§53505 — Title 46 Shipping | U.S. Code

Summary

Sets a yearly limit on how much a ship owner or lessee can put into a capital construction fund. The limit is the total of four things: the part of the owner’s or lessee’s taxable income for the year that comes from operating the covered vessels (computed under chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. ch. 1) but ignoring carrybacks and this chapter); the deduction allowed under section 167 for those vessels; any net proceeds from selling a covered vessel or from insurance tied to it if those proceeds were not counted as income; and earnings from investing money already in the fund. If a vessel is leased, the lessee’s allowable deposit for the section 167 deduction must be reduced by any amount the owner is required or allowed to deposit for that same deduction for the same period.

Title 46, §53505

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(a)The amount deposited in a capital construction fund for a taxable year may not exceed the sum of—

(1)that portion of the taxable income of the owner or lessee for the taxable year (computed under chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. ch. 1) but without regard to the carryback of net operating loss or net capital loss or this chapter) that is attributable to the operation of agreement vessels in the foreign or domestic trade of the United States or in the fisheries of the United States;

(2)the amount allowable as a deduction under section 167 of such Code (26 U.S.C. 167) for the taxable year for agreement vessels;

(3)if the transaction is not taken into account for purposes of paragraph (1), the net proceeds (as defined in joint regulations) from the disposition of an agreement vessel or from insurance or indemnity attributable to an agreement vessel; and

(4)the receipts from the investment or reinvestment of amounts held in the fund.

(b)For a lessee, the maximum amount that may be deposited for an agreement vessel under subsection (a)(2) for any period shall be reduced by any amount the owner is required or permitted, under the capital construction fund agreement, to deposit for that period for the vessel under subsection (a)(2).

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5350546 App.:1177(b)(1), (2).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title VI, § 607(b)(1), (2), 49 Stat. 2005; June 23, 1938, ch. 600, §§ 23–28, 52 Stat. 960; Aug. 4, 1939, ch. 417, § 10, 53 Stat. 1185; July 17, 1952, ch. 939, §§ 17–19, 66 Stat. 764; Pub. L. 85–637, Aug. 14, 1958, 72 Stat. 216; Pub. L. 86–518, § 1, June 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 216; Pub. L. 87–45, § 6, May 27, 1961, 75 Stat. 91; Pub. L. 87–271, Sept. 21, 1961, 75 Stat. 570; restated Pub. L. 91–469, § 21(a), Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1027. In subsection (a)(1), the word “trade” is substituted for “commerce” for consistency in the chapter.

§53505 Ceiling on Deposits

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Title 46, §53505

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