PROVISIONS OF SUBTITLE A

SEC. 1951. PROVISIONS OF SUBTITLE A (a) References to Internal Revenue Code.— Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this section a reference is made to a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. (b) Amendments.— (1) Amendment of section 72.— (A) Repeal.— Section 72 (relatinfi to annuities) is amended by striking out subsection (i) (relating to joint and survivor annuities where first annuitant died in 1951, 1952, or 1953). (B) Savings provision.— Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), if the provisions of section 72(i) applied to amounts received in taxable years beginning before January 1, 1977, under an annuity contract, then amounts received under such contract on or after such date shall be treated as if such provisions were not repealed. (2) Amendments of section 108.— (A) Repeal.— Section 108 (relating to income from discharge of indebtedness) is amended by striking out subsection (b) (relating to certain railroad corporations) and by striking out of subsection (a) the following: “(a) Special Rule of Exclusion.—”. 90 STAT. 1837 (B) Savings provision.— If any discharge, cancellation, or modification of indebtedness of a railroad corporation occurs in a taxable year beginning after December 31, 1976, pursuant to an order of a court in a proceeding referred to in section 108(b)(A) or (13) which commenced before January 1, 1960, then, notwithstanding the amendments made by subparagraph (A), the provisions of subsection (b) of section 108 shall be considered as not repealed with respect to such discharge, cancellation, or modification of indebtedness. (3) Amendments of section 164.— (A) Repeal.— Section 164 (relating to taxes) is amended by striking out subsection (f) (relating to payments for municipal services in atomic energy communities) and by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f). (B) Savings provision.— Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), any amount paid or accrued in a taxable year beginning after December 31, 1976, to the Atomic Energy Commission or its successors for municipal-type services shall be allowed as a deduction under section 164 if such amount would have been deductible by reason of section 164(f)(as in effect for a taxable year ending on December 31, 1976) and if the amount is paid or accrued with respect to real property in a community (within the meaning of section 21 b. of the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955 (42 U.S.C. 2304 (b))) in which the Commission on December 31, 1976, was rendering municipal-type services for which it received compensation from the owners of property within such community. (4) Repeal of section 168.— (A) Repeal.— Section 168 (relating to amortization of emergency facilities) is repealed. (B) Savings provision.— Notwithstanding the repeal made by subparagraph (A), if a certificate was issued before January 1, 1960, with respect to an emergency facility which is or has been placed in service before the date of the enactment of this Act, the provisions of section 168 shall not, with respect to such facility, be considered repealed. The benefit of deductions by reason of the preceding sentence shall be allowed to estates and trusts in the same manner as in the case of an individual. The allowable deduction shall be apportioned between the income beneficiaries and the fiduciary in accordance with regulations prescribed under section 642(f). (5) Amendment of section 171.— (A) Repeal.— (i) Section 171(b)(1)(B) (relating to amount of bond premium) is amended by striking out clause (iii) (relating to certain bonds acquired before 1958). (ii) Section 171(b)(1)(B)(i) is amended by striking out “clause (ii) or (iii) applies,” and inserting in lieu thereof “clause (ii) applies, or”, and by inserting “and” at the end thereof. (iii) Section 171 (b)(1)(B)(ii) is amended by striking out “. or” and inserting “, and” in lieu thereof. (iv) The second sentence in section 171 (b)(2) is amended by striking out “or (iii)”. 90 STAT. 1838 (B) Savings provision.— Notwithstanding the amendments made by subparagraph (A), in the case of a bond the interest on which is not excludable from gross income— (i) which was issued after January 22, 1951, with a call date not more than 3 years after the date of such issue, and (ii) which was acquired by the taxpayer after January 22, 1954, and before January 1, 1958, the bond premium for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 1975, shall not be determined under section 171(b)(1)(B)(i) but shall be determined with reference to the amount payable on maturity, and if the bond is called before its maturity, the bond premium for the year in which the bond is called shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of section 171 (b)(2). (6) Amendment of section 333.— (A) Repeal.— Section 333 (relating to election as to recognition of gain in certain liquidations) is amended by striking out subsection (g) (relating to the liquidation of certain personal holding companies). (B) Savings provision.— Nothwithstanding subparagraph (A), if any corporation meets all the requirements of section 333(g)(2)(B), as in effect before its repeal by this Act, the liquidation of such corporation shall be treated as if paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of section 333(g) had not been repealed. (C) Phase-in of 12month holding period requirement.— For purposes of subparagraph (B), the period for holding of stock specified in section 333(g)(2)(A)(u), as in effect before such repeal, shall— (i) in the case of taxable years beginning in 1977, be considered to be “9 months”; and (ii) in the case of taxable years beginning after December 31, 1977, be considered to be “1 year”. (7) Amendment of section 453.— (A) Repeal.— Section 453(b)(2) (relating to limitation on use of installment sales method) is amended to read as follows: “(2) Limitation.— Paragraph (1) shall apply only if in the taxable year of the sale or other disposition— “(A) there are no payments, or “(B) the payments (exclusive of evidences of indebtedness or the purchaser) do not exceed 30 percent of the selling price.”. (B) Savings provision.— Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in the case of installment payments received during taxable years beginning after December 31, 1976, on account of a sale or other disposition made during a taxable year beginning before January 1, 1954, subsection (b)(1) of section 453 (relating to sales of realty and casual sales of personalty) shall apply only if the income was (by reason of section 44(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939) returnable on the basis and in the manner prescribed in section 44(a) of such Code. 90 STAT. 1839 (8) Amendments of section 512.— (A) Repeal.— Section 512(b) (relating to unrelated business taxable income) is amended by striking out paragraphs (13) and (14) and by redesignating paragraphs (15), (16), and (17) as paragraphs (13), (14), and (15), respectively. (B) Savings provision.— Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), income received in a taxable year beginning after December 31, 1975, shall be excluded from gross income in determining unrelated business taxable income, if such income would have been excluded by paragraph (13) or (14) of section 512(b) if received in a taxable year beginning before such date. Any deductions directly connected with income excluded under the preceding sentence in determining unrelated business taxable income shall also be excluded for such purpose. (9) Amendment of section 545.— (A) Repeal.— Section 545(b) (relating to adjustments in computing undistributed personal holding company income) is amended by striking out paragraph (9) (relating to deductions on account of certain liens in favor of the United States). (B) Savings provision.— Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), if any amount was deducted under paragraph (9) of section 545(b) in a taxable year beginning before January 1, 1977, on account of a lien which is satisfied or released in a taxable year beginning on or after such date, the amount so deducted shall be included in income, for purposes of section 545, as provided in the second sentence of such paragraph. Shareholders of any corporation which has amounts included in its income by reason of the preceding sentence may elect to compute the income tax on dividends attributable to amounts so included as provided in the third sentence of such paragraph. (10) Amendments of section 691.— (A) Repeal.— Section 691 (relating to income in respect of decedents) is amended by striking out subsection (e) (relating to certain installment obligations transmitted at death) and by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (e). (B) Savings provision.— Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), any election made under section 691(e) to have subsection (a)(4) of such section apply in the case of an installment obligation shall continue to be effective with respect to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1976. Section 691(c) shall not apply in respect of any amount included in gross income by reason of the preceding sentence. The liability under bond filed under section 44(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 (or corresponding provisions of prior law) in respect of which such an election applies is hereby released with respect to taxable years to which such election applies. (11) Amendments of section 817.— (A) Repeal.— Section 817 is amended by striking out subsection (d) (relating to certain gains occurring before 1959). (B) Savings provision.— Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), any gain in a taxable year beginning after December 31, 1976, from any sale or other disposition of property prior to January 1, 1959, would be excluded or not taken into 90 STAT. 1840account for purposes of part 1 of subchapter L of chapter 1 if subsection (d) of section 817 of such Code were still in effect for such taxable year, such gain shall be excluded for purposes of such part. (12) Repeal of section 1347.— (A) Repeal.— Section 1347 (relating to certain claims filed against the United States before January 1, 1958) is repealed. (B) Savings provision.— Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), if amounts received in a taxable year beginning after December 31, 1976, would have been subject to the provisions of section 1347 if received in a taxable year beginning before such date, the tax imposed by section 1 attributable to such receipt shall be computed as if section 1347 had not been repealed. (13) Repeal of section 1471.— (A) Repeal.— Subchapter A of chapter 4 (relating to recovery of excessive profits on certain Government contracts) is repealed. (B) Savings provision.— If the amount of profit required to be paid into the Treasury under section 2382 or 7300 of title 10, United States Code, is not voluntarily paid, the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate shall collect the same under the methods employed to collect taxes under subtitle A. All provisions of law (including penalties) applicable with respect to such taxes and not inconsistent with section 2382 or 7300 of title 10 of such Code, shall apply with respect to the assessment, collection, or payment of excess profits to the Treasury as provided in the preceding sentence, and to refunds by the Treasury of overpayments of excess profits into the Treasury. (14) Amendment of section 1481.— (A) Repeal.— Section 1481 (relating to mitigation of effect of renegotiation of Government contracts) is amended by striking out subsection (d) (relating to renegotiation for years prior to 1954). (B) Savings provision.— If, during a taxable year beginning after December 31, 1976, a recovery of excessive profits through renegotiation which relates to profits of a taxable year subject to the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, the adjustments in respect to such renegotiation shall be made under section 3806 of such Code. (c) Conforming and Clerical Amendments.— (1) Amendment conforming to the amendment of section 1017.— Section 1017 is amended by striking out “section 108(a)” each time it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof “section 108”. (2) Amendments conforming to repeal of section 168.— (A) Section 1238 is amended by striking out “(relating to amortization deduction of emergency facilities)” and inserting in lieu thereof “(as in effect before its repeal by the Tax Reform Act. of 1976)”. (B) Sections 642(f) and 1082(a)(2)(B) are each amended by striking out “168,”. (C) Sections 1245(a)(2) and 1250(b)(3) are each amended by striking out “168,” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “168 (as in effect before its repeal by the Tax Reform Act of 1976),”. 90 STAT. 1841 (D) The table of sections for part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 is amended by striking out the item relating to section 168. (3) Amendments conforming to the repeal of section 1347.— (A) Section 5(b) is amended by striking out paragraph (5) and by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively. (B) The table of sections for part VI of subchapter Q of chapter 1 is amended by striking out the item relating to section 1347. (C) The heading of part VI of subchapter Q of chapter 1 is amended to read as follows: “PART VI— MAXIMUM RATE ON PERSONAL SERVICE INCOME.” (D) The table of parts for subchapter Q of chapter 1 is amended by striking out the item relating to part VI and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “Part VI. Maximum rate on personal service income.” (4) Amendment conforming to the repeal of section 1471.— The table of subchapters for chapter 4 is amended by striking out the item relating to subchapter A. (d) Effective Date.— Except as otherwise expressly provided, the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1976.