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# Part III - Administrative, Procedural, and Miscellaneous

26 CFR 601.105: Examination of returns and claims for refund, credit, or
abatement; determination of correct tax liability.

Rev. Proc. 2000-32

## SECTION 1. PURPOSE

This revenue procedure provides the domestic asset/liability percentages and domestic
investment yields needed by foreign life insurance companies and foreign property and
liability insurance companies to compute their minimum effectively connected net
investment income under section 842(b) of the Internal Revenue Code for taxable
years beginning after December 31, 1998. Instructions are provided for computing
foreign insurance companies' liabilities for the

estimated tax and installment payments of estimated tax for taxable years beginning
after December 31, 1998. For more specific guidance regarding the computation of the
amount of net investment income to be included by a foreign insurance company on its
U.S. income tax return, see Notice 89-96, 1989-2 C.B. 417. For the domestic
asset/liability percentage and domestic

investment yield, as well as instructions for computing foreign insurance companies'
liabilities for estimated tax and installment payments of estimated tax for taxable years
beginning after December 31, 1997, see Rev. Proc. 99-30, 1999-31 I.R.B. 221.

## SECTION 2. CHANGES

.01 DOMESTIC ASSET/LIABILITY PERCENTAGES FOR 1999. The Secretary
determines the domestic asset/liability percentage separately for life insurance
companies and property and liability insurance companies. For the first taxable year
beginning after December 31, 1998, the relevant domestic asset/liability percentages
are:

113.8 percent for foreign life insurance companies, and

169.4 percent for foreign property and liability insurance companies.

.02 DOMESTIC INVESTMENT YIELDS FOR 1999. The Secretary is required to
prescribe separate domestic investment yields for foreign life insurance companies and
for foreign property and liability insurance companies. For the first taxable year
beginning after December 31, 1998, the relevant domestic investment yields are:

7.6 percent for foreign life insurance companies, and

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6.1 percent for foreign property and liability insurance companies.

.03 SOURCE OF DATA FOR 1999. The section 842(b) percentages to be used for the
1999 tax year are based on tax return data following the same methodology used for
the 1998 year.

## SECTION 3. APPLICATION -- ESTIMATED TAXES

To compute estimated tax and the installment payments of estimated tax due for
taxable years beginning after December 31, 1998, a foreign insurance company must
compute its estimated tax payments by adding to its income other than net investment
income the greater of (i) its net investment income as determined under section
842(b)(5), that is actually effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business
within the United States for the relevant period, or (ii) the minimum effectively
connected net investment income under section 842(b) that would result from using the
most recently available domestic asset/liability percentage and domestic investment
yield. Thus, for installment payments due after the publication of this revenue
procedure, the domestic asset/liability percentages and the domestic investment yields
provided in this revenue procedure must be used to compute the minimum effectively
connected net investment income. However, if the due date of an installment is less
than 20 days after the date this revenue procedure is published in the Internal Revenue
Bulletin, the asset/liability percentages and domestic investment yields provided in Rev.
Proc. 99-30 may be used to compute the minimum effectively connected net investment
income for such installment. For further guidance in computing estimated tax, see
Notice 89-96.

## SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE

This revenue procedure is effective for taxable years beginning after December 31,
1998.

## DRAFTING INFORMATION

The principal author of this revenue procedure is John W. Rogers III of the Office of
the Associate Chief Counsel (International). For further information regarding this
revenue procedure, please contact Mr. Rogers at (202) 622-3870 (not a toll-free call),
or write to the Internal Revenue Service, Office of the Associate Chief Counsel
(International), 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20224, Attention:
CC:INTL:Br5, Room 4554.