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§ 1441.
Withholding of tax on nonresident aliens
(a)
General rule
(b)
Income items
The items of income referred to in subsection (a) are interest (other than original issue discount as defined in section 1273), dividends, rent, salaries, wages, premiums, annuities, compensations, remunerations, emoluments, or other fixed or determinable annual or periodical gains, profits, and income, gains described in section 631(b) or (c), amounts subject to tax under section 871(a)(1)(C), and gains subject to tax under section 871(a)(1)(D). The items of income referred to in subsection (a) from which tax shall be deducted and withheld at the rate of 14 percent are amounts which are received by a nonresident alien individual who is temporarily present in the United States as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (F), (J), (M), or (Q) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and which are—
(1)
incident to a qualified scholarship to which section 117(a) applies, but only to the extent includible in gross income; or
(2)
in the case of an individual who is not a candidate for a degree at an educational organization described in section 170(b)(1)(A)(ii), granted by—
(A)
an organization described in section 501(c)(3) which is exempt from tax under section 501(a),
(B)
a foreign government,
(C)
an international organization, or a binational or multinational educational and cultural foundation or commission created or continued pursuant to the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, or
(D)
the United States, or an instrumentality or agency thereof, or a State, or a possession of the United States, or any political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia,
as a scholarship or fellowship for study, training, or research in the United States. In the case of a nonresident alien individual who is a member of a domestic partnership, the items of income referred to in subsection (a) shall be treated as referring to items specified in this subsection included in his distributive share of the income of such partnership.
(c)
Exceptions
(1)
Income connected with United States business
(2)
Owner unknown
(3)
Bonds with extended maturity dates
(4)
Compensation of certain aliens
(5)
Special items
(6)
Per diem of certain aliens
(7)
Certain annuities received under qualified plans
(8)
Original issue discount
(9)
Interest income from certain portfolio debt investments
(10)
Exception for certain interest and dividends
(11)
Certain gambling winnings
(12)
Certain dividends received from regulated investment companies
(A)
In general
(B)
Special rule
(d)
Exemption of certain foreign partnerships
(e)
Alien resident of Puerto Rico
(f)
Continental shelf areas
(g)
Cross reference
(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 357; Aug. 26, 1954, ch. 937, title V, § 544(f), as added July 18, 1956, ch. 627, § 11(a), 70 Stat. 563; amended Pub. L. 85–141, § 11(b)(1), Aug. 14, 1957, 71 Stat. 365; Pub. L. 85–866, title I, § 40(b), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1638; Pub. L. 87–256, § 110(d), Sept. 21, 1961, 75 Stat. 536; Pub. L. 88–272, title III, § 302(c), Feb. 26, 1964, 78 Stat. 146; Pub. L. 89–809, title I, § 103(h), Nov. 13, 1966, 80 Stat. 1553; Pub. L. 91–172, title V, § 505(b), Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 634; Pub. L. 92–178, title III, § 313(a), (d), Dec. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 526, 527; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1834; Pub. L. 98–21, title I, § 121(c)(2), Apr. 20, 1983, 97 Stat. 82; Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title I, §§ 42(a)(13), 127(e)(1), title IV, § 474(r)(29)(G), (H), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 557, 652, 845; Pub. L. 99–514, title I, § 123(b)(2), title XII, § 1214(c)(3), title XVIII, § 1810(d)(3)(D), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2113, 2542, 2825; Pub. L. 100–647, title I, § 1001(d)(2)(A), title VI, § 6134(a)(2), Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3350, 3721; Pub. L. 101–508, title XI, § 11704(a)(14), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–518; Pub. L. 102–318, title V, § 521(b)(32), (33), July 3, 1992, 106 Stat. 312; Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13237(c)(4), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 508; Pub. L. 103–296, title III, § 320(a)(1)(B), Aug. 15, 1994, 108 Stat. 1535; Pub. L. 105–34, title XVI, § 1604(g)(3), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 1099; Pub. L. 108–357, title IV, § 411(a)(3)(A), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1503; Pub. L. 113–295, div. A, title II, § 221(a)(92), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 4050.)
cite as: 26 USC 1441