Exclusion from gross income
Gross income of an electing corporation shall not include its income from qualifying shipping activities.
Electing group member
Gross income of a corporation (other than an electing corporation) which is a member of an electing group shall not include its income from qualifying shipping activities conducted by such member.
Denial of losses, deductions, and credits
General rule
Subject to paragraph (2), each item of loss, deduction (other than for interest expense), or credit of any taxpayer with respect to any activity the income from which is excluded from gross income under this section shall be disallowed.
Depreciation
In general
Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the adjusted basis (for purposes of determining gain) of any qualifying vessel shall be determined as if the deduction for depreciation had been allowed.
Method
In general
Except as provided in clause (ii), the straight-line method of depreciation shall apply to qualifying vessels the income from operation of which is excluded from gross income under this section.
Exception
Clause (i) shall not apply to any qualifying vessel which is subject to a charter entered into before the date of the enactment of this subchapter.
Interest
In general
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the interest expense of an electing corporation shall be disallowed in the ratio that the fair market value of such corporation’s qualifying vessels bears to the fair market value of such corporation’s total assets.
Electing group
In the case of a corporation which is a member of an electing group, the interest expense of such corporation shall be disallowed in the ratio that the fair market value of such corporation’s qualifying vessels bears to the fair market value of the electing groups total assets.
Pub. L. 108–357, title II, § 248(a)118 Stat. 1455(Added , , .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Pub. L. 108–357The date of the enactment of this subchapter, referred to in subsec. (c)(2)(B)(ii), is the date of enactment of , which was approved .
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
section 248(c) of Pub. L. 108–357section 56 of this titleSection applicable to taxable years beginning after , see , set out as an Effective Date of 2004 Amendments note under .