Section 1.897-8T - Status as a U.S. real property holding corporation as a condition for electing section 897(i) pursuant to Section 1.897-3 (temporary)(a)Purpose and scope. This section provides a temporary regulation that if and when adopted as a final regulation, will be added to paragraph (b) of § 1.897-3 . Paragraph (b) of this section would then appear as paragraph (b)(4) of § 1.897-3 .(b)General conditions. The foreign corporation upon making an election under section 897(i) (including any retroactive election) must qualify as a U.S. real property holding corporation as defined in paragraph (b)(1) of § 1.897-2 .(c)Effective Date. Section 1.897-8T shall be effective as of June 6, 1988, with respect to foreign corporations making an election under section 897(i) after May 5, 1988.T.D. 8198, 53 FR 16229, May 5, 1988