Title 26 — Internal Revenue CodeRelease 119-73not60

§997 Special Subchapter C Rules

Title 26 › Subtitle Subtitle A— Income Taxes › Chapter 1— NORMAL TAXES AND SURTAXES › Subchapter N— Tax Based on Income From Sources Within or Without the United States › Part IV— DOMESTIC INTERNATIONAL SALES CORPORATIONS › Subpart B— Treatment of Distributions to Shareholders › § 997

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Treat property a DISC or former DISC gives a corporation from previously taxed or accumulated income as if it were paid to an individual; the corporation’s tax basis in that property equals that same amount.

Full Legal Text

Title 26, §997

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For purposes of applying the provisions of subchapter C of chapter 1, any distribution in property to a corporation by a DISC or former DISC which is made out of previously taxed income or accumulated DISC income shall—

(1)be treated as a distribution in the same amount as if such distribution of property were made to an individual, and

(2)have a basis, in the hands of the recipient corporation, equal to the amount determined under paragraph (1).

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Citation

26 U.S.C. § 997

Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60