# Determination of interest deduction (temporary).
**AGENCY:**
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
**ACTION:**
Correcting amendment.
**SUMMARY:**
This document contains a correction to final and temporary regulations (TD 9281), that were published in the *Federal Register* on Thursday, August 17, 2006 (71 FR 47443). This regulation revised the Income Tax Regulations relating to the determination of the interest expense deduction of foreign corporations and applies to foreign corporations engaged in a trade or business within the United States.
**DATES:**
This correction is effective August 17, 2006.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Gregory Spring or Paul Epstein, (202) 622-3870 (not a toll-free number).
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**Background**
The final and temporary regulations (TD 9281) that is the subject of this correction are under sections 882 and 884 of the Internal Revenue Code.
**Need for Correction**
As published, TD 9281 contains errors that may prove to be misleading and are in need of clarification.
**List of Subjects in 26 CFR Part 1**
Income taxes, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
**Correction of Publication**
**26 CFR Part 1**
Accordingly, 26 CFR part 1 is corrected by making the following correcting amendment:
**PART 1—INCOME TAXES**
*Paragraph 1.* The authority citation for part 1 continues to read in part as follows:
**Authority:**
26 U.S.C. 7805 * * *
**26 CFR Part 1**
*Par. 2.* Section 1.882-5 paragraph (a)(7) is revised to read as follows:
§ 1.882-5
(a)(7) through (a)(7)(iii) [Reserved]. For further guidance, see entry in § 1.882-5T(a)(7) through (a)(7)(iii).
**26 CFR Part 1**
*Par. 3.* Section 1.882-5T is amended by revising the last sentence of paragraph (c)(2)(iv) to read as follows:
§ 1.882-5T
(c) * * *
(2) * * *
(iv) * * * The rules of § 1.882-5(b)(3) apply in determining the total value of applicable worldwide assets for the taxable year, except that the minimum number of determination dates are those stated in § 1.882-5(c)(2)(i).
Cynthia E. Grigsby,
Senior Federal Register Liaison Officer, Publications and Regulations Branch, Legal Processing Division, Associate Chief Counsel, (Procedure and Administration).