Title 26Internal Revenue CodeRelease 119-73

§33 Tax withheld at source on nonresident aliens and foreign corporations

Title 26 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - Income Taxes › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NORMAL TAXES AND SURTAXES › Subchapter Subchapter A— - Determination of Tax Liability › Part PART IV— - CREDITS AGAINST TAX › Subpart Subpart C— - Refundable Credits › § 33

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Title 26, §33

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There shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this subtitle the amount of tax withheld at source under subchapter A of chapter 3 (relating to withholding of tax on nonresident aliens and on foreign corporations).

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 33 was renumbered section 27 of this title.

Amendments

1984—Pub. L. 98–369, § 471(c), renumbered section 32 of this title as this section. Pub. L. 98–369, § 474(j), amended section generally, striking out “and on tax-free covenant bonds” after “foreign corporations” in section catchline, and, in text, substituting “as a credit against the tax imposed by this subtitle” for “as credits against the tax imposed by this chapter”, and striking out designation “(1)” before “the amount of tax withheld”, and “, and (2) the amount of tax withheld at source under subchapter B of chapter 3 (relating to interest on tax-free covenant bonds)” after “on foreign corporations)”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1984 Amendment Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title IV, § 475(b), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 847, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by subsections (j) and (r)(29) [amending this section and section 12, 164, 1441, 1442, 6049, and 7701 of this title and repealing section 1451 of this title] shall not apply with respect to obligations issued before January 1, 1984.”

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Citation

26 U.S.C. § 33

Title 26Internal Revenue Code

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Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73