(a) Old electionsAny election made under section 1372(a) (as in effect before the enactment of the Subchapter S Revision Act of 1982) shall be treated as an election made under section 1362.
(b) References to prior law includedAny references in this title to a provision of this subchapter shall, to the extent not inconsistent with the purposes of this subchapter, include a reference to the corresponding provision as in effect before the enactment of the Subchapter S Revision Act of 1982.
(c) Distributions of undistributed taxable incomeIf a corporation was an electing small business corporation for the last preenactment year, subsections (f) and (d) of section 1375 (as in effect before the enactment of the Subchapter S Revision Act of 1982) shall continue to apply with respect to distributions of undistributed taxable income for any taxable year beginning before January 1, 1983.
(d) CarryforwardsIf a corporation was an electing small business corporation for the last preenactment year and is an S corporation for the 1st postenactment year, any carryforward to the 1st postenactment year which arose in a taxable year for which the corporation was an electing small business corporation shall be treated as arising in the 1st postenactment year.
(e) Preenactment and postenactment years definedFor purposes of this subsection—(1) Last preenactment yearThe term “last preenactment year” means the last taxable year of a corporation which begins before January 1, 1983.
(2) 1st postenactment yearThe term “1st postenactment year” means the 1st taxable year of a corporation which begins after December 31, 1982.
(Added Pub. L. 97–354, § 2, Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1686; amended Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title VII, § 721(n), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 969.)
Editorial Notes
References in TextThe enactment of the Subchapter S Revision Act of 1982, referred to in subsecs. (a) to (c), is the enactment of Pub. L. 97–354, which was approved Oct. 19, 1982.
Prior ProvisionsA prior section 1379, added Pub. L. 91–172, title V, § 531(a), Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 654; amended Pub. L. 93–406, title II, § 2001(b), Sept. 2, 1974, 88 Stat. 952; Pub. L. 97–34, title III, § 312(c)(6), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 284; Pub. L. 97–248, title II, § 238(c), Sept. 3, 1982, 96 Stat. 513, related to certain qualified pension, etc., plans, prior to the general revision of this subchapter by section 2 of Pub. L. 97–354.
Amendments1984—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–369 struck out “In applying this subchapter to any taxable year beginning after December 31, 1982,” and substituted “Any references in this title to a provision” for “any reference in this subchapter to another provision”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1984 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 98–369 effective as if included in Subchapter S Revision Act of 1982, Pub. L. 97–354, see section 721(y)(1) of Pub. L. 98–369, set out as a note under section 1361 of this title.
Effective DateSection applicable to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 1983, except that this section as in effect before Oct. 19, 1982, to remain in effect for years beginning before Jan. 1, 1984, see section 6(a), (b)(1) of Pub. L. 97–354, set out as a note under section 1361 of this title.
Coordination of Repeals of Certain SectionsSubsec. (b) of this section as in effect on day before Sept. 3, 1982, inapplicable to any section 401(j) plan, see section 713(d)(8) of Pub. L. 98–369, set out as a note under section 404 of this title.