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ART. 319. Dividends.-Gross income from sources within the United States includes all dividends, as defined by section 201:

(a) From a domestic corporation other than one entitled to the benefits of section 262, and other than a corporation less than 20 per cent of whose gross income is shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioner to have been derived from sources within the United States, as determined under the provisions of section 217, for the three-year period ending with the close of the taxable year of such corporation preceding the declaration of such dividends (or for such part of such period as the corporation has been in existence); or (b) From a foreign corporation unless less than 50 per cent of its gross income for the three-year period ending with the close of its taxable year preceding the declaration of such dividends, or for such part of such period as it has been in existence, was derived from sources within the United States.

Dividends will be treated as income from sources within the United States unless the taxpayer submits sufficient data to establish to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that they should be excluded from gross income under subdivisions (a) or (b) of this article. See also section 213 (b) (13) of the statute.

ART. 320. Compensation for labor or personal services.-Gross income from sources within the United States includes compensation for labor or personal services performed within the United States regardless of the residence of the payor, of the place in which the contract for services was made, or of the place of payment. When a specific amount is paid for labor or personal services performed in the United States, such amount shall be included in the gross income. When no accurate allocation or segregation of compensation for labor or personal services performed in the United States can be made, or when such labor or service is performed partly within and partly without the United States, the amount to be included in the gross income shall be determined by an apportionment on the time basis, i. e., there shall be included in the gross income an amount which bears the same relation to the total compensation as the number of days of performance of the labor or services within the United States bears to the total number of days of performance of labor or services for which the payment is made.

ART. 321. Rentals and royalties.-Gross income from sources within the United States includes rentals or royalties from property located within the United States or from any interest in such property, including rentals or royalties for the use of or the privilege of using, in the United States, patents, copyrights, secret processes and formulas, good will, trade-marks, trade brands, franchises, and other like property. The income arising from the rental of property,

whether tangible or intangible, located within the United States, or from the use of property, whether tangible or intangible, within the United States, is from sources within the United States.

ART. 322. Sale of real property.--Gross income from sources within the United States includes gain, computed under the provisions of sections 202-204, derived from the sale or other disposition of real property located in the United States. For the treatment of capital net gain and capital net losses, see section 208 and articles 1651-1654. ART. 323. Income from sources without the United States.-Gross income from sources without the United States includes:

(1) Interest other than that specified in section 217(a) (1), and article 318, as being derived from sources within the United States. (2) Dividends other than those derived from sources within the United States as provided in section 217(a) (2) and article 319.

(3) Compensation for labor or services performed without the United States. For the treatment of compensation for labor or personal services performed partly within the United States and partly without the United States, see article 320.

(4) Rentals or royalties derived from property without the United States or from any interest in such property, including rentals or royalties for the use of or for the privilege of using without the United States patents, copyrights, secret processes and formulas, good will, trade-marks, trade brands, franchises, and other like property. See article 321.

(5) Gain derived from the sale of real property located without the United States. See sections 202-204.

ART. 324. Sale of personal property.-Income derived from the purchase and sale of personal property shall be treated as derived entirely from the country in which sold. The word "sold" includes "exchanged" and ordinarily means the place where marketed. This article does not apply to income from the sale of personal property produced (in whole or in part) by the taxpayer within and sold without the United States or produced (in whole or in part) by the taxpayer without and sold within the United States. See article 328.

ART. 325. Deductions in general.-The deductions provided for in section 214 shall be allowed to nonresident alien individuals and to citizens of the United States entitled to the benefits of section 262, and the deductions provided for in section 234 shall be allowed to foreign corporations and to domestic corporations entitled to the benefits of section 262 only if and to the extent that they are connected with income from sources within the United States. In the case of nonresident alien individuals, however, (1) losses sustained during the taxable year and not compensated for by insurance or otherwise, if incurred in any transaction entered into for profit, though not connected with the trade or business, are deductible

only if and to the extent that the profit, if such transaction had resulted in a profit, would have been taxable as income from sources within the United States; (2) losses sustained during the taxable year of property not connected with the trade or business if arising from fires, storms, shipwreck, or other casualty, or from theft, and if not compensated for by insurance or otherwise are deductible only if the property was located within the United States; and (3) contributions or gifts made within the taxable year are deductible only if made to domestic corporations or to community chests, funds, or foundations created in the United States of the type specified in section 214(a) (10) and article 251, or to the vocational rehabilitation fund, subject to the limitations contained in that article.

Losses embraced under clause (2) above are deductible in full from items of gross income specified as being derived in full from sources within the United States, but if greater than the sum of such items, the excess of unabsorbed loss may be deducted from the income apportioned to sources within the United States under the provisions of article 328. Losses embraced under clause (1) are deductible in full (as provided in article 326 or article 327) when the profit from the transaction, if it had resulted in a profit, would have been taxable in full as income from sources within the United States, but should be deducted under the provisions of article 328 when the profit from the transaction, if it had resulted in profit, would have been taxable only in part. The amount of dividends included in the gross income may be deducted or credited, but in the case of a nonresident alien individual, for the purpose of the normal tax only.

ART. 326. Apportionment of deductions. From the items specified in articles 318-324 as being derived specifically from sources within and without the United States there shall be deducted the expenses, losses, and other deductions properly apportioned or allocated thereto and a ratable part of any other expenses, losses, or deductions which can not definitely be allocated to some item or class of gross income. The remainder shall be included in full as income from sources within the United States. The ratable part is based upon the ratio of gross income from sources within the United States to the total gross income.

Example.-A nonresident alien individual derived gross income from all sources for 1924 of $180,000. There was included therein: $9,000 interest on bonds of a domestic corporation.

4,000 dividends on stock of a domestic corporation.

12,000 royalty for the use of patents within the United States.

11,000 gain from the sale of real property located within the United States. $36, 000 total.

That is, one-fifth of the total gross income was from sources within the United States. The remainder of the gross income was from

sources without the United States, determined under article 323 above.

The expenses of the taxpayer for the year amounted to $78,000. Of these expenses the amount of $8,000, including such items as commission paid for the sale of the real property located within the United States and interest on indebtedness incurred to purchase the stock of a domestic corporation, is properly allocated to income from sources within the United States and the amount of $40,000 is properly allocated to income from sources without the United States.

The remainder of the expenses, $30,000, can not be definitely allocated to any class of income. A ratable part thereof, based upon the relation of gross income from sources within the United States to the total gross income, shall be deducted in computing net income from sources within the United States. Thus, there is deducted from the $36,000 of gross income from sources within the United States, expenses amounting to $14,000 (representing $8,000 properly apportioned to the income from sources within the United States and $6,000, a ratable part (one-fifth) of the expenses which could not be allocated to any item or class of gross income). The remainder, $22,000, is the net income from sources within the United States.

ART. 327. Other income from sources within the United States.-Items of gross income other than those specified in section 217 (a) and (c) and articles 318-324 shall be allocated or apportioned to sources within or without the United States, as provided in subdivision (e) of section 217.

The income derived from the ownership or operation of any farm, mine, oil or gas well, other natural deposit, or timber, located within the United States, and from the sale by the producer of the products thereof within or without the United States, shall ordinarily be included in gross income from sources within the United States. If, however, it is shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that due to the peculiar conditions of production and sale in a specific case or for other reasons all of such gross income should not be allocated to sources within the United States, an apportionment thereof to sources within the United States and to sources without the United States shall be made as provided in article 328.

Where items of gross income are separately allocated to sources within the United States, there shall be deducted therefrom, in computing net income, the expenses, losses, and other deductions properly apportioned or allocated thereto and a ratable part of other expenses, losses, or other deductions which can not definitely be allocated to some item or class of gross income.

ART. 328. Income derived from sources partly within and partly without the United States.-Items of gross income not allocated by articles

317-324 or 327 to sources within or without the United States shall (unless unmistakably from a source within or a source without the United States) be treated as derived from sources partly within and partly without the United States, according to the following rules and cases:

Manufacturers and producers.-Gross income derived from the sale of personal property produced (in whole or in part) by the taxpayer within and sold without the United States, or produced in whole or in part by the taxpayer without and sold within the United States shall be treated as derived partly from sources within and partly from sources without the United States, under one of the cases named below. As used herein, the word "produced" includes created, fabricated, manufactured, extracted, processed, cured, or aged.

Case 1: Where the manufacturer or producer regularly sells part of his output to wholly independent distributors or other selling concerns in such a way as to establish fairly an independent factory or production price-or shows to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that such an independent factory or production price has been otherwise established-unaffected by considerations of tax liability, and the selling or distributing branch or department of the business is located in a different country than that in which the factory is located or the production carried on, the net income attributable to sources within the United States shall be computed by an accounting which treats the products as sold by the factory or productive department of the business to the distributing or selling department at the independent factory price so established. In all such cases the basis of the accounting shall be fully explained in a statement attached to the return.

Case 2: Where an independent factory or production price has not been established as provided under case 1, the net income shall first be computed by deducting from the gross income derived from sources partly within and partly without the United States the expenses, losses, or other deductions properly apportioned or allocated thereto and a ratable part of any expenses, losses, or other deductions which can not definitely be allocated to some item or class of gross income. Of the amount of net income so determined, onehalf shall be apportioned in accordance with the value of the taxpayer's property within and without the United States, the portion attributable to sources within the United States being determined by multiplying such one-half by a fraction the numerator of which consists of the value of the taxpayer's property within the United States and the denominator of which consists of the value of the taxpayer's property both within and without the United States. The remaining one-half of such net income shall be appor

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