To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption from FIRPTA for interests held by certain foreign insurance companies.

Bill: 116-hr-4598
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2019-10-01
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions

Financial services and investments

Foreign and international corporations

Income tax exclusion

Real estate business

Taxation of foreign income

U.S. and foreign investments
Latest action: action_date: 2019-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-10-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill exempts interests held by certain foreign insurance companies from provisions of the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980 that tax foreign individuals or corporations on dispositions of investments in U.S. real property interests.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4598 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 1, 2019 Mr. Suozzi (for himself and Mr. Holding ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption from FIRPTA for interests held by certain foreign insurance companies.

1. FIRPTA exemption for interests held by certain foreign insurance companies (a) In general Section 897(l)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) by striking a qualified foreign pension fund shall not and inserting a qualified foreign entity shall not ; and (2) by striking held by a qualified foreign pension fund shall be treated as such a fund and inserting held (directly or indirectly) by one or more qualified foreign entities shall be treated as such an entity . (b) Qualified foreign entity Section 897(l) of such Code is amended by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: (2) Qualified foreign entity For purposes of this subsection, the term qualified foreign entity means— (A) any qualifying insurance corporation (as defined in section 1297(f)(1)), and (B) any qualified foreign pension fund. . (c) Clerical amendment The heading of section 897(l) is amended by striking Qualified Foreign Pension Funds and inserting Certain Foreign Entities . (d) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to dispositions and distributions after the date of the enactment of this Act.