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764

INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF

1954

SEC. 6164. EXTENSION OF TIME FOR PAYMENT OF TAXES BY CORPORATIONS EXPECTING CARRYBACKS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—If a corporation, in any taxable year, files with the Secretary or his delegate a statement, as provided in subsection (b), with respect to an expected net operating loss carryback from such taxable year, the time for payment of all or part of any tax imposed by subtitle A for the taxable year immediately preceding such taxable year shall be extended, to the extent and subject to the conditions and limitations hereinafter provided in this section. (b) CONTENTS OF STATEMENT.—The statement shall be filed at such time and in such manner and form as the Secretary or his delegate may by regulations prescribe. Such statement shall set forth that the corporation expects to have a net operating loss carryback, as provided in section 172(b), from the taxable year in which such statement is made, and shall set forth, in such detail and with such supporting data and explanation as such regulations shall require— (1) the estimated amount of the expected net operating loss; (2) the reasons, facts, and circumstances which cause the corporation to expect such net operating loss; (3) the amount of the reduction of the tax previously determined attributable to the expected carryback, such tax previously determined being ascertained in accordance with the method prescribed in section 1314(a); and such reduction being determined by applying the expected carryback in the manner provided by law to the items on the basis of which such tax was determined; (4) the tax and the part thereof the time for payment of which is to be extended; and (5) such other information for purposes of carrying out the provisions of this section as may be required by such regulations. The Secretary or his delegate shall, upon request, furnish a receipt for any statement filed, which shall set forth the date of such filing. (c) AMOUNT TO W H I C H EXTENSION RELATES AND INSTALLMENT

PAYMENTS.—The amount the time for payment of which may be extended under subsection (a) with respect to any tax shall not exceed the amount of such tax shown on the return, increased by any amount assessed as a deficiency (or as interest or addition to the tax) prior to the date of filing the statement and decreased by any amount paid or required to be paid prior to the date of such filing, and the total amount of the tax the time for payment of which may be extended shall not exceed the amount stated under subsection (b)(3). For purposes of this subsection, an amount shall not be considered as required to be paid unless shown on the return or assessed as a deficiency (or as interest or addition to the tax), and an amount assessed as a deficiency (or as interest or addition to the tax) shall be considered to be required to be paid prior to the date of filing of the statement if the 10th day after notice and demand for its payment occurs prior to such date. If an extension of time under this section relates to only a part of the tax, the time for payment of the remainder shall be considered to be the dates on which payments would have been required if such remainder had been the tax and the

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