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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="8-205" title_number="8" title_name="Franchise Taxes" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Financial Institution Franchise Tax">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Foreign person” means:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>an individual who is not a resident of the United States;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a company, partnership, or trust that is not organized under the laws of the United States or of a state; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>a foreign branch of a company organized under the laws of the United States or of a state.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Foreign person” includes:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a foreign government or any of its units;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>an international organization or any of its agencies;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>an international banking facility; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>a company or partnership that is not organized under the laws of the United States or of a state and that has an office and activities within an approved foreign trade zone.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“International banking facility” means a financial institution that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>qualifies as an international banking facility under the laws of the United States or under regulations that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System adopts;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is located in a county where an approved foreign trade zone is located; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>makes, arranges for, places, or services a loan to a foreign person for use outside the United States or in an approved foreign trade zone in the United States; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>derives earnings from a foreign exchange trading or hedging transaction that is related to a loan described in item 1 of this item.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Liability” means the total liabilities shown in the records of an international banking facility.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In computing taxable net earnings, an international banking facility shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>deduct the qualifying amount computed under subsection (c) of this section to the extent that the amount is not deductible in computing its federal taxable income; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>add any loss computed under subsection (c) of this section to its taxable net earnings.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>To compute the qualifying amount allowed under this section, an international banking facility shall determine its gross earnings derived, directly or indirectly, from any foreign exchange trading or hedging transaction that relates to making, arranging for, placing, or servicing a loan to a foreign person if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>substantially all of the proceeds of that loan are used outside the United States; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>all of the proceeds are used in an approved foreign trade zone by:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a foreign individual;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>an individual residing in the United States; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>a foreign branch of a company that is organized under the laws of the United States or of a state, is not a bank, and has at least 80% ownership or control of the foreign branch.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>From the gross earnings computed under paragraph (1) of this subsection, an international banking facility shall subtract all deductions or expenses, directly or indirectly, related to those gross earnings.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>From the adjusted gross earnings calculated under paragraph (2) of this subsection, an international banking facility shall subtract the product of multiplying the adjusted gross earnings by a fraction:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the numerator of which is the fiscal year average amount of liability that was neither owed to nor received from a foreign person; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the denominator of which is the fiscal year average amount of liability that was owed to or received from any person.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
