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(B) (i) with reference to the amount payable on maturity or on earlier call date, in the case of any bond other than a bond to which clause (ii) or (iii) applies,

(ii) with reference to the amount payable on maturity (or if it results in a smaller amortizable bond premium attributable to the period of earlier call date, with reference to the amount payable on earlier call date), in the case of any bond described in subsection (c) (1) (B) which is acquired after December 31, 1957, or

(iii) with reference to the amount payable on maturity, in the case of any bond described in subsection (c) (1) (B) which was acquired after January 22, 1954, and before January 1, 1958, but only if such bond was issued after January 22, 1951, and has a call date not more than 3 years after the date of such issue, and

(C) with adjustments proper to reflect unamortized bond premium, with respect to the bond, for the period before the date as of which subsection (a) becomes applicable with respect to the taxpayer with respect to such bond."

In no case shall the amount of bond premium on a convertible bond include any amount attributable to the conversion features of the bond.

(2) AMOUNT AMORTIZABLE.-The amortizable bond premium of the taxable year shall be the amount of the bond premium attributable to such year. In the case of a bond to which paragraph (1) (B) (ii) or (iii) applies and which has a call date, the amount of bond premium attributable to the taxable year in which the bond is called shall include an amount equal to the excess of the amount of the adjusted basis (for determining loss on sale or exchange) of such bond as of the beginning of the taxable year over the amount received on redemption of the bond or (if greater) the amount payable on maturity.

(3) METHOD OF DETERMINATION.-The determinations required under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be made

(A) in accordance with the method of amortizing bond premium regularly employed by the holder of the bond, if such method is reasonable;

(B) in all other cases, in accordance with regulations prescribing reasonable methods of amortizing bond premium prescribed by the Secretary or his delegate.

(c) ELECTION AS TO TAXABLE AND PARTIALLY TAXABLE BONDS.

(1) ELIGIBILITY TO ELECT; BONDS WITH RESPECT TO WHICH ELEC TION PERMITTED. This section shall apply with respect to the following classes of taxpayers with respect to the following classes of bonds only if the taxpayer has elected to have this section apply:

(A) PARTIALLY TAX-EXEMPT.-In the case of a taxpayer other than a corporation, bonds with respect to the interest on which the credit provided in section 35 is allowable; and

(B) WHOLLY TAXABLE.-In the case of any taxpayer, bonds the interest on which is not excludable from gross income but with respect to which the credit provided in section 35, or the deduction provided in section 242, is not allowable.

(2) MANNER AND EFFECT OF ELECTION.-The election authorized under this subsection shall be made in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary or his delegate shall prescribe. If such election is made with respect to any bond (described in paragraph (1)) of the taxpayer, it shall also apply to all such bonds held by the taxpayer at the beginning of the first taxable year to which the election applies and to all such bonds thereafter acquired by him and shall be binding for all subsequent taxable years with respect to all such bonds of the taxpayer, unless, on application by the taxpayer, the Secretary or his delegate permits him, subject to such conditions as the Secretary or his delegate deems necessary, to revoke such election. In the case of bonds held by a common trust fund, as defined in section 584 (a), or by a foreign personal holding company, as defined in section 552, the election authorized under this subsection shall be exercisable with respect to such bonds only by the common trust fund or foreign personal holding company. In case of bonds held by an estate or trust, the election authorized under this subsection shall be exercisable with respect to such bonds only by the fiduciary.

(d) BOND DEFINED.-For purposes of this section, the term "bond" means any bond, debenture, note, or certificate or other evidence of indebtedness, issued by any corporation and bearing interest (including any like obligation issued by a government or political subdivision thereof), but does not include any such obligation which constitutes stock in trade of the taxpayer or any such obligation of a kind which would properly be included in the inventory of the taxpayer if on hand at the close of the taxable year, or any such obligation held by the taxpayer primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of his trade or business.

(e) DEALERS IN TAX-EXEMPT SECURITIES.

For special rules applicable, in the case of dealers in securities, with respect to premium attributable to certain wholly tax-exempt securities. see section 75.

SEC. 172. NET OPERATING LOSS DEDUCTION.

(a) DEDUCTION ALLOWED.-There shall be allowed as a deduction for the taxable year an amount equal to the aggregate of (1) the net operating loss carryovers to such year, plus (2) the net operating loss carry backs to such year. For purposes of this subtitle, the term "net operating loss deduction" means the deduction allowed by this subsection.

(b) NET OPERATING LOSS CARRYBACKS AND CARRYOVERS.

(1) YEARS TO WHICH LOSS MAY BE CARRIED.-A net operating loss for any taxable year ending after December 31, 1957, shall be

(A) a net operating loss carry back to each of the 3 taxable years preceding the taxable year of such loss, and

(B) a net operating loss carryover to each of the 5 taxable years following the taxable year of such loss.

(2) AMOUNT OF CARRYBACKS AND CARRYOVERS.-Except as provided in subsection (i), the entire amount of the net operating loss for any taxable year (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "loss year") shall be carried to the earliest of the 8 taxable years to which (by reason of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1))

such loss may be carried. The portion of such loss which shall be carried to each of the other 7 taxable years shall be the excess, if any, of the amount of such loss over the sum of the taxable income for each of the prior taxable years to which such loss may be carried. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the taxable income for any such prior taxable year shall be computed-

(A) with the modifications specified in subsection (d) other than paragraphs (1), (4), and (6) thereof; and

(B) by determining the amount of the net operating loss deduction without regard to the net operating loss for the loss year or for any taxable year thereafter,

and the taxable income so computed shall not be considered to be less than zero.

(c) NET OPERATING LOSS DEFINED.-For purposes of this section, the term "net operating loss" means (for any taxable year ending after December 31, 1953) the excess of the deductions allowed by this chapter over the gross income. Such excess shall be computed with the modifications specified in subsection (d).

(d) MODIFICATIONS.-The modifications referred to in this section. are as follows:

(1) NET OPERATING LOSS DEDUCTION.-No net operating loss deduction shall be allowed.

(2) CAPITAL GAINS AND LOSSES OF TAXPAYERS OTHER THAN CORPORATIONS.-In the case of a taxpayer other than a corpora

tion

(A) the amount deductible on account of losses from sales or exchanges of capital assets shall not exceed the amount includible on account of gains from sales or exchanges of capital assets; and (B) the deduction for long-term capital gains provided by section 1202 shall not be allowed.

(3) DEDUCTION FOR PERSONAL EXEMPTIONS.-No deduction shall be allowed under section 151 (relating to personal exemptions). No deduction in lieu of any such deduction shall be allowed.

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(4) NONBUSINESS DEDUCTIONS OF TAXPAYERS OTHER CORPORATIONS.-In the case of a taxpayer other than a corporation, the deductions allowable by this chapter which are not attributable to a taxpayer's trade or business shall be allowed only to the extent of the amount of the gross income not derived from such trade or business. For purposes of the preceding sentence

(A) any gain or loss from the sale or other disposition of

(i) property, used in the trade or business, of a character which is subject to the allowance for depreciation provided in section 167, or

(ii) real property used in the trade or business,

shall be treated as attributable to the trade or business;

(B) the modifications specified in paragraphs (1), (2) (B), and (3) shall be taken into account; and

(C) any deduction allowable under section 165 (c) (3) (relating to casualty losses) shall not be taken into account.

(5) SPECIAL DEDUCTIONS FOR CORPORATIONS.-No deduction shall be allowed under section 242 (relating to partially tax-exempt interest) or under section 922 (relating to Western Hemisphere trade corporations).

(6) COMPUTATION OF DEDUCTION FOR DIVIDENDS RECEIVED, ETC. The deductions allowed by sections 243 (relating to dividends received by corporations), 244 (relating to dividends received on certain preferred stock of public utilities), and 245 (relating to dividends received from certain foreign corporations) shall be computed without regard to section 246 (b) (relating to limitation on aggregate amount of deductions); and the deduction allowed by section 247 (relating to dividends paid on certain preferred stock of public utilities) shall be computed without regard to subsection (a) (1) (B) of such section.

(e) LAW APPLICABLE TO COMPUTATIONS.-In determining the amount of any net operating loss carryback or carryover to any taxable year, the necessary computations involving any other taxable year shall be made under the law applicable to such other taxable year. The preceding sentence shall apply with respect to all taxable years. whether they begin before, on, or after January 1, 1954.

(f) TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING IN 1953 AND ENDING IN 1954.In the case of a taxable year beginning in 1953 and ending in 1954-(1) In lieu of the amount specified in subsection (c), the net operating loss for such year shall be the sum of

(A) that portion of the net operating loss for such year computed without regard to this subsection which the number of days in the loss year after December 31, 1953, bears to the total number of days in such year, and

(B) that portion of the net operating loss for such year computed under section 122 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 as if this section had not been enacted which the number of days in the loss year before January 1, 1954, bears to the total number of days in such year.

(2) The amount of any net operating loss for such year which shall be carried to the second preceding taxable year is the amount which bears the same ratio to such net operating loss as the number of days in the loss year after December 31, 1953, bears to the total number of days in such year. In determining the amount carried to any other taxable year, the reduction for the second taxable year preceding the loss year shall not exceed the portion of the net operating loss which is carried to the second preceding taxable year.

(3) The net operating loss deduction for such year shall be, in lieu of the amount specified in section 122 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, the sum of

(A) that portion of the net operating loss deduction for such year, computed as if subsection (a) of this section were applicable to the taxable year, which the number of days in such year after December 31, 1953, bears to the total number of days in such year, and

(B) that portion of the net operating loss deduction for such year, computed under section 122 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 as if this paragraph had not been enacted, which the number of days in such year before January 1, 1954, bears to the total number of days in such year.

(4) For purposes of the second sentence of subsection (b) (2), the taxable income for such year shall be the sum of

(A) that portion of the net income for such year, computed without regard to this paragraph, which the number of days in such year before January 1, 1954, bears to the total number of days in such year, and

(B) that portion of the net income for such year, computed

(i) without regard to paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 122 (d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, and

(ii) by allowing as a deduction an amount equal to the sum of the credits provided in subsections (b) and (ĥ) of section 26 of such Code,

which the number of days in such year after December 31, 1953, bears to the total number of days in such year.

(g) SPECIAL TRANSITIONAL RULES.

(1) LOSSES FOR TAXABLE YEARS ENDING BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1954. For purposes of this section, the determination of the taxable years ending after December 31, 1953, to which a net operating loss for any taxable year ending before January 1, 1954, may be carried shall be made under the Internal Revenue Code of 1939.

(2) LOSSES FOR TAXABLE YEARS ENDING AFTER DECEMBER 81, 1953. For purposes of section 122 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939

(A) the determination of the taxable years ending before January 1, 1954, to which a net operating loss for any taxable year ending after December 31, 1953, may be carried shall be made under subsection (b) (1) (A) of this section; and

(B) in determining the amount of the carryback to the first taxable year preceding the first taxable year ending after December 31, 1953, the portion of the net operating loss carried to such year shall be such net operating loss reduced by

(i) the net income for the second preceding taxable year computed as if the second sentence of section 122 (b) (2) (B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 applied, or

(ii) if smaller, the portion of the net operating loss which by reason of subsection (f) of this section is carried to the second preceding taxable year.

(3) TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING AFTER DECEMBER 31, 1953, AND ENDING BEFORE AUGUST 17, 1954.-In the case of a taxable year which begins after December 31, 1953, and ends before August 17, 1954

(A) the net operating loss deduction for such year shall be computed as if subsection (a) of this section applied to such taxable year, and

(B) for purposes of the second sentence of subsection (b) (2), the taxable income for such taxable year shall be the net income for such taxable year, computed

(i) without regard to paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 122 (d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, and

(ii) by allowing as a deduction an amount equal to the sum of the credits provided in subsections (b) and (h) of section 26 of such Code,

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