign oil and gas taxes paid or accrued 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 tax paid or accrued in a prior taxable year by reason of the limitation imposed by paragraph (2). Such amount deemed paid or accrued in any taxable 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. (2) The amount of the unused foreign oil and gas taxes which under paragraph (1) may be deemed paid or accrued in any preceding or succeeding taxable year shall not exceed the lesser of— (A) the amount by which the limitation provided by subsection (a) for such taxable year exceeds the sum of— (i) the foreign oil and gas taxes paid or accrued during such taxable year, plus (ii) the amounts of the foreign oil and gas taxes which by reason of this subsection are deemed paid or accrued in such taxable year and are attributable to taxable years preceding the unused credit year; or (B) the amount by which the limitation provided by section 904 for such taxable year exceeds the sum of— (i) the taxes paid or accrued (or deemed to have been paid under section 960) to all foreign countries and possessions of the United States during such taxable year, (ii) the amount of such taxes which were deemed paid or accrued in such taxable year under section 904(c) and which are attributable to taxable years preceding the unused credit year, plus (iii) the amount of the foreign oil and gas taxes which by reason of this subsection are deemed paid or accrued in such taxable year and are attributable to taxable years preceding the unused credit year. (A) In the case of any taxable year which is an unused credit year under this subsection and which is an unused credit year under section 904(c), the provisions of this subsection shall be applied before section 904(c). (B) For purposes of determining the amount of taxes paid or accrued in any taxable year which may be deemed paid or accrued in a preceding or succeeding taxable year under section 904(c), any tax deemed paid or accrued in such preceding or succeeding taxable year under this subsection shall be considered to be tax paid or accrued in such preceding or succeeding taxable year. (A) In the case of any unused credit year beginning before January 1, 2009, this subsection, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008, shall apply to unused oil and gas extraction taxes carried from such unused credit year to a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2008. (B) In the case of any unused credit year beginning in 2009, the amendments made to this subsection by the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 shall be treated as being in effect for any preceding year beginning before January 1, 2009, solely for purposes of determining how much of the unused foreign oil and gas taxes for such unused credit year may be deemed paid or accrued in such preceding year.