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26 U.S.C. § 1249 - Gain from certain sales or exchanges of patents, etc., to foreign corporations

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(a) General rule Gain from the sale or exchange of a patent, an invention, model, or design (whether or not patented), a copyright, a secret formula or process, or any other similar property right to any foreign corporation by any United States person (as defined in section 7701(a)(30)) which controls such foreign corporation shall, if such gain would (but for the provisions of this subsection) be gain from the sale or exchange of a capital asset or of property described in section 1231, be considered as ordinary income.

(b) Control For purposes of subsection (a), control means, with respect to any foreign corporation, the ownership, directly or indirectly, of stock possessing more than 50 percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote. For purposes of this subsection, the rules for determining ownership of stock prescribed by section 958 shall apply.

(Added Pub. L. 87834, § 16(a), Oct. 16, 1962, 76 Stat. 1045; amended Pub. L. 89809, title I, § 104(m)(3), Nov. 13, 1966, 80 Stat. 1563; Pub. L. 94455, title XIX, § 1901(b)(3)(K), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1793; Pub. L. 113295, div. A, title II, § 221(a)(84), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 4049.)

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Editorial Notes

Amendments2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113295 struck out “after December 31, 1962,” before “of a patent”. 1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94455 substituted “ordinary income” for “gain from the sale or exchange of property which is neither a capital asset nor property described in section 1231”. 1966—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89809 substituted “Gain” for “Except as provided in subsection (c), gain”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2014 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 113295 effective Dec. 19, 2014, subject to a savings provision, see section 221(b) of Pub. L. 113295, set out as a note under section 1 of this title.

Effective Date of 1976 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 94455 effective for taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 1976, see section 1901(d) of Pub. L. 94455, set out as a note under section 2 of this title.

Effective Date of 1966 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 89809 applicable with respect to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 1966, see section 104(n) of Pub. L. 89809, set out as a note under section 11 of this title.

Effective DatePub. L. 87834, § 16(c), Oct. 16, 1962, 76 Stat. 1045, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [enacting this section] shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1962.”