# Effective/applicability dates.
**AGENCY:**
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
**ACTION:**
Correcting amendment.
**SUMMARY:**
This document contains corrections to final regulations (TD 9502) that were published in the *Federal Register* on Friday, September 17, 2010 (75 FR 56858) under section 883(a) and (c) of the Internal Revenue Code, concerning the exclusion from gross income of income derived by certain foreign corporations from the international operation of ships or aircraft.
**DATES:**
This correction is effective on October 15, 2010, and is applicable on September 17, 2010.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Patricia A. Bray, (202) 622-3880 (not a toll-free number).
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**Background**
The final regulations (TD 9502) that are the subject of this document are under section 883 of the Internal Revenue Code.
**Need for Correction**
As published, the final regulations (TD 9502) contain 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.
**26 CFR Part 1**
**Correction of Publication**
Accordingly, 26 CFR part 1 is corrected by making the following correcting amendments:
**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 1.883-2 is amended by revising paragraph (f)(4)(ii)(C) to read as follows:
§ 1.883-2
(f) * * *
(4) * * *
(ii) * * *
(C) The number of days during the taxable year of the foreign corporation that such qualified shareholders owned, directly or indirectly, their shares in the closely held block of stock.
**26 CFR Part 1**
*Par. 3.* Section 1.883-5 is amended by revising the heading of paragraph (d) to read as follows:
§ 1.883-5
(d) *Effective/applicability dates.* * * *
LaNita Van Dyke,
Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Legal Processing Division, Associate Chief Counsel (Procedure and Administration).