[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 26, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
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[CITE: 26CFR1.243-4]

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                       TITLE 26--INTERNAL REVENUE
 
    CHAPTER I--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
                               (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1_INCOME TAXES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1.243-4  Qualifying dividends.

    (a) Definition of qualifying dividends--(1) General. For purposes of 
section 243(a)(3), the term qualifying dividends means dividends 
received by a corporation if:
    (i) At the close of the day the dividends are received, such 
corporation is a member of the same affiliated group of corporations (as 
defined in paragraph (b) of this section) as the corporation 
distributing the dividends,

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    (ii) An election by such affiilated group under section 243(b)(2) 
and paragraph (c) of this section is effective for the taxable years of 
its members which include such day, and
    (iii) The dividends are distributed out of earnings and profits 
specified in subparagraph (2) of this paragraph.
    (2) Earnings and profits. The earnings and profits specified in this 
subparagraph are earnings and profits of a taxable year of the 
distributing corporation (or a predecessor corporation) which satisfies 
each of the following conditions:
    (i) Such year must end after December 31, 1963;
    (ii) On each day of such year the distributing corporation (or the 
predecessor corporation) and the corporation receiving the dividends 
must have been members of the affiliated group of which the distributing 
corporation and the corporation receiving the dividends are members on 
the day the dividends are received; and
    (iii) An election under section 1562 (relating to the election of 
multiple surtax exmptions) was never effective (or is no longer 
effective pursuant to section 1562(c)) for such year.
    (3) Special rule for insurance companies. Notwithstanding the 
provisions of subparagraph (2) of this paragraph, if an insurance 
company subject to taxation under section 802 or 821 distributes a 
dividend out of earnings and profits of a taxable year with respect to 
which the company would have been a component member of a controlled 
group of corporations within the meaning of section 1563 were it not for 
the application of section 1563(b)(2)(D), such dividend shall not be 
treated as a qualifying dividend unless an election under section 
243(b)(2) is effective for such taxable year.
    (4) Predecessor corporations. For purposes of this paragraph, a 
corporation shall be considered to be a predecessor corporation with 
respect to a distributing corporation if the distributing corporation 
succeeds to the earnings and profits of such corporation, for example, 
as the result of a transaction to which section 381(a) applies. A 
distributing corporation shall, for purposes of this section, maintain, 
in respect of each predecessor corporation, a separate account for 
earnings and profits to which it succeeds, and such earnings and profits 
shall be considered to be earnings and profits of the predecessor's 
taxable year in which the earnings and profits were accumulated.
    (5) Mere change in form. (i) For purposes of subparagraph (2)(ii) of 
this paragraph, the affiliated group in existence during the taxable 
year out of the earnings and profits of which the dividend is 
distributed shall not be considered as a different group from that in 
existence on the day on which the dividend is received merely because:
    (a) The common parent corporation has undergone a mere change in 
identity, form, or place of organization (within the meaning of section 
368(a)(1)(F)), or
    (b) A newly organized corporation (the ``acquiring corporation'') 
has acquired substantially all of the outstanding stock of the common 
parent corporation (the ``acquired corporation'') solely in exchange for 
stock of such acquiring corporation, and the stockholders (immediately 
before the acquisition) of the acquired corporation, as a result of 
owning stock of the acquired corporation, own (immediately after the 
acquisition) all of the outstanding stock of the acquiring corporation.

If a transaction described in the preceding sentence has occurred, the 
acquiring corporation shall be treated as having been a member of the 
affiliated group for the entire period during which the acquired 
corporation was a member of such group.
    (ii) For purposes of subdivision (i) (b) of this subparagraph, if 
immediately before the acquisition:
    (a) The stockholders of the acquired corporation also owned all of 
the outstanding stock of another corporation (the ``second 
corporation''), and
    (b) Stock of the acquired corporation and of the second corporation 
could be acquired or transferred only as a unit (hereinafter referred to 
as the ``limitation on transferability''), then the second corporation 
shall be treated as an acquired corporation and such second corporation 
shall be treated as having been a member of the affiliated group for the 
entire period (while such group

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was in existence) during which the limitation on transferability was in 
existence, and if the second corporation is itself the common parent 
corporation of an affiliated group (the ``second group'') any other 
member of the second group shall be treated as having been a member of 
the affiliated group for the entire period during which it was a member 
of the second group while the limitation on transferability existed. For 
purposes of (a) of this subdivision and subdivision (i)(b) of this 
subparagraph, if the limitation on transferability of stock of the 
acquired corporation and the second corporation is achieved by using a 
voting trust, then the stock owned by the trust shall be considered as 
owned by the holders of the beneficial interests in the trust.
    (6) Source of distributions. In determining from what year's 
earnings and profits a dividend is treated as having been distributed 
for purposes of this section, the principles of paragraph (a) of Sec. 
1.316-2 shall apply. A dividend shall be considered to be distributed, 
first, out of the earnings and profits of the taxable year which 
includes the date the dividend is distributed, second, out of the 
earnings and profits accumulated for the immediately preceding taxable 
year, third, out of the earnings and profits accumulated for the second 
preceding taxable year, etc. A deficit in an earnings and profits 
account for any taxable year shall reduce the most recently accumulated 
earnings and profits for a prior year in such account. If there are no 
accumulated earnings and profits in an earnings and profits account 
because of a deficit incurred in a prior year, such deficit must be 
restored before earnings and profits can be accumulated in a subsequent 
year. If a dividend is distributed out of separate earnings and profits 
accounts (established under the provisions of subparagraph (4) of this 
paragraph) for two or more taxable years ending on the same day, then 
the portion of such dividend considered as distributed out of each 
account shall be the same proportion of the total dividend as the amount 
of earnings and profits in that account bears to the sum of the earnings 
and profits in all such accounts.
    (7) Examples. The provisions of this paragraph may be illustrated by 
the following examples:

    Example 1. On March 1, 1965, corporation P, a publicly owned 
corporation, acquires all of the stock of corporation S and continues to 
hold the stock throughout the remainder of 1965 and all of 1966. P and S 
are domestic corporations which file separate returns on the basis of a 
calendar year. The affiliated group consisting of P and S makes an 
election under section 243(b)(2) which is effective for the 1966 taxable 
years of P and S. A multiple surtax exemption election under section 
1562 is not effective for their 1965 taxable years. On February 1, 1966, 
S distributes $50,000 with respect to its stock which is received by P 
on the same date. S had earnings and profits of $40,000 for 1966 
(computed without regard to distributions during 1966). S also had 
earnings and profits accumulated for 1965 of $70,000. Since $40,000 was 
distributed out of earnings and profits for 1966 and since each of the 
conditions prescribed in subparagraphs (1) and (2) of this paragraph is 
satisfied, P is entitled to a 100-percent dividends received deduction 
with respect to $40,000 of the $50,000 distribution. However, since 
$10,000 was distributed out of earnings and profits accumulated for 
1965, and since on each day of 1965 S and P were not members of the 
affiliated group of which S and P were members on February 1, 1966, 
$10,000 of the $50,000 distribution does not satisfy the condition 
specified in subparagraph (2)(ii) of this paragraph and thus does not 
qualify for the 100-percent dividends received deduction.
    Example 2. Assume the same facts as in Example 1, except that 
corporation P acquires all the stock of corporation S on January 1, 
1965, and sells such stock on November 1, 1966. Since $10,000 is 
distributed out of earnings and profits for 1965, and since each of the 
conditions prescribed in subparagraphs (1) and (2) of this paragraph is 
satisfied, P is entitled to a 100-percent dividends received deduction 
with respect to $10,000 of the $50,000 distribution. However, since 
$40,000 of the $50,000 distribution was made out of earnings and profits 
of S for its 1966 taxable year, and on each day of such year S and P 
were not members of the affiliated group of which S and P were members 
on February 1, 1966, $40,000 of the distribution does not satisfy the 
condition specified in subparagraph (2)(ii) of this paragraph and thus 
does not qualify for the 100-percent dividends received deduction.
    Example 3. Assume the same facts as in Example 1, except that 
corporation P acquires all the stock of corporation S on January 1, 
1965, and that a multiple surtax exemption election under section 1562 
is effective for P's and S's 1965 taxable years. Further assume that the 
section 1562 election is terminated effective with respect to their 1966 
taxable

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years, and that an election under section 243(b) (2) is effective for 
such taxable years. Since $10,000 of the February 1, 1966, distribution 
was made out of earnings and profits of S for its 1965 taxable year and 
since a multiple surtax exemption election is effective for such year, 
$10,000 of the distribution does not satisfy the condition specified in 
subparagraph (2) (iii) of this paragraph and thus does not qualify for 
the 100-percent dividends received deduction. However, the portion of 
the distribution which was distributed out of earnings and profits of 
S's 1966 year ($40,000) qualifies for the 100-percent dividends received 
deduction.
    Example 4. Assume the same facts as in Example 1, except that 
corporation P acquires all the stock of corporation S on January 1, 
1965, and that S is a life insurance company subject to taxation under 
section 802. Accordingly, S would have been a member of a controlled 
group of corporations except for the application of section 
1563(b)(2)(D). Since $10,000 of the distribution was made out of 
earnings and profits of S for its 1965 taxable year, and since with 
respect to such year an election under section 243(b)(2) was not 
effective, $10,000 of the distribution is not a qualifying dividend by 
reason of subparagraph (3) of this paragraph. On the other hand, the 
portion of the distribution which was distributed out of earnings and 
profits for S's 1966 year ($40,000) does qualify for the 100-percent 
dividends received deduction because the distribution was out of 
earnings and profits of a year for which an election under section 
243(b) (2) is effective, and because the other conditions specified in 
subparagraphs (1) and (2) of this paragraph are satisfied. However, if P 
were also a life insurance company subject to taxation under section 
802, then subparagraph (3) of this paragraph would not result in the 
disqualification of the portion of the distribution made out of S's 1965 
earnings and profits because S would be a component member of an 
insurance group of corporations (as defined in section 1563(a)(4)), 
consisting of P and S, with respect to its 1965 year.
    Example 5. Corporation X owns all the stock of corporation Y from 
January 1, 1965, through December 31, 1969. X and Y are domestic 
corporations which file separate returns on the basis of a calendar 
year. On June 30, 1965, Y acquired all the stock of domestic corporation 
Z, a calendar year taxpayer, and on December 31, 1967, Y acquired the 
assets of Z in a transaction to which section 381(a) applied. A multiple 
surtax exemption election under section 1562, was not effective for any 
taxable year of X, Y, or Z, and an election under section 243(b)(2) is 
effective for the 1968 and 1969 taxable years of X and Y. On January 1, 
1968, Y's accumulated earnings and profits are, under the provisions of 
subparagraph (4) of this paragraph, maintained in separate earnings and 
profits accounts containing the following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                       Corp       Corp
       Earnings and profits accumulated for        ---------------------
                                                        Y          Z
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1964..............................................    $60,000    $40,000
1965..............................................     30,000     15,000
1966..............................................    (5,000)      2,000
1967..............................................     12,000      6,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Corporation Y had earnings and profits of $10,000 in each of the 
years 1968 and 1969, and made distributions during such years in the 
following amounts:

  1968.......................................................    $29,000
  1969.......................................................     31,000


    (i) The source of the 1968 distribution, determined in accordance 
with the rules of subparagraph (6) of this paragraph, is as follows:

(a) Dividend from Y's current year's earnings and profits        $10,000
 (1968)......................................................
(b) Dividend from earnings and profits of Y accumulated for       12,000
 1967........................................................
(c) Dividend from earnings and profits of Z accumulated for:.
    1967.....................................................      6,000
    1966.....................................................      1,000
                                                              ----------
                                                                  29,000


    Since the 1968 dividend is considered paid out of earnings and 
profits of Y's 1968 and 1967 years, and Z's 1967 and 1966 years, and 
since each of these years satisfies each of the conditions specified in 
subparagraph (2) of this paragraph, X is entitled to a 100-percent 
dividends received deduction with respect to the entire 1968 
distribution of $29,000 from Y.
    (ii) The source of the 1969 distribution of $31,000, determined in 
accordance with the rules of subparagraph (6) of this paragraph, is as 
follows:

(a) Dividend from Y's current year's earnings and profits        $10,000
 (1969)......................................................
(b) Dividend from earnings and profits of Z accumulated for        1,000
 1966 (1966 earnings and profits remaining after 1968
 distribution, i.e., $2,000-$1,000...........................
(c) Dividend from earnings and profits of Y and Z accumulated
 for 1965:
    Corporation Y: $25,000 (i.e., $30,000-$5,000 deficit)         12,500
     divided by $40,000 (i.e., the sum of the 1965 earnings
     and profits of Y and Z) multiplied by $20,000 (the
     portion of the distribution from the 1965 earnings and
     profits of Y and Z).....................................
    Corporation Z: $15,000 divided by $40,000 multiplied by        7,500
     $20,000.................................................
                                                              ----------
                                                                  31,000


    The sum of the dividends from Y's 1969 year ($10,000), Z's 1966 year 
($1,000), and Y's 1965 year ($12,500), or $23,500, qualifies for the 
100-percent dividends received deduction. However, the dividends paid 
out of Z's 1965 year ($7,500) do not qualify because on each day of 1965 
Z and X were not members of the affiliated group of which Y (the 
distributing

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corporation) and X (the corporation receiving the dividends) were 
members on the day in 1969 when the dividends were received by X.

    (b) Definition of affiliated group. For purposes of this section and 
Sec. 1.243-5, the term affiliated group shall have the meaning assigned 
to it by section 1504(a), except that insurance companies subject to 
taxation under section 802 or 821 shall be treated as includible 
corporations (notwithstanding section 1504(b)(2) ), and the provisions 
of section 1504(c) shall not apply.
    (c) Election--(1) Manner and time of making election--(i) General. 
The election provided by section 243(b)(2) shall be made for an 
affiliated group by the common parent corporation and shall be made for 
a particular taxable year of the common parent corporation. Such 
election may not be made for any taxable year of the common parent 
corporation for which a multiple surtax exemption election under section 
1562 is effective. The election shall be made by means of a statement, 
signed by any person who is duly authorized to act on behalf of the 
common parent corporation, stating that the affiliated group elects 
under section 243(b)(2) for such taxable year. The statement shall be 
filed with the district director for the internal revenue district in 
which is located the principal place of business or principal office or 
agency of the common parent. The statement shall set forth the name, 
address, taxpayer account number, and taxable year of each corporation 
(including wholly-owned subsidiaries) that is a member of the affiliated 
group at the time the election is filed. The statement may be filed at 
any time, provided that, with respect to each corporation the tax 
liability of which for its matching taxable year of election (or for any 
subsequent taxable year) would be increased because of the election, at 
the time of filing there is at least 1 year remaining in the statutory 
period (including any extensions thereof) for the assessment of a 
deficiency against such corporation for such year. (If there is less 
than 1 year remaining with respect to any taxable year, the district 
director for the internal revenue district in which is located the 
principal place of business or principal office or agency of the 
corporation will ordinarily, upon request, enter into an agreement to 
extend such statutory period for assessment and collection of 
deficiencies.
    (ii) Information statement by common parent. If a corporation 
becomes a member of the affiliated group after the date on which the 
election is filed and during its matching taxable year of election, then 
the common parent shall file, within 60 days after such corporation 
becomes a member of the affiliated group, an additional statement 
containing the name, address, taxpayer account number, and taxable year 
of such corporation. Such additional statement shall be filed with the 
internal revenue officer with whom the election was filed.
    (iii) Definition of matching taxable year of election. For purposes 
of this paragraph and paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section, the term 
matching taxable year of election shall mean the taxable year of each 
member (including the common parent corporation) of the electing 
affiliated group which includes the last day of the taxable year of the 
common parent corporation for which an election by the affiiliated group 
is made under section 243(b)(2).
    (2) Consents by subsidiary corporations--(i) General. Each 
corporation (other than the common parent corporation) which is a member 
of the electing affiliated group (including any member which joins in 
the filing of a consolidated return) at any time during its matching 
taxable year of election must consent to such election in the manner and 
time provided in subdivision (ii) or (iii) of this subparagraph, 
whichever is applicable.
    (ii) Wholly owned subsidiary. If all of the stock of a corporation 
is owned by a member or members of the affiliated group on each day of 
such corporation's matching taxable year of election, then such 
corporation (referred to in this paragraph as a ``wholly owned 
subsidiary'') shall be deemed to consent to such election.
    (iii) Other members. The consent of each member of the affiliated 
group (other than a wholly owned subsidiary) shall be made by means of a 
statement, signed by any person who is duly authorized to act on behalf 
of the consenting member, stating that such

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member consents to the election under section 243(b)(2). The statement 
shall set forth the name, address, taxpayer account number, and taxable 
year of the consenting member and of the common parent corporation, and 
in the case of a statement filed after December 31, 1968, the identity 
of the internal revenue district in which is located the principal place 
of business or principal office or agency of the common parent 
corporation. The consent of more than one such member may be 
incorporated in a single statement. The statement (or statements) shall 
be attached to the election filed by the common parent corporation. The 
consent of a corporation that, after the date the election was filed and 
during its matching taxable year of election, either (a) becomes a 
member, or (b) ceases to be a wholly owned subsidiary but continues to 
be a member, shall be filed with the internal revenue officer with whom 
the election was filed and shall be filed on or before the date 
prescribed by law (including extensions of time) for the filing of the 
consenting member's income tax return for such taxable year, or on or 
before June 10, 1964, whichever is later.
    (iv) Statement attached to return. Each corporation that consents to 
an election by means of a statement described in subdivision (iii) of 
this subparagraph should attach a copy of the statement to its income 
tax return for its matching taxable year of election, or, if such return 
has already been filed, to its first income tax return filed on or after 
the date on which the statement is filed. However, if such return is 
filed on or before June 10, 1964, a copy of such statement should be 
filed on or before June 10, 1964, with the district director with whom 
such return is filed. Each wholly owned subsidiary should attach a 
statement to its income tax return for its matching taxable year of 
election, or, if such return has already been filed, to its first income 
tax return filed on or after the date on which the statement is filed 
stating that it is subject to an election under section 243(b)(2) and 
the taxable year to which the election applies, and setting forth the 
name, address, taxpayer account number, and taxable year of the common 
parent corporation, and in the case of a statement filed after December 
31, 1968, the identity of the internal revenue district in which is 
located the principal place of business or principal office or agency of 
the common parent corporation. However, if the due date for such return 
(including extensions of time) is before June 10, 1964, such statement 
should be filed on or before June 10, 1964, with the district director 
with whom such return is filed.
    (3) Information statement by member. If a corporation becomes a 
member of the affiliated group during a taxable year that begins after 
the last day of the common parent corporation's matching taxable year of 
election, then (unless such election has been terminated) such 
corporation should attach a statement to its income tax return for such 
taxable year stating that it is subject to an election under section 
243(b)(2) for such taxable year and setting forth the name, address, 
taxpayer account number, and taxable year of the common parent 
corporation, and the identity of the internal revenue district in which 
is located the principal place of business or principal office or agency 
of the common parent corporation. In the case of an affiliated group 
that made an election under the rules provided in Treasury Decision 
6721, approved April 8, 1964 (29 FR 4997, C.B. 1964-1 (Part 1), 625), 
such statement shall be filed, on or before March 15, 1969, with the 
district director for the internal revenue district in which is located 
such member's principal place of business or principal office or agency.
    (4) Years for which election effective--(i) General rule. An 
election under section 243(b)(2) by an affiliated group shall be 
effective:
    (a) In the case of each corporation which is a member of such group 
at any time during its matching taxable year of election, for such 
taxable year, and
    (b) In the case of each corporation which is a member of such group 
at any time during a taxable year ending after the last day of the 
common parent's taxable year of election but which does not include such 
last day, for such taxable year, unless the election is terminated under 
section 243(b)(4) and paragraph (e) of this section. Thus, the

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election has a continuing effect and need not be renewed annually.
    (ii) Special rule for certain taxable years ending in 1964. In the 
case of a taxable year of a member (other than the common parent 
corporation) of the affiliated group (a) which begins in 1963 and ends 
in 1964, and (b) for which an election is not effective under 
subdivision (i)(a) of this subparagraph, if an election under section 
243(b)(2) is effective for the taxable year of the common parent 
corporation which includes the last day of such taxable year of such 
member, then such election shall be effective for such taxable year of 
such member if such member files a separate consent with respect to such 
taxable year. However, in order for a dividend distributed by such 
member during such taxable year to meet the requirements of section 
243(b)(1), an election under section 243(b)(2) must be effective for the 
taxable year of each member of the affiliated group which includes the 
date such dividend is received. See section 243(b)(1)(A) and paragraph 
(a)(1) of this section. Accordingly, if the dividend is to qualify for 
the 100-percent dividends received deduction under section 243(a)(3), a 
consent must be filed under this subdivision by each member of the 
affiliated group with respect to its taxable year which includes the day 
the dividend is received (unless an election is effective for such 
taxable year under subdivision (i)(a) of this subparagraph). For 
purposes of this subdivision, a consent shall be made by means of a 
statement meeting the requirements of subparagraph (2)(iii) of this 
paragraph, and shall be attached to the election made by the common 
parent corporation for its taxable year which includes the last day of 
the taxable year of the member with respect to which the consent is 
made. A copy of the statement should be filed, within 60 days after such 
election is filed by the common parent corporation, with the district 
director with whom the consenting member filed its income tax return for 
such taxable year.
    (iii) Examples. The provisions of subdivision (ii) of this 
subparagraph, relating to the special rule for certain taxable years 
ending in 1964, may be illustrated by the following examples:

    Example 1. P Corporation owns all the stock of S-1 Corporation on 
each day of 1963, 1964, and 1965. P uses the calendar year as its 
taxable year and S-1 uses a fiscal year ending June 30 as its taxable 
year. P makes an election under section 243(b)(2) for 1964. Since S-1 is 
a wholly owned subsidiary for its taxable year ending June 30, 1965, it 
is deemed to consent to the election. However, in order for the election 
to be effective with respect to S-1's taxable year ending June 30, 1964, 
a statement specifying that S-1 consents to the election with respect to 
such taxable year and containing the information required in a statement 
of consent under subparagraph (2)(iii) of this paragraph must be 
attached to the election.
    Example 2. Assume the same facts as in Example 1, except that P also 
owns all the stock of S-2 Corporation on each day of 1963, 1964, and 
1965. S-2 uses a fiscal year ending May 31 as its taxable year. If S-1 
distributes a dividend to P on January 15, 1964, the dividend may 
qualify under section 243(a)(3) only if S-1 and S-2 both consent to the 
election made by P for 1964 with respect to their taxable years ending 
in 1964.
    Example 3. Assume the same facts as in Example 1, except that P uses 
a fiscal year ending on January 31 as its taxable year and makes an 
election under subparagraph (1) of this paragraph for its taxable year 
ending January 31, 1964. Since S-1's taxable year beginning in 1963 and 
ending in 1964 includes January 31, 1964, the last day of P's taxable 
year for which the election was made, the election is effective under 
subdivision (i)(a) of this subparagraph, for S-1's taxable year ending 
June 30, 1964. Accordingly, the special rule of subdivision (ii) of this 
subparagraph has no application.

    (d) Effect of election. For restrictions and limitations applicable 
to corporations which are members of an electing affiliated group on 
each day of their taxable years, see Sec. 1.243-5.
    (e) Termination of election--(1) In general. An election under 
section 243(b)(2) by an affiliated group may be terminated with respect 
to any taxable year of the common parent corporation after the matching 
taxable year of election of the common parent corporation. The election 
is terminated as a result of one of the occurrences described in 
subparagraph (2) or (3) of this paragraph. For years affected by 
termination, see subparagraph (4) of this paragraph.
    (2) Consent of members--(i) General. An election may be terminated 
for an affiliated group by its common parent corporation with respect to 
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year of the common parent corporation provided each corporation (other 
than the common parent) that was a member of the affiliated group at any 
time during its taxable year that includes the last day of such year of 
the common parent (the ``matching taxable year of termination'') 
consents to such termination. The statement of termination may be filed 
by the common parent corporation at any time, provided that, with 
respect to each corporation the tax liability of which for its matching 
taxable year of termination (or for any subsequent taxable year) would 
be increased because of the termination, at the time of filing there is 
at least 1 year remaining in the statutory period (including any 
extensions thereof) for the assessment of a deficiency against such 
corporation for such year. (If there is less than 1 year remaining with 
respect to any taxable year, the district director for the internal 
revenue district in which is located the principal place of business or 
principal office or agency of the corporation will ordinarily, upon 
request, enter into agreement to extend such statutory period for 
assessment and collection of deficiencies.)
    (ii) Statements filed after December 31, 1968. With respect to 
statements of termination filed after December 31, 1968:
    (a) The statement shall be filed with the district director for the 
internal revenue district in which is located the principal place of 
business or principal office or agency of the common parent corporation;
    (b) The statement shall be signed by any person who is duly 
authorized to act on behalf of the common parent corporation and shall 
state that the affiliated group terminates the election under section 
243(b)(2) for such taxable year;
    (c) The statement shall set forth the name, address, taxpayer 
account number, and taxable year of each corporation (including wholly 
owned subsidiaries) which is a member of the affiliated group at the 
time the termination is filed; and
    (d) The consents to the termination shall be given in accordance 
with the rules prescribed in paragraph (c)(2) of this section, relating 
to manner and time for giving consents to an election under section 
243(b)(2).
    (3) Refusal by new member to consent--(i) Manner of giving refusal. 
If any corporation which is a new member of an affiliated group with 
respect to a taxable year of the common parent corporation (other than 
the matching taxable year of election of the common parent corporation) 
files a statement that it does not consent to an election under section 
243(b)(2) with respect to such taxable year, then such election shall 
terminate with respect to such taxable year. Such statement shall be 
signed by any person who is duly authorized to act on behalf of the new 
member, and shall be filed with the timely filed income tax return of 
such new member for its taxable year within which falls the last day of 
such taxable year of the common parent corporation. In the event of a 
termination under this subparagraph, each corporation (other than such 
new member) that is a member of the affiliated group at any time during 
its taxable year which includes such last day should, within 30 days 
after such new member files the statement of refusal to consent, notify 
the district director of such termination. Such notification should be 
filed with the district director for the internal revenue district in 
which is located the principal place of business or principal office or 
agency of the corporation.
    (ii) Corporation considered as new member. For purposes of 
subdivision (i) of this subparagraph, a corporation shall be considered 
to be a new member of an affiliated group of corporations with respect 
to a taxable year of the common parent corporation if such corporation:
    (a) Is a member of the affiliated group at any time during such 
taxable year of the common parent corporation, and
    (b) Was not a member of the affiliated group at any time during the 
common parent corporation's immediately preceding taxable year.
    (4) Effect of termination. A termination under subparagraph (2) or 
(3) of this paragraph is effective with respect to (i) the common parent 
corporation's taxable year referred to in the particular subparagraph 
under which the

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termination occurs, and (ii) the taxable years of the other members of 
the affiliated group which include the last day of such taxable year of 
the common parent. An election, once terminated, is no longer effective. 
Accordingly, the termination is also effective with respect to the 
succeeding taxable years of the members of the group. However, the 
affiliated group may make a new election in accordance with the 
provisions of section 243(b)(2) and paragraph (c) of this section.

[T.D. 6992, 34 FR 817, Jan. 18, 1969]