(a) Section 955 as in effect before the enactment of the Tax Reduction Act of 1975—(1) In general. In general, §§1.955-1 through 1.955-6 are applicable with respect to withdrawals of previously excluded subpart F income from qualified investment in less developed countries for taxable years of foreign corporations beginning after December 31, 1962, and to taxable years of United States shareholders (as defined in section 951(b)) within which or with which such taxable years of such foreign corporations end. However, such sections are effective with respect to withdrawals of amounts invested in less developed country shipping companies described in section 955(c)(2) (as in effect before the enactment of the Tax Reduction Act of 1975) only for taxable years of foreign corporations beginning before January 1, 1976, and for taxable years of United States shareholders (as defined in section 951(b)) within which or with which such taxable years of such foreign corporations end. For rules applicable to withdrawals of amounts invested in less developed country shipping companies described in section 955(c)(2) (as in effect before such enactment), in taxable years of foreign corporations beginning after December 31, 1975, see section 955(b)(5) (as amended by such Act) and §§1.955A-1 through 1.955A-4.

(2) References. Except as otherwise provided therein, all references contained in §§1.955-1 through 1.955-6 to section 954 or 955 or to the regulations under section 954 are to those sections and regulations as in effect before the enactment of the Tax Reduction Act of 1975. For regulations under section 954 (as in effect before such enactment), see 26 CFR §1.954-1 through 1.954-5 (Revised as of April 1, 1975). For taxable years of foreign corporations beginning after December 31, 1975, and for taxable years of United States shareholders (as described in section 951(b)) within which or with which such taxable years of such foreign corporations end, the definitions of less developed countries and less developed country corporations contained in section 902(d) (as amended by such Act) and §1.902-2 apply for purposes of determining the credit for corporate stockholders in foreign corporations under section 902.

(b) Section 955 as amended by the Tax Reduction Act of 1975. Except as otherwise provided therein, §§1.955A-1 through 1.955A-4 are applicable to taxable years of foreign corporations beginning after December 31, 1975, and to taxable years of United States shareholders (as defined in section 951(b)) within which or with which such taxable years of such foreign corporations end.

[T.D. 7893, 48 FR 22508, May 19, 1983, as amended by T.D. 7894, 48 FR 22529, May 19, 1983]