§ 909 — Suspension Of Taxes And Credits Until Related Income Taken Into Account

(a) If there is a foreign tax credit splitting event with respect to a foreign income tax paid or accrued by the taxpayer, such tax shall not be taken into account for purposes of this title before the taxable year in which the related income is taken into account under this chapter by the taxpayer. (b) If there is a foreign tax credit splitting event with respect to a foreign income tax paid or accrued by a specified 10-percent owned foreign corporation (as defined in section 245A(b) without regard to paragraph (2) thereof), such tax shall not be taken into account— (1) for purposes of section 960, or (2) for purposes of determining earnings and profits under section 964(a), (c) For purposes of this section— (1) (2) In the case of any foreign income tax not taken into account by reason of subsection (a) or (b), except as otherwise provided by the Secretary, such tax shall be so taken into account in the taxable year referred to in such subsection (other than for purposes of section 986(a)) as a foreign income tax paid or accrued in such taxable year. (d) For purposes of this section— (1) There is a foreign tax credit splitting event with respect to a foreign income tax if the related income is (or will be) taken into account under this chapter by a covered person. (2) The term “foreign income tax” means any income, war profits, or excess profits tax paid or accrued to any foreign country or to any possession of the United States. (3) The term “related income” means, with respect to any portion of any foreign income tax, the income (or, as appropriate, earnings and profits) to which such portion of foreign income tax relates. (4) The term “covered person” means, with respect to any person who pays or accrues a foreign income tax (hereafter in this paragraph referred to as the “payor”)— (A) any entity in which the payor holds, directly or indirectly, at least a 10 percent ownership interest (determined by vote or value), (B) any person which holds, directly or indirectly, at least a 10 percent ownership interest (determined by vote or value) in the payor, (C) any person which bears a relationship to the payor described in section 267(b) or 707(b), and (D) any other person specified by the Secretary for purposes of this paragraph. (e) The Secretary may issue such regulations or other guidance as is necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section, including regulations or other guidance which provides— (1) appropriate exceptions from the provisions of this section, and (2) for the proper application of this section with respect to hybrid instruments.