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(b) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN DOMESTIC AND VIRGIN ISLANDS CORPORATIONS. In the case of a domestic corporation or a Virgin Islands corporation, subsection (a) shall not apply (if the information required by subsection (d) is supplied) to the extent such corporation derived its income from sources without the United States if the conditions of both paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) are satisfied:

(1) THREE-YEAR PERIOD. If 80 percent or more of the gross income of such corporation for the 3-year period immediately preceding the close of the taxable year (or for such part of such period immediately preceding the close of such taxable year as may be applicable) was derived from sources within the Virgin Islands; and

(2) TRADE OR BUSINESS.-If 50 percent or more of the gross income of such corporation for such period or such part thereof was derived from the active conduct of a trade or business within the Virgin Islands.

For purposes of the preceding sentence, the gross income of a Virgin Islands corporation, and the sources from which the income of such corporation is derived, shall be determined as if such corporation were a domestic corporation. For the purposes of this subsection, all amounts received by such corporation within the United States, whether derived from sources within or without the United States, shall be considered as being derived from sources within the United States.

(c) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN RESIDENTS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. Subsection (a) shall not apply in the case of an individual citizen of the United States who is a bona fide resident of the Virgin Islands during the entire taxable year (if the information required by subsection (d) is supplied), to the extent his income is derived from sources within the Virgin Islands (except that subsection (a) shall apply in the case of amounts received for services performed as an employee of the United States or any agency thereof). For purposes of the preceding sentence, gain or loss from the sale or exchange of any security (as defined in section 165 (g) (2)) shall not be treated as derived from sources within the Virgin Islands.

(d) REQUIREMENT TO SUPPLY INFORMATION.-Subsections (b) and (c) shall apply only in the case of persons who supply (at such time and in such manner as the Secretary or his delegate may by regulations prescribe) such information as the Secretary or his delegate may by regulations prescribe for purposes of determining the applicability of such subsections.

Subpart E-China Trade Act Corporations

Sec. 941. Special deduction for China Trade Act corporations.
Sec. 942. Disallowance of foreign tax credit.

Sec. 943. Exclusion of dividends to residents of Formosa or Hong

Kong.

SEC. 941. SPECIAL DEDUCTION FOR CHINA TRADE ACT CORPORATIONS.

(a) ALLOWANCE OF DEDUCTION. For purposes only of the taxes imposed by section 11, there shall be allowed, in the case of a corporation organized under the China Trade Act, 1922 (15 U. S. C. ch. 4, sec. 141 and following), in addition to the deductions from taxable income otherwise allowed such corporation, a special deduc

tion, in computing the taxable income, of an amount equal to the proportion of the taxable income derived from sources within Formos a and Hong Kong (determined without regard to this section and determined in a similar manner to that provided in part I) which the par value of the shares of stock of the corporation owned on the last day of the taxable year by

(1) persons resident in Formosa, Hong Kong, the United States, or possessions of the United States, and

(2) individual citizens of the United States wherever resident, bears to the par value of the whole number of shares of stock of the corporation outstanding on such date. In no case shall the diminution, by reason of such special deduction, of the taxes imposed by section 11 (computed without regard to this section) exceed the amount of the special dividend certified under subsection (b) of this section.

(b) SPECIAL DIVIDEND.-The special deduction provided in subsection (a) shall not be allowed unless the Secretary of Commerce has certified to the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate

(1) the amount which, during the year ending on the date fixed by law for filing the return, the corporation has distributed as a special dividend to or for the benefit of such persons as on the last day of the taxable year were resident in Formosa, Hong Kong, the United States, or possessions of the United States, or were individual citizens of the United States, and owned shares of stock of the corporation:

(2) that such special dividend was in addition to all other amounts, payable or to be payable to such persons or for their benefit, by reason of their interest in the corporation; and

(3) that such distribution has been made to or for the benefit of such persons in proportion to the par value of the shares of stock of the corporation owned by each; except that if the corporation has more than one class of stock, the certificates shall contain a statement that the articles of incorporation provide a method for the apportionment of such special dividend among such persons, and that the amount certified has been distributed in accordance with the method so provided.

(c) OWNERSHIP OF STOCK.-For purposes of this section, shares of stock of a corporation shall be considered to be owned by the person in whom the equitable right to the income from such shares is in good faith vested.

SEC. 942. DISALLOWANCE OF FOREIGN TAX CREDIT.

A corporation organized under the China Trade Act, 1922, shall not be allowed the credits against the tax for taxes of foreign countries and possessions of the United States allowed by section 901.

SEC. 943. EXCLUSION OF DIVIDENDS TO RESIDENTS OF FORMOSA OR HONG KONG

Amounts distributed as dividends to or for the benefit of any person by a corporation organized under the China Trade Act, 1922, shall not be included in gross income and shall be exempt from taxation under this subtitle if, at the time of such distribution, such person is a resident of Formosa or Hong Kong, and the equitable right to the income of the shares of stock of the corporation is in good faith vested in him.

Subchapter O--Gain or Loss on Disposition of Property

Part

I. Determination of amount of and recognition of gain or
loss.

Part
Part III. Common nontaxable exchanges.

II. Basis rules of general application.

Part

Part

Part

Part

IV. Special rules.

V. Changes to effectuate F. C. C. policy.

VI. Exchanges in obedience to S. E. C. orders.
VII. Wash sales of stock or securities

Part VIII. Distributions pursuant to Bank Holding Company Act

of 1956.

PART I-DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF AND
RECOGNITION OF GAIN OR LOSS

Sec. 1001. Determination of amount of and recognition of gain or loss.

Sec. 1002. Recognition of gain or loss.

SEC. 1001. DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF AND RECOGNITION OF GAIN OR LOSS.

(a) COMPUTATION OF GAIN OR LOSS.-The gain from the sale or other disposition of property shall be the excess of the amount realized therefrom over the adjusted basis provided in section 1011 for determining gain, and the loss shall be the excess of the adjusted basis provided in such section for determining loss over the amount realized.

(b) AMOUNT REALIZED.-The amount realized from the sale or other disposition of property shall be the sum of any money received plus the fair market value of the property (other than money) received. In determining the amount realized

(1) there shall not be taken into account any amount received as reimbursement for real property taxes which are treated under section 164 (d) as imposed on the purchaser, and

(2) there shall be taken into account amounts representing real property taxes which are treated under section 164 (d) as imposed on the taxpayer if such taxes are to be paid by the purchaser.

(c) RECOGNITION OF GAIN OR LOSS.-In the case of a sale or exchange of property, the extent to which the gain or loss determined. under this section shall be recognized for purposes of this subtitle shall be determined under section 1002.

(d) INSTALLMENT SALES.-Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent (in the case of property sold under contract providing for payment in installments) the taxation of that portion of any installment payment representing gain or profit in the year in which such payment is received.

SEC. 1002. RECOGNITION OF GAIN OR LOSS.

Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, on the sale or exchange of property the entire amount of the gain or loss, determined under section 1001, shall be recognized.

PART II-BASIS RULES OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Sec. 1011. Adjusted basis for determining gain or loss.
Sec 1012. Basis of property-cost.

Sec. 1013. Basis of property included in inventory.

Sec. 1014. Basis of property acquired from a decedent.

Sec. 1015. Basis of property acquired by gifts and transfers in trust.
Sec. 1016. Adjustments to basis.

Sec. 1017. Discharge of indebtedness.

Sec. 1018. Adjustment of capital structure before September 22,

1938.

Sec. 1019. Property on which lessee has made improvements.

Sec. 1020. Election in respect of depreciation, etc., allowed before 1952.

Sec. 1021. Sale of annuities.

Sec. 1022. Cross references.

SEC. 1011. ADJUSTED BASIS FOR DETERMINING GAIN OR LOSS.

The adjusted basis for determining the gain or loss from the sale or other disposition of property, whenever acquired, shall be the basis (determined under section 1012 or other applicable sections of this subchapter and subchapters C (relating to corporate distributions and adjustments), K (relating to partners and partnerships), and P (relating to capital gains and losses)), adjusted as provided in section 1016.

SEC. 1012. BASIS OF PROPERTY-COST.

The basis of property shall be the cost of such property, except as otherwise provided in this subchapter and subchapters C (relating to corporate distributions and adjustments), K (relating to partners and partnerships), and P (relating to capital gains and losses). The cost of real property shall not include any amount in respect of real property taxes which are treated under section 164 (d) as imposed on the taxpayer.

SEC. 1013. BASIS OF PROPERTY INCLUDED IN INVENTORY.

If the property should have been included in the last inventory, the basis shall be the last inventory value thereof.

SEC. 1014. BASIS OF PROPERTY ACQUIRED FROM A DECEDENT.

(a) IN GENERAL.-Except as otherwise provided in this section, the basis of property in the hands of a person acquiring the property from a decedent or to whom the property passed from a decedent shall, if not sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of before the decedent's death by such person, be the fair market value of the property at the date of the decedent's death, or, in the case of an election under either section 2032 or section 811 (j) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 where the decedent died after October 21, 1942, its value at the applicable valuation date prescribed by those sections.

(b) PROPERTY ACQUIRED FROM THE DECEDENT.--For purposes of subsection (a), the following property shall be considered to have been acquired from or to have passed from the decedent:

(1) Property acquired by bequest, devise, or inheritance, or by the decedent's estate from the decedent;

(2) Property transferred by the decedent during his lifetime in trust to pay the income for life to or on the order or direction of the decedent, with the right reserved to the decedent at all times before his death to revoke the trust;

(3) In the case of decedents dying after December 31, 1951, property transferred by the decedent during his lifetime in trust to pay the income for life to or on the order or direction of the decedent with the right reserved to the decedent at all times before his death to make any change in the enjoyment thereof through the exercise of a power to alter, amend, or terminate the trust;

(4) Property passing without full and adequate consideration. under a general power of appointment exercised by the decedent by will;

(5) In the case of decedents dying after August 26, 1937, property acquired by bequest, devise, or inheritance or by the decedent's estate from the decedent, if the property consists of stock or securities of a foreign corporation, which with respect to its taxable year next preceding the date of the decedent's death was, under the law applicable to such year, a foreign personal holding company. In such case, the basis shall be the fair market value of such property at the date of the decedent's death or the basis in the hands of the decedent, whichever is lower;

(6) In the case of decedents dying after December 31, 1947, property which represents the surviving spouse's one-half share of community property held by the decedent and the surviving spouse under the community property laws of any State, Territory, or possession of the United States or any foreign country, if at least one-half of the whole of the community interest in such property was includible in determining the value of the decedent's gross estate under chapter 11 of subtitle B (section 2001 and following, relating to estate tax) or section 811 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939;

(7) In the case of decedents dying after October 21, 1942, and on or before December 31, 1947, such part of any property, representing the surviving spouse's one-half share of property held by a decedent and the surviving spouse under the community property laws of any State, Territory, or possession of the United States or any foreign country, as was included in determining the value of the gross estate of the decedent, if a tax under chapter 3 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 was payable on the transfer of the net estate of the decedent. In such case, nothing in this paragraph shall reduce the basis below that which would exist if the Revenue Act of 1948 had not been enacted;

(8) In the case of decedents dying after December 31, 1950, and before January 1, 1954, property which represents the survivor's interest in a joint and survivor's annuity if the value of any part of such interest was required to be included in determining the value of decedent's gross estate under section 811 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939;

(9) In the case of decedents dying after December 31, 1953, property acquired from the decedent by reason of death, form of ownership, or other conditions (including property acquired through the exercise or non-exercise of a power of appointment), if by reason thereof the property is required to be included in determining the value of the decedent's gross estate under chapter 11 of subtitle B or under the Internal Revenue Code of 1939. In such case, if the property is acquired before the death of the decedent, the basis shall

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