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26 U.S.C. § 957

Controlled foreign corporations; United States persons

United States · Title 26 — INTERNAL REVENUE CODE · Status: effective

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26 U.S.C. § 957, Controlled foreign corporations; United States persons, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/462835
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For purposes of this title, the term “controlled foreign corporation” means any foreign corporation if more than 50 percent of— For purposes only of taking into account income described in section 953(a) (relating to insurance income), the term “controlled foreign corporation” includes not only a foreign corporation as defined by subsection (a) but also one of which more than 25 percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock (or more than 25 percent of the total value of stock) is owned (within the meaning of section 958(a)), or is considered as owned by applying the rules of ownership of section 958(b), by United States shareholders on any day during the taxable year of such corporation, if the gross amount of premiums or other consideration in respect of the reinsurance or the issuing of insurance or annuity contracts not described in section 953(e)(2) exceeds 75 percent of the gross amount of all premiums or other consideration in respect of all risks. For purposes of this subpart, the term “United States person” has the meaning assigned to it by section 7701(a)(30) except that— with respect to a corporation organized under the laws of Guam, American Samoa, or the Northern Mariana Islands—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 94-455(H.R. 10612)1976-10-04
    Tax Reform Act of 1976
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 99-514(H.R. 3838)1986-10-22
    Tax Reform Act of 1986
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 108-357(H.R. 4520)2004-10-22
    American Jobs Creation Act of 2004
  • Amended byPub. L. 115-97(H.R. 1)2017-12-22
    An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
  • Amended byPub. L. 115-141(H.R. 1625)2018-03-23
    Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018
    House: 256–167Senate: no recorded tally