Expenses Allocated to Effectively Connected Income under Regulations

2011

Instructions for Schedule H
(Form 1120-F)

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

Deductions Allocated to Effectively Connected Income Under Regulations Section
1.861-8
Section references are to the Internal
Revenue Code unless otherwise noted.

General Instructions
Regulations section 1.861-8.
Under section 882(c), a foreign
corporation’s expenses are
deductible against its U.S. taxable
income only if they are connected
with income effectively connected
with the conduct of a trade or
business in the United States (“ECI”).
The proper allocation and
apportionment of deductions for this
purpose is generally determined
under the provisions of Regulations
section 1.861-8 and Temporary
Regulations section 1.861-8T, with
special rules for the allocation and
apportionment of research and
experimentation expenses at
Regulations section 1.861-17. Under
these regulations, a taxpayer must
allocate deductions to the class of
gross income to which the deduction
is definitely related and then, if
necessary, apportion deductions
among the groups of income included
in the class. Generally, deductions
are allocated and apportioned on the
basis of the factual relationship
between the deduction and gross
income. (Under section 882(c)(1)(B),
charitable contributions that are
deductible under section 170 reduce
ECI whether or not connected with
such income.) Use Schedule H (Form
1120-F) to report expenses, other
than interest expense and bad debt
expense, allocated and apportioned
to ECI and non-ECI. Interest expense
of a foreign corporation is allocated to
ECI exclusively (except to the extent
provided in certain tax treaties) under
the rules provided in Regulations
section 1.882-5 and is reported on
Schedule I (Form 1120-F). See
Regulations section 1.882-5(a)(2).
Bad debt expense allocated to ECI is
reported directly on Form 1120-F,
Section II, line 15.
Dec 27, 2011

Purpose of Schedule
Schedule H (Form 1120-F) is used by
a foreign corporation that files Form
1120-F to report the amount of the
foreign corporation’s deductible
expenses that are allocated and
apportioned under Regulations
sections 1.861-8 and 1.861-17 and
Temporary Regulations section
1.861-8T between ECI and non-ECI.
The results reported on Schedule H
are included on Form 1120-F, Section
II, line 26; and, for banks only, on
Schedule M-3 (Form 1120-F), Part III,
line 31.

Who Must File
Any foreign corporation that is
required to file Form 1120-F and is
(or is treated as) engaged in a trade
or business within the United States
at any time during the tax year must
complete Schedule H and attach it to
its Form 1120-F.
Protective returns. If the foreign
corporation files a protective Form
1120-F under Regulations section
1.882-4(a)(3)(vi), Schedule H need
not be completed or attached to the
protective Form 1120-F.
Treaty-based return reporting of
business profits attributable to a
U.S. permanent establishment. Do
not complete Schedule H if the
corporation files Form 1120-F
pursuant to an income tax treaty to
report business profits attributable to
a U.S. permanent establishment and
applies OECD Transfer Pricing
Guidelines in lieu of the ECI and
expense allocation and
apportionment rules of section 882(c)
and Regulations sections 1.861-8 and
1.861-17 and Temporary Regulations
section 1.861-8T. This treaty-based
reporting is permitted only if the
applicable income tax treaty and
accompanying documents (such as
Exchange of Notes) expressly
provide that attribution of business
profits to a U.S. permanent
establishment is determined under
OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines
Cat. No. 50605P

applied by analogy. See the
Instructions for Schedule M-3 (Form
1120-F) for the reporting of book-tax
differences in Parts II and III of that
schedule under a treaty-based return
position pursuant to OECD Transfer
Pricing Guidelines.
Note. Examples of income tax
treaties that expressly provide the
right to determine the attribution of
business profits to a U.S. permanent
establishment by application of the
OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines
are those with the United Kingdom
(2004), Japan (2005), Germany
(2008), Belgium (2008), Canada
(2009), Bulgaria (2009), and Iceland
(2009). See Article 7 (Business
Profits) and the accompanying
Exchange of Notes.

Specific Instructions
Part I – Home Office
Deductible Expenses
Definitely Related Solely
to ECI or Non-ECI
Part I is used to identify the total
expenses, including interest expense
and bad debt expense, recorded on
the corporation’s home office books;
to report adjustments made to
determine the amounts that are
deductible for U.S. tax purposes; and
to report the portion of the adjusted
expenses that are definitely related to
ECI and non-ECI. To the extent
included in the home office records
used to report total home office
expenses, interest expense and bad
debt expense are also identified on
Schedule H and removed from
expenses allocated and apportioned
under Regulations sections 1.861-8
and 1.861-17 and Temporary
Regulations section 1.861-8T.
Deductions reported on home office
books may include expenses incurred
outside the foreign corporation’s
home country (other than in the

United States). Home office
deductions do not include deductions
that are reported on books and
records used to complete Form
1120-F, Schedule L (“Schedule L
books”). Schedule L books are the
set or sets of books of the
corporation’s U.S. trade or business
or books of its U.S. branch (whether
maintained within or outside the
United States) as defined in
Regulations section 1.882-5(d)(2).
Part I may be completed in U.S.
dollars or in the foreign corporation’s
functional currency. If the corporation
completes Part I in U.S. dollars,
check the box in the Part I heading. If
the corporation completes Part I in its
foreign functional currency, specify
the currency in the space provided in
the Part I heading.
Line 1a. Enter on line 1a the total
expenses recorded on the
non-Schedule L books and records of
the home office (including books and
records maintained in locations
outside the United States other than
in the corporation’s home country).
The books and records may be home
office records (e.g., management cost
accounting reports) that identify only
the expenses included in the
corporation’s financial statements for
the tax year. It is not necessary that
the home office records or reports
used also include items of income,
gain or loss (including bad debt
charge-offs), or financial transaction
expenses such as interest expense
and periodic notional principal
contract expense. Alternatively, the
expenses reported on line 1a may be
derived from audited or unaudited
financial statements. The home office
books may be books recorded under
the Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles (“GAAP”), or other
applicable accounting standards,
including International Financial
Reporting Standards, applicable to
the corporation’s local accounting
practices or under U.S. GAAP, at the
corporation’s choosing. Expenses of
other includible entities (i.e.,
disregarded entities) are included in
home office expenses reported on
line 1a only if the expenses of such
other entities are recorded on the
home office’s books. Expenses
recorded on non-Schedule L books of
disregarded entities (and not on the
home office books) that are allocated
and apportioned to ECI are reported
on line 19. If the corporation uses
management cost accounting
statements for its home office books
that include expenses of one or more

disregarded entities, and also
maintains certified audited
third-country GAAP (or other
applicable accounting standards)
statements for a disregarded entity,
the expenses of the disregarded
entity must be included in line 1a in
either U.S. dollars or the home
office’s functional currency even if the
audited third-country GAAP (or other
applicable accounting standards)
statements are in another non-dollar
functional currency.
Line 2. Enter on line 2 the total of
the adjustments necessary to
conform the amounts on line 1a to the
amounts that are deductible for U.S.
tax purposes. These adjustments
include temporary and permanent
differences of the type applicable in
determining the deductions of U.S.
corporations that file their income tax
returns on Form 1120 (e.g.,
adjustments eliminating any line 1a
expenses of entities whose expenses
are includible in the corporation’s
expenses for book purposes but not
for U.S. tax purposes). In addition,
include adjustments to loan losses
and loss reserves included in line 1a
expenses to reflect the amount of bad
debt expense that is deductible for
U.S. tax purposes. Such adjustments
include any amount of bad debt
expense included in line 1a that is
treated as an involuntary charge-off
under Regulations section
1.166-2(d)(2). The deductible amount
of bad debt expense remaining after
any adjustments on line 2 is
eliminated from Schedule H
expenses on line 5.
Do not allocate and apportion
expenses to ECI and non-ECI on
line 2. In addition, do not make
adjustments on line 2 to reflect
book-to-tax adjustments for any home
office interest expense (including
interbranch interest expense)
included on line 1a. Interest expense
included on line 1a is adjusted on line
4. The allocation of deductible
interest expense to ECI is reported on
Schedule I (Form 1120-F). Attach a
schedule listing the amount of the
adjustment for each of the following
categories:
1. Expenses included on line 1a
of entities whose expenses are not
includible in the corporation’s
expenses for U.S. tax purposes.
2. Temporary differences (e.g.,
costs capitalized under section 263A,
carrying charges under section
263(g), depreciation and
amortization, general loan loss
reserves).

3. Permanent differences (e.g.,
interbranch transactions other than
interest, non-deductible meals and
entertainment and executive salary
compensation).

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Instructions for Schedule H (Form 1120-F)

If the corporation is a foreign bank
that charges its U.S. branch office
cost reimbursements for services and
overhead which are booked by the
branch in the third party category of
expense actually incurred rather than
as a lump sum interbranch amount,
list the adjustment for each third party
category expense separately on the
attachment for permanent
differences.
Line 3. Combine lines 1a and 2 and
enter the result on line 3. The amount
reported on line 3 is the total amount
of deductible expenses (determined
under U.S. tax principles before
apportionment between ECI and
non-ECI) of the foreign corporation
that files Form 1120-F, other than
those that are included on the
corporation’s Schedule L books.
Line 4. Enter on line 4 the total
amount of interest expense (including
interbranch interest), if any, recorded
on the home office books that is
included on line 3.
Line 5. Enter on line 5 the bad debt
expense, if any, that is included on
line 3. Any portion of the amount
included on line 5 that is allocable to
ECI is reported directly on Form
1120-F, Section II, line 15.
Line 7. Subtract line 6 from line 3
and enter the difference on line 7.
This is the corporation’s remaining
home office deductions which are to
be allocated and apportioned
between ECI and non-ECI in Parts I
and II of Schedule H.
Lines 8 through 10. The amounts
reported on lines 8 through 10 are
deductions that are definitely related
to non-ECI under Regulations
sections 1.861-8 and 1.861-17 and
Temporary Regulations section
1.861-8T. If the corporation has
deductions included in line 7 that are
definitely related and allocable to ECI
that is exempt from tax under the
Code or an income tax treaty, the
deductions should be treated as
allocable to non-ECI for purposes of
Schedule H and included in the
amounts reported on lines 8 through
10.
Line 8. Enter on line 8 deductions
included on line 7 that are definitely
related to non-ECI received from
subsidiaries (other than disregarded
entities whose income and
deductions are treated as income and

deductions of the corporation filing
Form 1120-F). See, for example,
Regulations section 1.861-8(e)(4)(ii)
and Regulations section 1.861-17
(relating to treatment of stewardship
expenses attributable to dividends
and research and experimentation
expenses).
Line 9. Enter on line 9 deductions
included on line 7 (other than
amounts included on line 8) that are
definitely related under Regulations
sections 1.861-8 and 1.861-17 and
Temporary Regulations section
1.861-8T to non-ECI of the
corporation that is booked in the
corporation’s home office and in other
locations in the corporation’s home
country. For example, line 9 includes
deductions included on line 7 that are
definitely related to non-ECI of a
banking corporation that is booked in
the corporation’s home office and in
its retail banking branches in the
corporation’s home country. The
amount of any inter-office or
interbranch charges from the home
office to various locations and
departments recorded on the home
office books as home office “service”
fees for internal management or
home office tax accounting purposes
(which amounts are eliminated on line
2) is not determinative of the amount
of the home office’s deductible
expense that is definitely related to
non-ECI.
Line 10. Enter on line 10 all other
deductions included on line 7 that are
definitely related solely to non-ECI of
the corporation (other than amounts
included on lines 8 and 9). For
example, if a banking corporation
conducts global banking operations
through branch offices (including
through disregarded entities) in
locations outside the corporation’s
home country, the home office
deductions included on line 7 that are
definitely related to non-ECI booked
in those locations are reportable on
line 10. These deductions include
home office deductions definitely
related to non-ECI of disregarded
entities, whether or not the balance
sheet from such entity is reportable
on Schedule L of Form 1120-F. (For
corporations other than banks, such
non-ECI may be reflected as income
from includible entities on Schedule
M-3 (Form 1120-F), Part I, line 5.
Foreign banks record such non-ECI
on Schedule M-3 (Form 1120-F), Part
I, line 5 only if the entity’s sets of
books are reportable on Form
1120-F, Schedule L.) See the
Instructions for Schedule H (Form 1120-F)

Instructions for Schedule M-3 (Form
1120-F), Part I.
Line 11. Enter on line 11 the portion
of the deductions included on line 7
that is definitely related to ECI under
Regulations sections 1.861-8 and
1.861-17 and Temporary Regulations
section 1.861-8T. Deductions
definitely related to ECI may include
specifically identifiable personnel and
other associated costs incurred in the
home office with respect to persons
who work on the evaluation and
approval of ECI-producing activities
of the corporation’s trade or business
within the United States (e.g.,
specifically identifiable home office
deductions incurred for the evaluation
and approval of U.S. loans to
customers negotiated and solicited by
the corporation’s U.S. branch office
where a banking, financing, or similar
business is carried on). Also include
on line 11 deductible research and
experimentation expenditures that are
definitely related to ECI under
Regulations section 1.861-17 and
deductible charitable contributions
that are included on line 7.

Part II – Home Office
Deductible Expenses
Allocated and
Apportioned to ECI
Line 13. Subtract line 12 from line 7
and enter the difference on line 13.
The amount on line 13 is the residual
amount of the deductions entered on
line 7 that is not definitely related
solely to the corporation’s ECI or
non-ECI. The amount on line 13 is
subject to apportionment under
Regulations sections 1.861-8 and
1.861-17 and Temporary Regulations
section 1.861-8T on Part II, line 16.
Line 14. If the corporation reports
expenses and deductions in Part I in
the corporation’s foreign functional
currency, enter the average
exchange rate that is used to convert
those deductions to U.S. dollars for
purposes of lines 15 and 17. The
exchange rate must be rounded to at
least five places.
Note. You must round the result to
more than five places if failure to do
so would materially distort the
exchange rate or the equivalent
amount of U.S. dollars.
If the corporation reports amounts
in Part I in U.S. dollars, leave line 14
blank.
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Line 15. Enter on line 15 the amount
on line 13, converted if necessary to
U.S. dollars. If the amount on line 13
is stated in the corporation’s foreign
functional currency, divide line 13 by
the line 14 exchange rate and enter
the result on line 15.
Line 16. Enter on line 16 the amount
of deductions included on line 15 that
is apportioned to ECI under
Regulations sections 1.861-8 and
1.861-17 and Temporary Regulations
section 1.861-8T. Attach a schedule
describing the apportionment
methods used, identifying the
numerator and denominator of any
ratio-based method, and listing the
amount apportioned under each
method to ECI.
Line 17. Enter on line 17 the amount
entered on line 11, converted if
necessary to U.S. dollars. If the
amount on line 11 is stated in the
corporation’s foreign functional
currency, divide line 11 by the line 14
exchange rate and enter the result on
line 17.
Line 18. Add lines 16 and 17 and
enter the total on line 18. The amount
on line 18 is the total amount of
deductible expenses reported on the
home office books that is allocated
and apportioned to ECI under
Regulations sections 1.861-8 and
1.861-17 and Temporary Regulations
section 1.861-8T.
Line 19. Enter on line 19, in U.S.
dollars, the amount of deductible
expenses allocated and apportioned
to ECI under Regulations sections
1.861-8 and 1.861-17 and Temporary
Regulations section 1.861-8T that is
recorded on non-Schedule L books
and records of foreign locations other
than those of the home office. Attach
a schedule listing the amount of
deductions allocated and apportioned
to ECI from each location.
Line 20. Add lines 18 and 19 and
enter the total on line 20. The amount
entered on line 20 is the total amount
of deductible expenses reported on
the corporation’s non-Schedule L
books that is allocated and
apportioned to ECI under Regulations
sections 1.861-8 and 1.861-17 and
Temporary Regulations section
1.861-8T. This amount is also
reported on Form 1120-F, Section II,
line 26, and, for banks only, on
Schedule M-3 (Form 1120-F), Part III,
line 31.

Part III – Allocation and
Apportionment Methods
and Financial Records
Used to Complete Parts I
and II
Part III is used to identify the income,
asset, and personnel attributes of the
U.S. trade or business and to report
the methodologies and financial
records used to determine the
amount of the deductions that are
allocated and apportioned to ECI in
Parts I and II of Schedule H. The
corporation’s ratios of effectively
connected gross income, U.S. assets,
and U.S. personnel to worldwide
gross income, worldwide assets, and
worldwide personnel are reported on
lines 21 through 23. Other
ratio-based methods and any
non-ratio-based methods the
corporation used for the tax year to
allocate and apportion deductions to
non-ECI on lines 8 through 10 and to
ECI on lines 11, 16, and 19 are
identified in attachments required by
the instructions for lines 24 and 25.

Check Boxes Above Line 21
New methods. Check the box to
indicate if the corporation used a
method to allocate and apportion
deductions for the current tax year
that was not used in the prior year.
Interbranch amounts in Part IV.
Check the box to indicate if an
expense in respect of any amount
included in Part II, line 20, in the
home office allocation and
apportionment was recorded on the
Schedule L books that are used to
complete Part IV of Schedule H.
Include the full amount of the
interbranch charge in Part IV, line 35.

Lines 21 Through 23. Gross
Income, Asset, and Number of
Personnel Ratios
The corporation must complete the
gross income ratio for line 21 whether
or not it used such method to allocate
and apportion deductions in Parts I
and II. If the corporation used the
asset or number of personnel method
(whether separately or as
components of a multi-factor
method), it must report the attributes
on lines 22 and 23. If the corporation
did not use either the asset or the
personnel method to allocate and
apportion deductions for the year,
then, except as provided for
worldwide assets reported on line
22b, only the numerators of each

method must be reported on lines 22
and 23. See the instructions for line
22b for disclosure of the asset ratio
by corporations that used the actual
ratio to allocate interest expense
under Regulations section 1.882-5.
Line 21a. Enter on line 21a the
corporation’s gross ECI reportable on
Schedule M-3 (Form 1120-F), Part II,
line 25, column (e), plus any
additional gross income amounts
reportable on line 27, column (e). If
the corporation is not required to and
does not file Schedule M-3 (Form
1120-F) for the tax year, enter the
amount of gross income from Form
1120-F, Section II, line 11.
Line 21b. Enter on line 21b the
corporation’s worldwide gross income
stated in U.S. dollars. Corporations
other than banks enter the worldwide
gross income amount from Schedule
M-3 (Form 1120-F), Part II, line 25,
column (a), plus any additional gross
income amounts included on line 27,
column (a). However, if the
corporation’s worldwide income is
effectively connected to its trade or
business within the United States, the
corporation should instead enter the
gross income amount from Schedule
M-3, Part II, line 25, column (e) (plus
any additional gross income amounts
included on line 27, column (a)), but
only if there are no permanent
differences for tax-exempt income
under section 103 or under a treaty
(e.g., force of attraction income not
attributable to a U.S. permanent
establishment) that would otherwise
be removed in column (c). If the
corporation is not required to and
does not report worldwide gross
income in column (a) of Schedule
M-3 (Form 1120-F), enter the
worldwide gross income from any
other reasonable source. Reasonable
sources include worldwide income
statements used to report allocations
of income or capital to other
regulatory or non-Federal tax
authorities or the worldwide income
statements that would be used if the
corporation was required to report
worldwide gross income in column (a)
of Schedule M-3 (Form 1120-F).
Worldwide gross income is worldwide
gross receipts less only cost of goods
sold, if applicable.
Line 22a. Enter on line 22a the
average assets reported on Schedule
I (Form 1120-F), line 5, column (d).
These are the average U.S. assets
included in the corporation’s
Regulations section 1.882-5 interest
expense allocation. If the corporation
does not have any interest expense
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for the year and does not file
Schedule I (Form 1120-F), enter the
average assets derived from the
beginning and ending U.S. assets
included in the computation of U.S.
net equity on Form 1120-F, Section
III, lines 4a and 4b. If the corporation
is exempt from the branch profits tax
under an applicable income tax treaty
and is not required to complete Form
1120-F, Section III, Part I, the
average U.S. assets should be
derived from the beginning and
ending U.S. assets included on Form
1120-F, Schedule L.
Line 22b. If the corporation used the
worldwide actual ratio under
Regulations section 1.882-5(c)(2) to
allocate interest expense to ECI,
enter the amount from Schedule I
(Form 1120-F), line 6b. If the
corporation did not use the actual
ratio, but used a worldwide asset ratio
to apportion deductions to ECI for
purposes of line 11, 16, or 19, enter
the worldwide assets used in that
ratio. If a worldwide asset ratio is not
available from either Schedule I
(Form 1120-F), line 6b or Schedule
H, line 11, 16, or 19, leave line 22b
blank.
Line 22c. If an amount is entered on
line 22b, divide line 22a by line 22b to
determine the asset ratio and enter
the percentage on line 22c. If line 22b
is blank, leave line 22c blank.
Line 23a. Enter on line 23a the
number of personnel who worked in
the corporation’s U.S. trade or
business during the tax year. The
corporation may use any reasonable
method to determine the number of
personnel, including data that is
already prepared and used by the
corporation for a non-tax business
purpose. For example, if the
corporation maintains headcount data
(such as weighted average
headcount data) in its personnel
records or for other purposes such as
budgeting, planning, and control,
such numbers may be used in the
numerator.
Line 23b. If the corporation used a
ratio based on number of personnel
to apportion deductions on line 11,
16, or 19, enter the worldwide
personnel count used in the
denominator of such ratio on line 23b.
If the corporation does not apportion
deductions using a number of
personnel ratio, leave line 23b blank.
Line 23c. If an amount is entered on
line 23b, divide line 23a by line 23b to
determine the number of personnel
ratio and enter the percentage on line
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23c. If line 23b is blank, leave line
23c blank.
Line 24. If the corporation used any
other ratio-based method to allocate
and apportion deductions to ECI and
non-ECI on line 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, or 19
of Schedule H, attach a schedule
describing the ratio used on each
line. Include the numerator and
denominator of the ratio used for
each applicable line.
Line 25. If the corporation used a
non-ratio-based method to allocate
and apportion deductions to ECI and
non-ECI on line 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, or 19
of Schedule H, attach a schedule
describing each such method and the
percentage used, if any, for each
applicable line. These may include
methods for which percentage
allocations to ECI or non-ECI are
estimated and documented by
questionnaires or home office
department interviews (e.g.,
estimated percent of time spent by
employees of particular home office
departments or sub-departments on
U.S. trade or business activities).

Lines 26 Through 28.
Identification of Financial
Records Used
Check the “Yes” or “No” box to
indicate whether the types of financial
books and records indicated were
used to complete Parts I and II of
Schedule H.
Line 28. If the “Yes” box is checked,
attach a list of other documentation
used to complete Parts I and II of
Schedule H (e.g., home country
regulatory reports or functional
analyses).

Part IV – Allocation and
Apportionment of
Expenses on Books and
Records Used to Prepare
Form 1120-F, Schedule L
Use Part IV of Schedule H to report
the allocation and apportionment of
deductions recorded on the
corporation’s Schedule L books, other
than interest and bad debt expense,
to ECI and non-ECI under
Regulations sections 1.861-8 and
1.861-17 and Temporary Regulations
section 1.861-8T.
Line 29. Enter on line 29 the total
expenses recorded on the Schedule
L books.
Note. The Schedule L books may be
maintained using GAAP, or other
applicable accounting standards,
Instructions for Schedule H (Form 1120-F)

other than U.S. GAAP. The Schedule
L books may include more than one
set of books, including the set(s) of
books of disregarded entities. See the
instructions for Schedule M-3 (Form
1120-F), Part I, lines 4 and 5, for the
Schedule L treatment of disregarded
entities and the combined reporting of
multiple sets of books. These rules
apply to both banks and non-banks
for purposes of determining the
expenses reportable on Schedule H,
line 29. Interbranch income and
expenses recorded between separate
sets of books must be eliminated in
the combined reports.
Line 30. Enter on line 30 the total of
the adjustments necessary to
conform the amounts on line 29 to the
amounts that are deductible for U.S.
tax purposes. See the instructions for
Part I, line 2, for a general description
of the types of temporary and
permanent differences that are
reportable as adjustments to the book
expenses in determining current year
tax deductions under U.S. tax
principles. However, do not include
on line 30 any adjustments that are
otherwise reportable on lines 32a
through 35. Specifically, third party
interest expense and interbranch
interest expense included on line 29
is adjusted on lines 32a and 32b,
instead of line 30. Bad debt expense
included on line 29 is adjusted on line
33, instead of line 30. Other
third-party deductible expenses not
allocated or apportioned to ECI and
non-ECI under Regulations section
1.861-8 are adjusted on line 34,
instead of line 30. Interbranch
expenses (other than interest
expense) included on line 29
(including interbranch book charges
for home office services provided to
the U.S. trade or business) are
adjusted on line 35, instead of line
30. However, if the corporation is a
foreign bank that charges its U.S.
branch office cost reimbursements for
services and overhead which are
booked by the branch in the third
party category of expense actually
incurred rather than as a lump sum
interbranch amount, the interbranch
amounts charged and recorded by
the U.S. branch Schedule L book
should not be reported on line 35 as
interbranch expenses, but should be
left in the third party categories to
which they are assigned on the U.S.
books and records. If any such
amounts require adjustment for U.S.
tax principles (e.g., meals and
entertainment at 50%), then such
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adjustment should be shown on line
30.
Attach a schedule detailing the
items adjusted and amounts of each
adjustment.
Line 32a. Enter on line 32a the
amount of third-party interest
expense (whether owed to unrelated
or related parties) that is included in
the amount reported on line 31.
Interest expense is allocated to ECI
under Regulations section 1.882-5
and reported on Schedule I (Form
1120-F).
Line 32b. Enter on line 32b any
interbranch interest expense that is
included in the amount reported on
line 31.
Line 33. Enter on line 33 any bad
debt expense that is included in the
amount reported on line 31. Any
portion of the amount eliminated on
line 33 that is allocated and
apportioned to ECI is reported directly
on Form 1120-F, Section II, line 15.
Line 34. Enter on line 34 other
third-party expenses that are included
in the amount reported on line 31 and
that are not allocated and
apportioned between ECI and
non-ECI under Regulations sections
1.861-8 and 1.861-17 and Temporary
Regulations section 1.861-8T.
Periodic expense from a notional
principal contract is not allocated and
apportioned under Regulations
section 1.861-8 and Temporary
Regulations section 1.861-8T if the
amount is includible in the profits and
losses of a global dealing operation
and the corporation allocates and
apportions such amounts under
Proposed Regulations section
1.863-3(h). Such periodic expense is
subject to allocation and
apportionment under Proposed
Regulations section 1.863-3(h) in
accordance with the principles of
Proposed Regulations section
1.482-8. If such periodic expense is
included in line 31, it should be
included on line 34 and reported
separately on Form 1120-F, Section
II, as either part of the global dealing
income reported on Form 1120-F,
Section II, line 10, or as a separately
identified deduction under Form
1120-F, Section II, line 27.
Line 35. Enter on line 35 all
interbranch expenses, other than
interbranch interest expense, that are
included in the amount reported on
line 31. The interbranch amounts
reportable on line 35 include home
office charges reflected on the
Schedule L books for home office

management services provided to the
U.S. trade or business.
Note. Amounts paid or accrued on
the Schedule L books to the home
office are not determinative of the
amount of home office expense
allocated and apportioned to ECI on
Schedule H, Part II, line 20.
Line 36. Add the amounts on lines
32a through 35 and enter the total on
line 36. This amount reflects the
deductions included in line 31 for
which there are special rules to which
the general allocation and
apportionment rules under
Regulations sections 1.861-8 and
1.861-17 and Temporary Regulations
section 1.861-8T do not apply.
Line 37. Subtract the amount on line
36 from the amount on line 31 and
enter the difference on line 37. The
amount reported on line 37 is
allocated and apportioned to ECI and
non-ECI under Regulations sections
1.861-8 and 1.861-17 and Temporary
Regulations section 1.861-8T and
reconciled on lines 38a through 41.

Lines 38a Through 41.
Reconciliation of Allocable
Expenses on Books Under
Regulations Section 1.861-8
(from line 37)
The amount of deductions reported
on line 37 that is allocated and
apportioned to ECI and non-ECI is
reported on lines 38a through 41,
columns (a) through (c). With respect

to each of lines 38a through 41, enter
the amount included in line 37 that is
allocated or apportioned to ECI in
column (a) and the amount allocated
or apportioned to non-ECI in column
(b). Add columns (a) and (b) for each
line and enter the total amount in
column (c).
Line 38a. Enter on line 38a the
amount of derivative transaction
deductions included in line 37 that are
definitely related to ECI or non-ECI
under Regulations section 1.861-8
and Temporary Regulations section
1.861-8T. Deductions included on line
38a are periodic expense from
notional principal contracts that are
sourced under Regulations section
1.863-7 with respect to non-dealer
securities hedging transactions or
from securities trading or non-global
dealing operations. If notional
principal contract periodic expense is
allocated and apportioned under the
global dealing rules of Proposed
Regulations section 1.863-3(h), such
amounts should be included on line
34 and, therefore, are not definitely
related to ECI or non-ECI under
Regulations section 1.861-8 and
Temporary Regulations section
1.861-8T.
Note. Periodic expenses from
notional principal contracts may be
allocated and apportioned to ECI and
non-ECI in accordance with the ECI
and non-ECI treatment of the item(s)
the notional principal contract
hedges.

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Line 38b. Enter on line 38b all other
deductions included in the amount
reported on line 37 that are definitely
related to ECI or non-ECI under
Regulations sections 1.861-8 and
1.861-17 and Temporary Regulations
section 1.861-8T.
Line 39. Add lines 38a and 38b and
enter the total on line 39 for each of
columns (a) through (c). The amounts
on line 39 are the portion of total
deductions reported on line 37 that
are definitely related to ECI and
non-ECI.
Line 40. Enter on line 40 the
deductions included in line 37 that are
not definitely related to ECI or
non-ECI that are apportioned to ECI
and non-ECI under Regulations
sections 1.861-8 and 1.861-17 and
Temporary Regulations section
1.861-8T. The total on line 40,
column (c), must equal line 37 minus
line 39, column (c).
Line 41. Add lines 39 and 40 and
enter the total on line 41 for each of
columns (a) through (c). The amount
entered on line 41, column (a) is the
total amount of deductions included
on line 37 that is allocated and
apportioned to ECI. These deductions
are included on Form 1120-F, Section
II, lines 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19 through
25, and 27. The total amount on line
41, column (c) must equal the amount
on line 37.

Instructions for Schedule H (Form 1120-F)