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title: "26 U.S.C. § 1444"
description: "Withholding on Virgin Islands source income"
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title_name: "INTERNAL REVENUE CODE"
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chapter_name: "WITHHOLDING OF TAX ON NONRESIDENT ALIENS AND FOREIGN CORPORATIONS"
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citation: "26 U.S.C. § 1444"
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# 26 U.S.C. § 1444 - Withholding on Virgin Islands source income
## Text
For purposes of determining the withholding tax liability incurred in the Virgin Islands pursuant to this title (as made applicable to the Virgin Islands) with respect to amounts received from sources within the Virgin Islands by citizens and resident alien individuals of the United States, and corporations organized in the United States, the rate of withholding tax under sections 1441 and 1442 on income subject to tax under section 871(a)(1) or 881 shall not exceed the rate of tax on such income under section 871(a)(1) or 881, as the case may be.
(Added Pub. L. 97455, § 1(b), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2497; amended Pub. L. 100647, title I, § 1012(x), Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3530.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments1988—Pub. L. 100647 struck out “(as modified by section 934A)” before “shall not exceed”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1988 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 100647 effective, except as otherwise provided, as if included in the provision of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, Pub. L. 99514, to which such amendment relates, see section 1019(a) of Pub. L. 100647, set out as a note under section 1 of this title.
Effective DateSection applicable to payments made after Jan. 12, 1983, see section 1(e)(2) of Pub. L. 97455, set out as a note under section 934 of this title.