92 STAT. 2916
PUBLIC LAW 95-600—NOV. 6, 1978
26 USC 904 note.
(ii) Paragraph (3) of section 1031(c) of the Tax Reform Act of 1976 is amended by striking out the last sentence. (8) LIMITATIONS ON FOREIGN TAX CREDIT WHERE INDIVIDUAL HAS FOREIGN OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION INCOME.— (A) REDUCTION I N FOREIGN TAX CREDIT FOR CERTAIN INDI-
VIDUALS HAVING FOREIGN OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION INCOME.—
26 USC 907.
26 USC 901.
26 USC 11.
26 USC 901. 26 USC 904. 26 USC 907, 904.
26 USC 904. 26 USC 907.
26 USC 907
note.
26 USC 907. 26 USC 904.
26 USC 907 note.
Subsection (a) (as amended by this Act) of section 907 (relating to special rules in case of foreign oil and gas income) is further amended to read as follows: "(a) REDUCTION IN AMOUNT ALLOWED AS FOREIGN TAX UNDER SECTION 901.—In applying section 901, the amount of any oil and gas
extraction 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 foreign oil and gas extraction 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) APPLICATION OF SECTION 904 SEPARATELY TO FOREIGN OIL RELATED INCOME OF INDIVIDUALS.—Subsection (b) of section 907 (relating to application of section 904 limitation) is amended to read as follows: "(b) APPLICATION OF SECTION 904 LIMITATION.—The provisions of section 904 shall be applied separately with respect to— "(1) foreign oil related income, and "(2) other taxable income." (C) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (4) of section 904(f) (relating to recapture of overall foreign loss) is amended by striking out "In the case of a corporation to which section 907(b)(1) applies" and inserting in lieu thereof "In making the separate computation under this subsection with respect to foreign oil related income which is required by section 907(b)". (D) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(i) The amendments made by this paragraph shall apply, in the case of individuals, to taxable years ending after December 31, 1974, and, in the case of corporations, to taxable years ending after December 31, 1976. (ii) In the case of any taxable year ending after December 31, 1975, with respect to foreign oil related income (within the meaning of section 907(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954), the overall limitation provided by section 904(a)(2) of such Code shall apply and the per-country limitation provided by section 904(a)(1) of such Code shall not apply. (9) EFFECTIVE DATE FOR DISALLOWANCE OF FOREIGN TAX CREDIT FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTION-SHARING CONTRACTS.—The second sen-
tence of paragraph (3) of section 1035(c) of the Tax Reform Act of 1976 (relating to tax credit for production-sharing contracts) is amended to read as follows: "A contract described in the preced-
�
