Certain Transfers of Domestic Stock or Securities by U.S. Persons to Foreign Corporations

Résumé

These temporary regulations provide the public with guidance necessary to comply with the Tax Reform Act of 1984. These regulations amend the Income Tax Regulations with respect to certain transfers of stock or securities of domestic corporations by United States persons to foreign corporations pursuant to the corporate organization, reorganization, or liquidation provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. This Treasury decision also removes certain of the existing temporary regulations regarding transfers by U.S. persons of stock or securities of both domestic and foreign corporations. This action is necessary to update the existing temporary regulations and to reflect certain of the changes announced by Notice 87-85 (1987-2 C.B. 395) (with respect to transfers of both domestic and foreign stock or securities) and by Notice 94-46 (1994-1 C.B. 356) (with respect to transfers of stock or securities of a domestic corporation). The text of these temporary regulations also serves as the text of the proposed regulations set forth in the notice of proposed rulemaking on this subject in the Proposed Rules section of this issue of the Federal Register. When finalized, the regulations under s