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Subtitle F—Revenue Increases
PART I—PROVISIONS RELATING TO BUSINESSES
SEC. 13601. TAX TREATMENT OF CERTAIN EXTRAORDINARY
DIVIDENDS.
(a) TREATMENT OF EXTRAORDINARY DIVIDENDS IN
EXCESS OF BASIS.—Paragraph (2) of section 1059(a) (re-
lating to corporate shareholder’s basis in stock reduced by
nontaxed portion of extraordinary dividends) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(2) AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF BASIS.—If the
nontaxed portion of such dividends exceeds such
basis, such excess shall be treated as gain from the
sale or exchange of such stock for the taxable year
in which the extraordinary dividend is received.’’
(b) TREATMENT OF REDEMPTIONS WHERE OPTIONS
INVOLVED.—Paragraph (1) of section 1059(e) (relating to
treatment of partial liquidations and non-pro rata redemp-
tions) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) TREATMENT
OF
PARTIAL
LIQUIDATIONS
AND CERTAIN REDEMPTIONS.—Except as otherwise
provided in regulations—
‘‘(A) REDEMPTIONS.—In the case of any
redemption of stock—
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‘‘(i) which is part of a partial liquida-
tion (within the meaning of section 302(e))
of the redeeming corporation,
‘‘(ii) which is not pro rata as to all
shareholders, or
‘‘(iii) which would not have been
treated (in whole or in part) as a dividend
if any options had not been taken into ac-
count under section 318(a)(4),
any amount treated as a dividend with respect
to such redemption shall be treated as an ex-
traordinary dividend to which paragraphs (1)
and (2) of subsection (a) apply without regard
to the period the taxpayer held such stock. In
the case of a redemption described in clause
(iii), only the basis in the stock redeemed shall
be taken into account under subsection (a).
‘‘(B) REORGANIZATIONS, 
ETC.—An ex-
change described in section 356(a)(1) which is
treated as a dividend under section 356(a)(2)
shall be treated as a redemption of stock for
purposes of applying subparagraph (A).’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to distributions after May 3,
1995.
(2) 
TRANSITION
RULE.—The 
amendments
made by this section shall not apply to any distribu-
tion made pursuant to the terms of—
(A) a written binding contract in effect on
May 3, 1995, and at all times thereafter before
such distribution, or
(B) a tender offer outstanding on May 3,
1995.
(3) CERTAIN
DIVIDENDS
NOT
PURSUANT
TO
CERTAIN
REDEMPTIONS.—In determining whether
the amendment made by subsection (a) applies to
any extraordinary dividend other than a dividend
treated as an extraordinary dividend under section
1059(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(as amended by this Act), paragraphs (1) and (2)
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 13,
1995’’ for ‘‘May 3, 1995’’.
SEC. 13602. REGISTRATION OF CONFIDENTIAL CORPORATE
TAX SHELTERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6111 (relating to registra-
tion of tax shelters) is amended by redesignating sub-
sections (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively,
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and by inserting after subsection (c) the following new
subsection:
‘‘(d) 
CERTAIN
CONFIDENTIAL
ARRANGEMENTS
TREATED AS TAX SHELTERS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘tax shelter’ includes any entity, plan,
arrangement, or transaction—
‘‘(A) a significant purpose of which is the
avoidance or evasion of Federal income tax for
a participant which is a corporation,
‘‘(B) which is offered to any potential par-
ticipant under conditions of confidentiality, and
‘‘(C) for which the tax shelter organizers
may receive fees in excess of $100,000 in the
aggregate.
‘‘(2) CONDITIONS OF CONFIDENTIALITY.—For
purposes of paragraph (1)(C), an offer is under con-
ditions of confidentiality if—
‘‘(A) the potential participant to whom the
offer is made (or any other person acting on be-
half of such participant) has an understanding
or agreement with or for the benefit of any pro-
moter of the tax shelter that such participant
(or other person) will limit disclosure of the tax
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shelter or any significant tax features of the tax
shelter, or
‘‘(B) any promoter of the tax shelter—
‘‘(i) claims, knows, or has reason to
know,
‘‘(ii) knows or has reason to know
that any other person (other than the po-
tential participant) claims, or
‘‘(iii) causes another person to claim,
that the tax shelter (or any aspect thereof) is
proprietary to any person other than the poten-
tial participant or is otherwise protected from
disclosure to or use by others.
For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘promoter’
means any person who participates in the organiza-
tion, management, or sale of the tax shelter.
‘‘(3) PERSONS
OTHER
THAN
ORGANIZER
RE-
QUIRED TO REGISTER IN CERTAIN CASES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If—
‘‘(i) the requirements of subsection (a)
are not met with respect to any tax shelter
(as defined in paragraph (1)) by any tax
shelter organizer, and
‘‘(ii) no tax shelter organizer is a
United States person,