[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 26, Volume 17]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 26CFR55.4981-1]

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                       TITLE 26--INTERNAL REVENUE
 
    CHAPTER I--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
                               (CONTINUED)
 
PART 55_EXCISE TAX ON REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS AND REGULATED 
INVESTMENT COMPANIES--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart A_Excise Tax on Real Estate Investment Trusts
 
Sec. 55.4981-1  Imposition of excise tax on certain real estate investment 




          Subpart A_Excise Tax on Real Estate Investment Trusts

Sec.
55.4981-1 Imposition of excise tax on certain real estate investment 
          trust taxable income not distributed during the taxable year; 
          taxable years ending on or before January 1, 1987.
55.4981-2 Imposition of excise tax with respect to certain undistributed 
          income of real estate investment trusts; calendar years 
          beginning after December 31, 1986.

         Subpart B_Excise Tax on Regulated Investment Companies

55.4982-1 Imposition of excise tax on undistributed income of regulated 
          investment companies.

                 Subpart C_Procedure and Administration

55.6001-1 Notice or regulations requiring records, statements, and 
          special returns.
55.6011-1 General requirement of return, statement, or list.
55.6061-1 Signing of returns and other documents.
55.6065-1 Verification of returns.
55.6071-1 Time for filing returns.
55.6081-1 Extension of time for filing the return.
55.6091-1 Place for filing Chapter 44 tax returns.
55.6091-2 Exceptional cases.
55.6151-1 Time and place for paying of tax shown on returns.
55.6161-1 Extension of time for paying tax or deficiency.
55.6165-1 Bonds where time to pay tax or deficiency has been extended.

    Authority: Secs. 6001, 6011, 6071, 6091, and 7805 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1954 (68A Stat. 731, 732, 749, 752, 917; 26 U.S.C. 6001, 
6011, 6071, 6091, and 7805).
    Section 55.4981-1 also issued under sec. 860(e), 92 Stat. 2849 (26 
U.S.C. 860(e); sec. 860(g), 92 Stat. 2850 (26 U.S.C. 860(g)); and sec 
7805. 68A Stat. 917 (26 U.S.C. 7805) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1954), 26 U.S.C. 7805.
    Section 55.6011-1 also issued under 26 U.S.C. 6011(a); Section 
55.6071-1 also issued under 26 U.S.C. 6071(a); Section 55.6091-1 also 
issued under 26 U.S.C. 6091(a).
    Section 55.6151-1 also issued under 26 U.S.C. 6151.

    Source: T.D. 7767, 46 FR 11282, Feb. 6, 1981; 46 FR 15263, Mar. 5, 
1981, unless otherwise noted.



trust taxable income not distributed during the taxable year; taxable years 
ending on or before January 1, 1987.

    Section 4981 as in effect before amendment by the Tax Reform Act of 
1986 imposes an excise tax on a real estate investment trust if the 
deduction for dividends paid for the taxable year does not equal at 
least 75 percent of its real estate investment trust taxable income 
(computed as provided in section 4981 as in effect before amendment by 
the Tax Reform Act of 1986) for the taxable year. For purposes of 
section 4981 as in effect before amendment by the Tax Reform Act of 
1986, the deduction for dividends paid is computed without regard to 
capital gains dividends (as defined in section 857(b)(3)(C)) and without 
regard to any dividends actually paid after the close of the taxable 
year. Thus, dividends considered as paid during the taxable year under 
section 858 are disregarded. Deficiency dividends (as defined in section 
860(f) paid with respect to the taxable year

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are also disregarded. The return referred to in the last sentence of 
section 4981 as in effect before amendment by the Tax Reform Act of 1986 
in the income tax return. Section 4981 as in effect before amendment by 
the Tax Reform Act of 1986, applies only to taxable years beginning 
after December 31, 1979 and ending before January 1, 1987, for which the 
taxpayer is taxable under Part II of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of 
subtitle A as a real estate investment trust.

[T.D. 7767, 46 FR 11282, Feb. 6, 1981; 46 FR 15263, Mar. 5, 1981; T.D. 
7936, 49 FR 2109, Jan. 18, 1984; T.D. 8180, 53 FR 6147, Mar. 1, 1988]