[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 26, Volume 9]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 26CFR1.861-8T]

[Page 168-177]
 
                       TITLE 26--INTERNAL REVENUE
 
    CHAPTER I--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
                               (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1_INCOME TAXES--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1.861-8T  Computation of taxable income from sources within the United 

States and from other sources and activities (temporary).

    (a) In general. (1) [Reserved]
    (2) Allocation and apportionment of deductions in general. If an 
affiliated group of corporations joins in filing a consolidated return 
under section 1501, the provisions of this section are to be applied 
separately to each member in that affiliated group for purposes of 
determining such member's taxable income, except to the extent that 
expenses, losses, and other deductions are allocated and apportioned as 
if all domestic members of an affiliated group were a single corporation 
under section 864(e) and the regulations thereunder. See Sec.  1.861-9T 
through Sec.  1.861-11T for rules regarding the affiliated group 
allocation and apportionment of interest expense, and Sec.  1.861-14T 
for rules regarding the affiliated group allocation and apportionment of 
expenses other than interest.
    (3)-(5)(i) [Reserved]

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    (ii) Paragraph (e)(4), the last sentence of paragraph (f)(4)(i), and 
paragraph (g), Example 17, Example 18, and Example 30 of this section 
are generally applicable for taxable years beginning after December 31, 
2006. In addition, a person may elect to apply the provisions of 
paragraph (e)(4) of this section to earlier years. Such election shall 
be made in accordance with the rules set forth in Sec.  1.482-9T(n)(2).
    (b) Allocation. (1)-(2) [Reserved]
    (3) Supportive functions. Deductions which are supportive in nature 
(such as overhead, general and administrative, and supervisory expenses) 
may relate to other deductions which can more readily be allocated to 
gross income. In such instance, such supportive deductions may be 
allocated and apportioned along with the deductions to which they 
relate. On the other hand, it would be equally acceptable to attribute 
supportive deductions on some reasonable basis directly to activities or 
property which generate, have generated or could reasonably be expected 
to generate gross income. This would ordinarily be accomplished by 
allocating the supportive expenses to all gross income or to another 
broad class of gross income and apportioning the expenses in accordance 
with paragraph (c)(1) of this section. For this purpose, reasonable 
departmental overhead rates may be utilized. For examples of the 
application of the principles of this paragraph (b)(3) to expenses other 
than expenses attributable to stewardship activities, see Examples 19 
through 21 of paragraph (g) of this section. See paragraph (e)(4)(ii) of 
this section for the allocation and apportionment of deductions 
attributable to stewardship expenses. However, supportive deductions 
that are described in Sec.  1.861-14T(e)(3) shall be allocated and 
apportioned in accordance with the rules of Sec.  1.861-14T and shall 
not be allocated and apportioned by reference only to the gross income 
of a single member of an affiliated group of corporations as defined in 
Sec.  1.861-14T(d).
    (4)-(5) [Reserved]
    (c) Apportionment of deductions--(1) Deductions definitely related 
to a class of gross income. Where a deduction has been allocated in 
accordance with paragraph (b) of this section to a class of gross income 
which is included in one statutory grouping and the residual grouping, 
the deduction must be apportioned between the statutory grouping and the 
residual grouping. Where a deduction has been allocated to a class of 
gross income which is included in more than one statutory grouping, such 
deduction must be apportioned among the statutory groupings and, where 
necessary, the residual grouping. Thus, in determining the separate 
limitations on the foreign tax credit imposed by section 904(d)(1) or by 
section 907, the income within a separate limitation category 
constitutes a statutory grouping of income and all other income not 
within that separate limitation category (whether domestic or within a 
different separate limitation category) constitutes the residual 
grouping. In this regard, the same method of apportionment must be used 
in apportioning a deduction to each separate limitation category. Also, 
see paragraph (f)(1)(iii) of this section with respect to the 
apportionment of deductions among the statutory groupings designated in 
section 904(d)(1). If the class of gross income to which a deduction has 
been allocated consists entirely of a single statutory grouping or the 
residual grouping, there is no need to apportion that deduction. If a 
deduction is not definitely related to any gross income, it must be 
apportioned ratably as provided in paragraph (c)(3) of this section. A 
deduction is apportioned by attributing the deduction to gross income 
(within the class to which the deduction has been allocated) which is in 
one or more statutory groupings and to gross income (within the class) 
which is in the residual grouping. Such attribution must be accomplished 
in a manner which reflects to a reasonably close extent the factual 
relationship between the deduction and the grouping of gross income. In 
apportioning deductions, it may be that for the taxable year there is no 
gross income in the statutory grouping or that deductions will exceed 
the amount of gross income in the statutory grouping. See paragraph 
(d)(1) of this section with respect to cases in which deductions exceed 
gross income.

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In determining the method of apportionment for a specific deduction, 
examples of bases and factors which should be considered include, but 
are not limited to--
    (i) Comparison of units sold,
    (ii) Comparison of the amount of gross sales or receipts,
    (iii) Comparison of costs of goods sold,
    (iv) Comparison of profit contribution,
    (v) Comparison of expenses incurred, assets used, salaries paid, 
space utilized, and time spent which are attributable to the activities 
or properties giving rise to the class of gross income, and
    (iv) Comparison of the amount of gross income.

Paragraph (e) (2) through (8) of this section provides the applicable 
rules for allocation and apportionment of deductions for interest, 
research and development expenses, and certain other deductions. The 
effects on tax liability of the apportionment of deductions and the 
burden of maintaining records not otherwise maintained and making 
computations not otherwise made shall be taken into consideration in 
determining whether a method of apportionment and its application are 
sufficiently precise. A method of apportionment described in this 
paragraph (c)(1) may not be used when it does not reflect, to a 
reasonably close extent, the factual relationship between the deduction 
and the groupings of income. Furthermore, certain methods of 
apportionment described in this paragraph (c)(1) may not be used in 
connection with any deduction for which another method is prescribed. 
The principles set forth above are applicable in apportioning both 
deductions definitely related to a class which constitutes less than all 
of the taxpayer's gross income and to deductions related to all of the 
taxpayer's gross income. If a deduction is not related to any class of 
gross income, it must be apportioned ratably as provided in paragraph 
(c)(3) of this section.
    (2) Apportionment based on assets. Certain taxpayers are required by 
paragraph (e)(2) of this section and Sec.  1.861-9T to apportion 
interest expense on the basis of assets. A taxpayer may apportion other 
deductions based on the comparative value of assets that generate income 
within each grouping, provided that such method reflects the factual 
relationship between the deduction and the groupings of income and is 
applied in accordance with the rules of Sec.  1.861-9T(g). In general, 
such apportionments must be made either on the basis of the tax book 
value of those assets or on their fair market value. However, once the 
taxpayer uses fair market value, the taxpayer and all related persons 
must continue to use such method unless expressly authorized by the 
Commissioner to change methods. For purposes of this paragraph (c)(2) 
the term related persons means two or more persons in a relationship 
described in section 267(b). In determining whether two or more 
corporations are members of same controlled group under section 
267(b)(3), a person is considered to own stock owned directly by such 
person, stock owned with the application of section 1563(e)(1), and 
stock owned by the application of section 267(c). In determining whether 
a corporation is related to a partnership under section 267(b)(10), a 
person is considered to own the partnership interest owned directly by 
such person and the partnership interest owned with the application of 
section 267(e)(3). In the case of any corporate taxpayer that--
    (i) Uses tax book value, and
    (ii) Owns directly or indirectly (within the meaning of Sec.  1.861-
11T(b)(2)(ii)) 10 percent or more of the total combined voting power of 
all classes of stock entitled to vote in any other corporation (domestic 
or foreign) that is not a member of the affiliated group (as defined in 
section 864(e)(5)), such taxpayer shall adjust its basis in that stock 
in the manner described in Sec.  1.861-11T(b).
    (3) [Reserved]
    (d) Excess of deductions and excluded and eliminated items of 
income. (1) [Reserved]
    (2) Allocation and apportionment to exempt, excluded or eliminated 
income--(i) In general. In the case of taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 1986, except to the extent otherwise permitted by Sec.  
1.861-13T, the following rules shall apply to take account of income 
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exempt or excluded, or assets generating such income, with respect to 
allocation and apportionment of deductions.
    (A) Allocation of deductions. In allocating deductions that are 
definitely related to one or more classes of gross income, exempt income 
(as defined in paragraph (d)(2)(ii) of this section) shall be taken into 
account.
    (B) Apportionment of deductions. In apportioning deductions that are 
definitely related either to a class of gross income consisting of 
multiple groupings of income (whether statutory or residual) or to all 
gross income, exempt income and exempt assets (as defined in paragraph 
(d)(2)(ii) of this section) shall not be taken into account.


For purposes of apportioning deductions which are not taken into account 
under Sec.  1.1502-13 in determining gain or loss from intercompany 
transactions, as defined in Sec.  1.1502-13, income from such 
transactions shall be taken into account in the year such income is 
ultimately included in gross income.
    (ii) Exempt income and exempt asset defined--(A) In general. For 
purposes of this section, the term exempt income means any income that 
is, in whole or in part, exempt, excluded, or eliminated for federal 
income tax purposes. The term exempt asset means any asset the income 
from which is, in whole or in part, exempt, excluded, or eliminated for 
federal tax purposes.
    (B) Certain stock and dividends. The term ``exempt income'' includes 
the portion of the dividends that are deductible under--
    (1) Section 243(a) (1) or (2) (relating to the dividends received 
deduction),
    (2) Section 245(a) (relating to the dividends received deduction for 
dividends from certain foreign corporations).

Thus, for purposes of apportioning deductions using a gross income 
method, gross income would not include a dividend to the extent that it 
gives rise to a dividend received deduction under either section 
243(a)(1), section 243(a)(2), or section 245(a). In the case of a life 
insurance company taxable under section 801, the amount of such stock 
that is treated as tax exempt shall not be reduced because a portion of 
the dividends received deduction is disallowed as attributable to the 
policyholder's share of such dividends. See Sec.  1.861-14T(h) for a 
special rule concerning the allocation of reserve expenses of a life 
insurance company. In addition, for purposes of apportioning deductions 
using an asset method, assets would not include that portion of stock 
equal to the portion of dividends paid thereon that would be deductible 
under either section 243(a)(1), section 243(a)(2), or section 245(a). In 
the case of stock which generates, has generated, or can reasonably be 
expected to generate qualifying dividends deductible under section 
243(a)(3), such stock shall not constitute a tax exempt asset. Such 
stock and the dividends thereon will, however, be eliminated from 
consideration in the apportionment of interest expense under the 
consolidation rule set forth in Sec.  1.861-10T(c), and in the 
apportionment of other expenses under the consolidation rules set forth 
in Sec.  1.861-14T.
    (iii) Income that is not considered tax exempt. The following items 
are not considered to be exempt, eliminated, or excluded income and, 
thus, may have expenses, losses, or other deductions allocated and 
apportioned to them:
    (A) In the case of a foreign taxpayer (including a foreign sales 
corporation (FSC)) computing its effectively connected income, gross 
income (whether domestic or foreign source) which is not effectively 
connected to the conduct of a United States trade or business;
    (B) In computing the combined taxable income of a DISC or FSC and 
its related supplier, the gross income of a DISC or a FSC;
    (C) For all purposes under subchapter N of the Code, including the 
computation of combined taxable income of a possessions corporation and 
its affiliates under section 936(h), the gross income of a possessions 
corporation for which a credit is allowed under section 936(a); and
    (D) Foreign earned income as defined in section 911 and the 
regulations thereunder (however, the rules of Sec.  1.911-6 do not 
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and apportionment of certain deductions, including home mortgage 
interest, to foreign earned income for purposes of determining the 
deductions disallowed under section 911(d)(6)).
    (iv) Prior years. For expense allocation and apportionment rules 
applicable to taxable years beginning before January 1, 1987, and for 
later years to the extent permitted by Sec.  1.861-13T, see Sec.  1.861-
8(d)(2) (Revised as of April 1, 1986).
    (e) Allocation and apportionment of certain deductions. (1) 
[Reserved]. For further guidance, see Sec.  1.861-8(e)(1).
    (2) Interest. The rules concerning the allocation and apportionment 
of interest expense and certain interest equivalents are set forth in 
Sec.  Sec.  1.861-9T through Sec.  1.861-13T.
    (3)-(11) [Reserved]. For further guidance, see Sec.  1.861-8(e)(3) 
through (e)(11).
    (4) Stewardship and controlled services--(i) Expenses attributable 
to controlled services. If a corporation performs a controlled services 
transaction (as defined in Sec.  1.482-9T(l)(3)), which includes any 
activity by one member of a group of controlled taxpayers that results 
in a benefit to a related corporation, and the rendering corporation 
charges the related corporation for such services, section 482 and these 
regulations provide for an allocation where the charge is not consistent 
with an arm's length result as determined. The deductions for expenses 
of the corporation attributable to the controlled services transaction 
are considered definitely related to the amounts so charged and are to 
be allocated to such amounts.
    (ii) Stewardship expenses attributable to dividends received. 
Stewardship expenses, which result from ``overseeing'' functions 
undertaken for a corporation's own benefit as an investor in a related 
corporation, shall be considered definitely related and allocable to 
dividends received, or to be received, from the related corporation. For 
purposes of this section, stewardship expenses of a corporation are 
those expenses resulting from ``duplicative activities'' (as defined in 
Sec.  1.482-9T(l)(3)(iii)) or ``shareholder activities'' (as defined in 
Sec.  1.482-9T(l)(3)(iv)) of the corporation with respect to the related 
corporation. Thus, for example, stewardship expenses include expenses of 
an activity the sole effect of which is either to protect the 
corporation's capital investment in the related corporation or to 
facilitate compliance by the corporation with reporting, legal, or 
regulatory requirements applicable specifically to the corporation, or 
both. If a corporation has a foreign or international department which 
exercises overseeing functions with respect to related foreign 
corporations and, in addition, the department performs other functions 
that generate other foreign-source income (such as fees for services 
rendered outside of the United States for the benefit of foreign related 
corporations, foreign-source royalties, and gross income of foreign 
branches), some part of the deductions with respect to that department 
are considered definitely related to the other foreign-source income. In 
some instances, the operations of a foreign or international department 
will also generate United States source income (such as fees for 
services performed in the United States). Permissible methods of 
apportionment with respect to stewardship expenses include comparisons 
of time spent by employees weighted to take into account differences in 
compensation, or comparisons of each related corporation's gross 
receipts, gross income, or unit sales volume, assuming that stewardship 
activities are not substantially disproportionate to such factors. See 
paragraph (f)(5) of this section for the type of verification that may 
be required in this respect. See Sec.  1.482-9T(l)(5) for examples that 
illustrate the principles of Sec.  1.482-9T(l)(3). See Example 17 and 
Example 18 of paragraph (g) of this section for the allocation and 
apportionment of stewardship expenses. See paragraph (b)(3) of this 
section for the allocation and apportionment of deductions attributable 
to supportive functions other than stewardship expenses, such as 
expenses in the nature of day-to-day management, and paragraph (e)(5) of 
this section generally for the allocation and apportionment of 
deductions attributable to legal and accounting fees and expenses.
    (f) Miscellaneous matters--(1) Operative sections. (i) [Reserved]

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    (ii) Separate limitations to the foreign tax credit. Section 
904(d)(1) requires that the foreign tax credit limitation be determined 
separately in the case of the types of income specified therein. 
Accordingly, the income within each separate limitation category 
constitutes a statutory grouping of income and all other income not 
within that separate limitation category (whether domestic or within a 
different separate limitation category) constitutes the residual groups.
    (iii) [Reserved]
    (2)-(3) [Reserved]
    (4) Adjustments made under other provisions of the Code--(i) In 
general. If an adjustment which affects the taxpayer is made under 
section 482 or any other provision of the Code, it may be necessary to 
recompute the allocations and apportionments required by this section in 
order to reflect changes resulting from the adjustment. The 
recomputation made by the Commissioner shall be made using the same 
method of allocation and apportionment as was originally used by the 
taxpayer, provided such method as originally used conformed with 
paragraph (a)(5) of this section and, in light of the adjustment, such 
method does not result in a material distortion. In addition to 
adjustments which would be made aside from this section, adjustments to 
the taxpayer's income and deductions which would not otherwise be made 
may be required before applying this section in order to prevent a 
distortion in determining taxable income from a particular source of 
activity. For example, if an item included as a part of the cost of 
goods sold has been improperly attributed to specific sales, and, as a 
result, gross income under one of the operative sections referred to in 
paragraph (f)(1) of this section is improperly determined, it may be 
necessary for the Commissioner to make an adjustment to the cost of 
goods sold, consistent with the principles of this section, before 
applying this section. Similarly, if a domestic corporation transfers 
the stock in its foreign subsidiaries to a domestic subsidiary and the 
parent corporation continues to incur expenses in connection with 
protecting its capital investment in the foreign subsidiaries (see 
paragraph (e)(4) of this section), it may be necessary for the 
Commissioner to make an allocation under section 482 with respect to 
such expenses before making allocations and apportionments required by 
this section, even though the section 482 allocation might not otherwise 
be made.
    (5) [Reserved]
    (g) [Reserved]

    Examples (1)-(16). [Reserved]
    Example 17. Stewardship Expenses (Consolidation). (i) (A) Facts. X, 
a domestic corporation, wholly owns M, N, and O, also domestic 
corporations. X, M, N, and O file a consolidated income tax return. All 
the income of X and O is from sources within the United States, all of 
M's income is general limitation income from sources within South 
America, and all of N's income is general limitation income from sources 
within Africa. X receives no dividends from M, N, or O. During the 
taxable year, the consolidated group of corporations earned consolidated 
gross income of $550,000 and incurred total deductions of $370,000 as 
follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                           Gross income     Deductions
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Corporations:
    X...................................        $100,000         $50,000
    M...................................         250,000         100,000
    N...................................         150,000         200,000
    O...................................          50,000          20,000
                                         -------------------------------
        Total...........................         550,000         370,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (B) Of the $50,000 of deductions incurred by X, $15,000 relates to 
X's ownership of M; $10,000 relates to X's ownership of N; $5,000 
relates to X's ownership of O; and the sole effect of the entire $30,000 
of deductions is to protect X's capital investment in M, N, and O. X 
properly categorizes the $30,000 of deductions as stewardship expenses. 
The remainder of X's deductions ($20,000) relates to production of 
United States source income from its plant in the United States.
    (ii) (A) Allocation. X's deductions of $50,000 are definitely 
related and thus allocable to the types of gross income to which they 
give rise, namely $25,000 wholly to general limitation income from 
sources outside the United

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States ($15,000 for stewardship of M and $10,000 for stewardship of N) 
and the remainder ($25,000) wholly to gross income from sources within 
the United States. Expenses incurred by M and N are entirely related and 
thus wholly allocable to general limitation income earned from sources 
without the United States, and expenses incurred by O are entirely 
related and thus wholly allocable to income earned within the United 
States. Hence, no apportionment of expenses of X, M, N, or O is 
necessary. For purposes of applying the foreign tax credit limitation; 
the statutory grouping is general limitation gross income from sources 
without the United States and the residual grouping is gross income from 
sources within the United States. As a result of the allocation of 
deductions, the X consolidated group has taxable income from sources 
without the United States in the amount of $75,000, computed as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Foreign source general limitation gross income:
    ($250,000 from M + $150,000 from N).................        $400,000
Less: Deductions allocable to foreign source general
 limitation gross income:
    ($25,000 from X, $100,000 from M, and $200,000 from          325,000
     N).................................................
                                                         ---------------
        Total foreign-source taxable income.............          75,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (B) Thus, in the combined computation of the general limitation, the 
numerator of the limiting fraction (taxable income from sources outside 
the United States) is $75,000.
    Example 18. Stewardship and Supportive Expenses. (i) (A) Facts. X, a 
domestic corporation, manufactures and sells pharmaceuticals in the 
United States. X's domestic subsidiary S, and X's foreign subsidiaries 
T, U, and V perform similar functions in the United States and foreign 
countries T, U, and V, respectively. Each corporation derives 
substantial net income during the taxable year that is general 
limitation income described in section 904(d)(1). X's gross income for 
the taxable year consists of:




Domestic sales income...................................     $32,000,000
Dividends from S (before dividends received deduction)..       3,000,000
Dividends from T........................................       2,000,000
Dividends from U........................................       1,000,000
Dividends from V........................................               0
Royalties from T and U..................................       1,000,000
Fees from U for services performed by X.................       1,000,000
                                                         ---------------
    Total gross income..................................      40,000,000


    (B) In addition, X incurs expenses of its supervision department of 
$1,500,000.
    (C) X's supervision department (the Department) is responsible for 
the supervision of its four subsidiaries and for rendering certain 
services to the subsidiaries, and this Department provides all the 
supportive functions necessary for X's foreign activities. The 
Department performs three principal types of activities. The first type 
consists of services for the direct benefit of U for which a fee is paid 
by U to X. The cost of the services for U is $900,000 (which results in 
a total charge to U of $1,000,000). The second type consists of 
activities described in Sec.  1.482-9(l)(3)(iii) that are in the nature 
of shareholder oversight that duplicate functions performed by the 
subsidiaries' own employees and that do not provide an additional 
benefit to the subsidiaries. For example, a team of auditors from X's 
accounting department periodically audits the subsidiaries' books and 
prepares internal reports for use by X's management. Similarly, X's 
treasurer periodically reviews for the board of directors of X the 
subsidiaries' financial policies. These activities do not provide an 
additional benefit to the related corporations. The cost of the 
duplicative services and related supportive expenses is $540,000. The 
third type of activity consists of providing services which are 
ancillary to the license agreements which X maintains with subsidiaries 
T and U. The cost of the ancillary services is $60,000.
    (ii) Allocation. The Department's outlay of $900,000 for services 
rendered for the benefit of U is allocated to the $1,000,000 in fees 
paid by U. The remaining $600,000 in the Department's deductions are 
definitely related to the types of gross income to which they give rise, 
namely dividends from subsidiaries S, T, U, and V and royalties from T 
and U. However, $60,000 of the $600,000 in deductions are found to be 
attributable to the ancillary services and are definitely related (and

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therefore allocable) solely to royalties received from T and U, while 
the remaining $540,000 in deductions are definitely related (and 
therefore allocable) to dividends received from all the subsidiaries.
    (iii) (A) Apportionment. For purposes of applying the foreign tax 
credit limitation, the statutory grouping is general limitation gross 
income from sources outside the United States and the residual grouping 
is gross income from sources within the United States. X's deduction of 
$540,000 for the Department's expenses and related supportive expenses 
which are allocable to dividends received from the subsidiaries must be 
apportioned between the statutory and residual groupings before the 
foreign tax credit limitation may be applied. In determining an 
appropriate method for apportioning the $540,000, a basis other than X's 
gross income must be used since the dividend payment policies of the 
subsidiaries bear no relationship either to the activities of the 
Department or to the amount of income earned by each subsidiary. This is 
evidenced by the fact that V paid no dividends during the year, whereas 
S, T, and U paid dividends of $1 million or more each. In the absence of 
facts that would indicate a material distortion resulting from the use 
of such method, the stewardship expenses ($540,000) may be apportioned 
on the basis of the gross receipts of each subsidiary.
    (B) The gross receipts of the subsidiaries were as follows:




S.......................................................      $4,000,000
T.......................................................       3,000,000
U.......................................................         500,000
V.......................................................       1,500,000
                                                         ---------------
    Total...............................................       9,000,000


    (C) Thus, the expenses of the Department are apportioned for 
purposes of the foreign tax credit limitation as follows:




Apportionment of stewardship expenses to the statutory          $300,000
 grouping of gross income: $540,000 x [($3,000,000 +
 $500,000 + $1,500,000)/$9,000,000].....................
Apportionment of supervisory expenses to the residual            240,000
 grouping of gross income: $540,000 x [$4,000,000/
 9,000,000].............................................
                                                         ---------------
    Total: Apportioned stewardship expense..............         540,000


    Examples (19)-(23). [Reserved]
    Example (24)- Exempt, excluded, or eliminated income--(i) Income 
method--(A) Facts. X, a domestic corporation organized on January 1, 
1987, is engaged in a number of businesses worldwide. X owns a 25-
percent voting interest in each of five corporations engaged in the 
business A, two of which are domestic and three of which are foreign. X 
incurs stewardship expenses in connection with these five stock 
investments in the amount of $100. X apportions its stewardship expenses 
using a gross income method. Each of the five companies pays a dividend 
in the amount of $100. X is entitled to claim the 80-percent dividends 
received deduction on dividends paid by the two domestic companies. 
Because tax exempt income is considered in the allocation of deductions, 
X's $100 stewardship expense is allocated to the class of income 
consisting of dividends from business A companies. However, because tax 
exempt income is not considered in the apportionment of deductions 
within a class of gross income, the gross income of the two domestic 
companies must be reduced to reflect the availability of the dividends 
received deduction. Thus, for purposes of apportionment, the gross 
income paid by the three foreign companies is considered to be $100 
each, while the gross income paid by the domestic companies is 
considered to be $20 each. Accordingly, X has total gross income from 
business A companies, for purposes of apportionment, of $340. As a 
result, $29.41 of X's stewardship expense is apportioned to each of the 
foreign companies and $5.88 of X's stewardship expense is apportioned to 
each of the domestic companies.
    (ii) Asset method--(A) Facts. X, a domestic corporation organized on 
January 1, 1987, carries on a trade or business in the United States. X 
has deductible interest expense incurred in 1987 of $60,000. X owns all 
the stock of Y, a foreign corporation. X also owns 49 percent of the 
voting stock of Z, a domestic corporation. Neither Y nor Z has retained 
earnings and profits at the end of 1987. X apportions its interest 
expense on the basis of the fair market value of its assets. X has 
assets worth $1,500,000 that generate domestic source income, among 
which are tax exempt municipal bonds worth $100,000, and the stock of Z, 
which has a value of $500,000. The Y stock owned by X has a fair market 
value of $2,000,000 and generates solely foreign source general 
limitation income.
    (B) Allocation. No portion of X's interest expense is directly 
allocable solely to identified property within the meaning of Sec.  
1.861-1OT. Thus, X's deduction for interest is definitely related to all 
its gross income as a class.
    (C) Apportionment. For purposes of apportioning expenses, assets 
that generate exempt, eliminated, or excluded income are not taken into 
account. Because X's municipal bonds are tax exempt, they are not taken 
into account in apportioning interest expense. Since X is entitled to 
claim under

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section 243 to 80-percent dividends received deduction with respect to 
the dividend it received from Z, 80 percent of the value of that stock 
is not taken into account as an asset for purposes of apportionment 
under the asset method. X apportions its interest deduction between the 
statutory grouping of foreign source general limitation income and the 
residual grouping of domestic source income as follows:
    To foreign source general limitation income:
    [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC07OC91.000
    
    [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC07OC91.001
    
    Examples (25)-(29). [Reserved]
    Example 30. Income Taxes. (i) (A) Facts. As in Example 17 of this 
paragraph, X is a domestic corporation that wholly owns M, N, and O, 
also domestic corporations. X, M, N, and O file a consolidated income 
tax return. All the income of X and O is from sources within the United 
States, all of M's income is general limitation income from sources 
within South America, and all of N's income is general limitation income 
from sources within Africa. X receives no dividends from M, N, or O. 
During the taxable year, the consolidated group of corporations earned 
consolidated gross income of $550,000 and incurred total deductions of 
$370,000. X has gross income of $100,000 and deductions of $50,000, 
without regard to its deduction for state income tax. Of the $50,000 of 
deductions incurred by X, $15,000 relates to X's ownership of M; $10,000 
relates to X's ownership of N; $5,000 relates to X's ownership of O; and 
the entire $30,000 constitutes stewardship expenses. The remainder of 
X's $20,000 of deductions (which is assumed not to include state income 
tax) relates to production of U.S. source income from its plant in the 
United States. M has gross income of $250,000 and deductions of 
$100,000, which yield foreign-source general limitation taxable income 
of $150,000. N has gross income of $150,000 and deductions of $200,000, 
which yield a foreign-source general limitation loss of $50,000. O has 
gross income of $50,000 and deductions of $20,000, which yield U.S. 
source taxable income of $30,000.
    (B) Unlike Example 17 of this paragraph (g), however, X also has a 
deduction of $1,800 for state A income taxes. X's state A taxable income 
is computed by first making adjustments to the Federal taxable income of 
X to derive apportionable taxable income for state A tax purposes. An 
analysis of state A law indicates that state A law also includes in its 
definition of the taxable business income of X which is apportionable to 
X's state A activities, the taxable income of M, N, and O, which is 
related to X's business. As in Example 25, the amount of apportionable 
taxable income attributable to business activities conducted in state A 
is determined by multiplying apportionable taxable income by a fraction 
(the ``state apportionment fraction'') that compares the relative 
amounts of payroll, property, and sales within state A with worldwide 
payroll, property, and sales.

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Assuming that X's apportionable taxable income equals $180,000, $100,000 
of which is from sources without the United States, and $80,000 is from 
sources within the United States, and that the state apportionment 
fraction is equal to 10 percent, X has state A taxable income of 
$18,000. The state A income tax of $1,800 is then derived by applying 
the state A income tax rate of 10 percent to the $18,000 of state A 
taxable income.
    (C)
    (i) Allocation and apportionment. Assume that under Example 29, it 
is determined that X's deduction for state A income tax is definitely 
related to a class of gross income consisting of income from sources 
both within and without the United States, and that the state A tax is 
apportioned $1,000 to sources without the United States, and $800 to 
sources within the United States. Under Example 17, without regard to 
the deduction for X's state A income tax, X has a separate loss of 
($25,000) from sources without the United States. After taking into 
account the deduction for state A income tax, X's separate loss from 
sources without the United States is increased by the $1,000 state A tax 
apportioned to sources without the United States, and equals a loss of 
($26,000), for purposes of computing the numerator of the consolidated 
general limitation foreign tax credit limitation.

    (h) Effective dates--(1) In general. In general, the rules of this 
section, as well as the rules of Sec. Sec.  1.861-9T, 1.861-10T, 1.861-
11T, 1.861-12T, and 1.861-14T apply for taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 1986, except for paragraphs (a)(5)(ii), (b)(3), (e)(4), 
(f)(4)(i), and paragraph (g) Example 17, Example 18, and Example 30 of 
this section, which are generally applicable for taxable years beginning 
after December 31, 2006. Also, see Sec. Sec.  1.861-8(e)(12)(iv) and 
1.861-14(e)(6) for rules concerning the allocation and apportionment of 
deductions for charitable contributions. In the case of corporate 
taxpayers, transition rules set forth in Sec.  1.861-13T provide for the 
gradual phase-in of certain provisions of this and the foregoing 
sections. However, the following rules are effective for taxable years 
commencing after December 31, 1988:
    (i) Section 1.861-9T(b)(2) (concerning the treatment of certain 
foreign currency).
    (ii) Section 1.861-9T(d)(2) (concerning the treatment of interest 
incurred by nonresident aliens).
    (iii) Section 1.861-10T(b)(3)(ii) (providing an operating costs test 
for purposes of the nonrecourse indebtedness exception).
    (iv) Section 1.861-10T(b)(6) (concerning excess collaterilzation of 
nonrecourse borrowings).
    (2) In addition, 1.861-10T(e) (concerning the treatment of related 
controlled foreign corporation indebtedness) is applicable for taxable 
years commencing after December 31, 1987. For rules for taxable years 
beginning before January 1, 1987, and for later years to the extent 
permitted by 1.861-13T, see 1.861-8 (revised as of April 1, 1986).
    (3) Expiration date. The applicability of the paragraphs (a)(5)(ii), 
(b)(3), (e)(4), (f)(4)(i), and paragraph (g) Example 17, Example 18, and 
Example 30 of this section, expires on or before July 31, 2009.

[T.D. 8228, 53 FR 35474, Sept. 14, 1988, as amended by T.D. 8286, 55 FR 
3054, Jan. 30, 1990; T.D. 8337, 56 FR 10369, Mar. 12, 1991; T.D.8597, 60 
FR 36679, July 18, 1995; T.D. 8805, 64 FR 1509, Jan. 11, 1999; T.D. 
8973, 66 FR 67083, Dec. 28, 2001; T.D. 9143, 69 FR 44932, July 28, 2004; 
T.D. 9211, 70 FR 40663, July 14, 2005; T.D. 9278, 71 FR 44515, Aug. 4, 
2006; 71 FR 76903, Dec. 22, 2006]

    Editorial Note: At 71 FR 76903, Dec. 22, 2006, Sec.  1.861-8T was 
amended as follows:

    2. Paragraph (g), paragraph (i) following Example 30. (i)(C) is 
redesignated as paragraph (ii) and the paragraph designation for Example 
30. (i)(C) is removed. However, the amendment could not be incorporated 
because of inaccurate amendatory instructions.