S 384
108th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Commerce
Corporate mergers
Corporation taxes
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign corporations
Income tax
Partnerships
Stock exchanges
Stockholders
Tax evasion
Corporate Patriot Enforcement Act of 2003
Introduced: February 12, 2003
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 12, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 12, 2003
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Corporate Patriot Enforcement Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code by determining that acquiring corporations in"corporate expatriation transactions" shall be considered domestic corporations. Defines a "corporate expatriation transaction" as, with certain exceptions, one in which a "nominally foreign corporation" acquires substantially all of the properties held by a domestic corporation and in which, immediately after the transaction, more than 80 percent of the stock of the acquiring corporation is held by former shareholders of the domestic corporation. Lowers the 80 percent threshold to 50 percent when the acquiring "nominally foreign corporation" lacks substantial business activities in the foreign country in which it was created and organized compared to the total activities of the "expanded affiliated group" and the stock is publicly traded, with the principal market of trading being the United States. Defines the terms "nominally foreign corporation" and "expanded affiliated group."
Applies similar rules to partnership transactions.
Establishes that a series of related transactions relevant to the Act shall be handled as a single transaction.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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