International

Boycott Factor (Section 999(c)(1))

SCHEDULE A

(Form 5713)

OMB No. 1545-0216

(Rev. October 1999) Complete only if you are not computing a loss of tax benefits using the specifically

attributable taxes and income method on Schedule B (Form 5713) Department of the Treasury

Internal Revenue Service  Attach to Form 5713.  See instructions on page 2.

Name Identifying number

Name of country being boycotted (check one): Israel Other (identify) 

Name Purchases, sales, and payroll attributable to boycotting operations, by operation of

country

(1)

Boycott payroll

(4)

Boycott sales

(3)

Boycott purchases

(2)

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

Total

1 Numerator of boycott factor (add totals of columns (2), (3), and (4))

2 Denominator of boycott factor:

a Total purchases from countries other than United States

b Total sales to or from countries other than United States

Total payroll paid or accrued for services performed in countries other

than United States

c

d Total of lines 2a, b, and c

3 International boycott factor (divide line 1 by line 2d). Enter here and on Schedule C

(Form 5713) (see instructions) 

Important: If you are involved in more than one boycott, use a separate Schedule A for each boycott and attach to Form 5713.

For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see page 1 of the Instructions for Form 5713. Cat. No. 12050W Schedule A (Form 5713) (Rev. 10-99)
Schedule A (Form 5713) (Rev. 10-99) Page 2

Column (3). Enter the sales that are

made to or from boycotting countries

and that are attributable to the

operation reported on each line.

Controlled groups. All members of a

controlled group generally share one

international boycott factor, which

reflects all their purchases, sales, and

General Instructions

References are to the Internal

Revenue Code.

Complete Schedule A (Form 5713) if:

Column (4). Enter the total payroll that

was paid or accrued for services

performed in boycotting countries and

that are attributable to the operation

reported on each line.

Line 1. Add columns (2), (3), and (4).

This amount is the numerator of your

international boycott factor.

Partnerships and trusts. You are

deemed to have a prorated share of

the purchases, sales, and payroll of

each partnership in which you are a

partner and of each trust if you are

treated as the owner under section

671. As a result, your international

boycott factor may also reflect

purchases, sales, and payroll of

partnerships and trusts.

Specific Instructions

Do not include amounts attributable

to operations for which you rebutted

the presumption of participating in or

cooperating with the boycott.

Compute a separate boycott factor

and a separate schedule for each

international boycott you participated

in or cooperated with. Include your

own operations and, if applicable, the

operations of partnerships, trusts, and

members of your controlled group.

Line 2. The denominator of the

international boycott factor reflects all

your purchases, sales, and payroll in

or related to all countries other than

the United States. If applicable, the

denominator also reflects these items

for your controlled groups,

partnerships, and trusts. Do include

the amounts that are attributable to

operations for which you rebutted the

presumption of participating in or

cooperating with the boycott.

See Lines 8 Through 13 on page 3

of the Instructions for Form 5713 to

see what years you should report

purchases, sales, and payroll for

partnerships, trusts, and controlled

groups.

All your operations in a boycotting

country are considered to be boycott

operations, unless you rebut the

presumption of participating in or

cooperating with the boycott (as

explained below). In addition, your

operations that are not in a boycotting

country are boycott operations if they

are connected to your participation in

or cooperation with the boycott.

Partnerships. Complete only lines a

through o, the total of columns (2), (3),

and (4), and line 2. Do not complete

line 3. Give this information to all

partners so they can compute their

own international boycott factor.

Line 3. Enter the international boycott

factor from line 3 of this form on the

appropriate line of Schedule C (Form

5713) as follows.

Column (1). Enter the name of the

country that requires participation in or

cooperation with an international

boycott as a condition of doing

business in that country. The country

named in column (1) is not necessarily

the country in which the operation

takes place. For example, if you have

an operation in Country Z that is not a

boycotting country and the operation

relates to Country X that is a

boycotting country, enter the name of

Country X in column (1). The Secretary

maintains a list, under section

999(a)(3), of countries that require

participation in or cooperation with an

international boycott. This list may not

be all-inclusive.

Rebutting the presumption of

boycott participation or cooperation.

One act of participation or cooperation

creates the presumption that you

participate in or cooperate with the

boycott unless you rebut the

presumption. The presumption applies

to all your operations and those of

each member of any controlled groups

(defined in section 993(a)(3)) to which

you belong, in each country that helps

carry out the boycott.

Column (2). Enter all purchases that

are made from boycotting countries

that are attributable to the operation

reported on each line.

Your international boycott factor

reflects boycott purchases, boycott

sales, and boycott payroll.

In completing columns (1) through

(4), show all boycott purchases,

boycott sales, and boycott payroll

from one operation on one line.

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If you do not use the international

boycott factor for this purpose, you

must specifically attribute taxes and

income on Schedule B (Form 5713).

● You are using the international

boycott factor to figure the loss of tax

benefits. 

● You participated in or cooperated

with an international boycott; and

Who Must File

Boycott Operations

You can rebut the presumption of

participation in or cooperation with a

boycott for a particular operation by

demonstrating that the operation is

separate from any participation in or

cooperation with an international

boycott. The presumption applies only

to operations in countries that carry

out the boycott. Therefore, you do not

need to rebut the presumption for

operations that are related to those

countries if the operations take place

outside of those countries.

International Boycott Factor

IF you . . .

Reduce your foreign

tax credit,

Are denied a tax

deferral on subpart F

income,

Are denied a tax

deferral on IC-DISC

income,

Are denied an

exemption of foreign

trade income of a

FSC,

THEN enter the

international

boycott factor

on . . .

Line 2a(2).

Line 3a(4).

Line 4a(2).

Line 5a(2).

Columns (1) Through (4)

Lines 1 Through 3

payroll. However, if you belong to two

or more controlled groups, your

international boycott factor will reflect

the purchases, sales, and payroll of all

the controlled groups to which you

belong.