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I.R.C. § 501

Exemption from tax on corporations, certain trusts, etc.
USC 2003 ed., current through 2004-01-19 · superseded Jan 2, 2006 · last amended by Pub. L. 108-121
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(a) Exemption from taxation An organization described in subsection (c) or (d) or section 401(a) shall be exempt from taxation under this subtitle unless such exemption is denied under section 502 or 503.
(b) Tax on unrelated business income and certain other activities An organization exempt from taxation under subsection (a) shall be subject to tax to the extent provided in parts II, III, and VI of this subchapter, but (notwithstanding parts II, III, and VI of this subchapter) shall be considered an organization exempt from income taxes for the purpose of any law which refers to organizations exempt from income taxes.
(c) List of exempt organizations The following organizations are referred to in subsection (a):
(1) Any corporation organized under Act of Congress which is an instrumentality of the United States but only if such corporation—
(A) is exempt from Federal income taxes—
(i) under such Act as amended and supplemented before July 18, 1984, or
(ii) under this title without regard to any provision of law which is not contained in this title and which is not contained in a revenue Act, or
(B) is described in subsection (l).
(2) Corporations organized for the exclusive purpose of holding title to property, collecting income therefrom, and turning over the entire amount thereof, less expenses, to an organization which itself is exempt under this section. Rules similar to the rules of subparagraph (G) of paragraph (25) shall apply for purposes of this paragraph.
(3) Corporations, and any community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, or educational purposes, or to foster national or international amateur sports competition (but only if no part of its activities involve the provision of athletic facilities or equipment), or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual, no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting, to influence legislation (except as otherwise provided in subsection (h)), and which does not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office.
(4)
(A) Civic leagues or organizations not organized for profit but operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare, or local associations of employees, the membership of which is limited to the employees of a designated person or persons in a particular municipality, and the net earnings of which are devoted exclusively to charitable, educational, or recreational purposes.
(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to an entity unless no part of the net earnings of such entity inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
(5) Labor, agricultural, or horticultural organizations.
(6) Business leagues, chambers of commerce, real-estate boards, boards of trade, or professional football leagues (whether or not administering a pension fund for football players), not organized for profit and no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
(7) Clubs organized for pleasure, recreation, and other nonprofitable purposes, substantially all of the activities of which are for such purposes and no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder.
(8) Fraternal beneficiary societies, orders, or associations—
(A) operating under the lodge system or for the exclusive benefit of the members of a fraternity itself operating under the lodge system, and
(B) providing for the payment of life, sick, accident, or other benefits to the members of such society, order, or association or their dependents.
(9) Voluntary employees’ beneficiary associations providing for the payment of life, sick, accident, or other benefits to the members of such association or their dependents or designated beneficiaries, if no part of the net earnings of such association inures (other than through such payments) to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
(10) Domestic fraternal societies, orders, or associations, operating under the lodge system—
(A) the net earnings of which are devoted exclusively to religious, charitable, scientific, literary, educational, and fraternal purposes, and
(B) which do not provide for the payment of life, sick, accident, or other benefits.
(11) Teachers’ retirement fund associations of a purely local character, if—
(A) no part of their net earnings inures (other than through payment of retirement benefits) to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual, and
(B) the income consists solely of amounts received from public taxation, amounts received from assessments on the teaching salaries of members, and income in respect of investments.
(12)
(A) Benevolent life insurance associations of a purely local character, mutual ditch or irrigation companies, mutual or cooperative telephone companies, or like organizations; but only if 85 percent or more of the income consists of amounts collected from members for the sole purpose of meeting losses and expenses.
(B) In the case of a mutual or cooperative telephone company, subparagraph (A) shall be applied without taking into account any income received or accrued—
(i) from a nonmember telephone company for the performance of communication services which involve members of the mutual or cooperative telephone company,
(ii) from qualified pole rentals,
(iii) from the sale of display listings in a directory furnished to the members of the mutual or cooperative telephone company, or
(iv) from the prepayment of a loan under section 306A, 306B, or 311 1 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (as in effect on January 1, 1987).
(C) In the case of a mutual or cooperative electric company, subparagraph (A) shall be applied without taking into account any income received or accrued—
(i) from qualified pole rentals, or
(ii) from the prepayment of a loan under section 306A, 306B, or 311 1 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (as in effect on January 1, 1987).
(D) For purposes of this paragraph, the term “qualified pole rental” means any rental of a pole (or other structure used to support wires) if such pole (or other structure)—
(i) is used by the telephone or electric company to support one or more wires which are used by such company in providing telephone or electric services to its members, and
(ii) is used pursuant to the rental to support one or more wires (in addition to the wires described in clause (i)) for use in connection with the transmission by wire of electricity or of telephone or other communications.
For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “rental” includes any sale of the right to use the pole (or other structure).
(13) Cemetery companies owned and operated exclusively for the benefit of their members or which are not operated for profit; and any corporation chartered solely for the purpose of the disposal of bodies by burial or cremation which is not permitted by its charter to engage in any business not necessarily incident to that purpose and no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
(14)
(A) Credit unions without capital stock organized and operated for mutual purposes and without profit.
(B) Corporations or associations without capital stock organized before September 1, 1957, and operated for mutual purposes and without profit for the purpose of providing reserve funds for, and insurance of shares or deposits in—
(i) domestic building and loan associations,
(ii) cooperative banks without capital stock organized and operated for mutual purposes and without profit,
(iii) mutual savings banks not having capital stock represented by shares, or
(iv) mutual savings banks described in section 591(b) 2
(C) Corporations or associations organized before September 1, 1957, and operated for mutual purposes and without profit for the purpose of providing reserve funds for associations or banks described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of subparagraph (B); but only if 85 percent or more of the income is attributable to providing such reserve funds and to investments. This subparagraph shall not apply to any corporation or association entitled to exemption under subparagraph (B).
(15)
(A) Insurance companies or associations other than life (including interinsurers and reciprocal underwriters) if the net written premiums (or, if greater, direct written premiums) for the taxable year do not exceed $350,000.
(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), in determining whether any company or association is described in subparagraph (A), such company or association shall be treated as receiving during the taxable year amounts described in subparagraph (A) which are received during such year by all other companies or associations which are members of the same controlled group as the insurance company or association for which the determination is being made.
(C) For purposes of subparagraph (B), the term “controlled group” has the meaning given such term by section 831(b)(2)(B)(ii).
(16) Corporations organized by an association subject to part IV of this subchapter or members thereof, for the purpose of financing the ordinary crop operations of such members or other producers, and operated in conjunction with such association. Exemption shall not be denied any such corporation because it has capital stock, if the dividend rate of such stock is fixed at not to exceed the legal rate of interest in the State of incorporation or 8 percent per annum, whichever is greater, on the value of the consideration for which the stock was issued, and if substantially all such stock (other than nonvoting preferred stock, the owners of which are not entitled or permitted to participate, directly or indirectly, in the profits of the corporation, on dissolution or otherwise, beyond the fixed dividends) is owned by such association, or members thereof; nor shall exemption be denied any such corporation because there is accumulated and maintained by it a reserve required by State law or a reasonable reserve for any necessary purpose.
(17)
(A) A trust or trusts forming part of a plan providing for the payment of supplemental unemployment compensation benefits, if—
(i) under the plan, it is impossible, at any time prior to the satisfaction of all liabilities, with respect to employees under the plan, for any part of the corpus or income to be (within the taxable year or thereafter) used for, or diverted to, any purpose other than the providing of supplemental unemployment compensation benefits,
(ii) such benefits are payable to employees under a classification which is set forth in the plan and which is found by the Secretary not to be discriminatory in favor of employees who are highly compensated employees (within the meaning of section 414(q)), and
(iii) such benefits do not discriminate in favor of employees who are highly compensated employees (within the meaning of section 414(q)). A plan shall not be considered discriminatory within the meaning of this clause merely because the benefits received under the plan bear a uniform relationship to the total compensation, or the basic or regular rate of compensation, of the employees covered by the plan.
(B) In determining whether a plan meets the requirements of subparagraph (A), any benefits provided under any other plan shall not be taken into consideration, except that a plan shall not be considered discriminatory—
(i) merely because the benefits under the plan which are first determined in a nondiscriminatory manner within the meaning of subparagraph (A) are then reduced by any sick, accident, or unemployment compensation benefits received under State or Federal law (or reduced by a portion of such benefits if determined in a nondiscriminatory manner), or
(ii) merely because the plan provides only for employees who are not eligible to receive sick, accident, or unemployment compensation benefits under State or Federal law the same benefits (or a portion of such benefits if determined in a nondiscriminatory manner) which such employees would receive under such laws if such employees were eligible for such benefits, or
(iii) merely because the plan provides only for employees who are not eligible under another plan (which meets the requirements of subparagraph (A)) of supplemental unemployment compensation benefits provided wholly by the employer the same benefits (or a portion of such benefits if determined in a nondiscriminatory manner) which such employees would receive under such other plan if such employees were eligible under such other plan, but only if the employees eligible under both plans would make a classification which would be nondiscriminatory within the meaning of subparagraph (A).
(C) A plan shall be considered to meet the requirements of subparagraph (A) during the whole of any year of the plan if on one day in each quarter it satisfies such requirements.
(D) The term “supplemental unemployment compensation benefits” means only—
(i) benefits which are paid to an employee because of his involuntary separation from the employment of the employer (whether or not such separation is temporary) resulting directly from a reduction in force, the discontinuance of a plant or operation, or other similar conditions, and
(ii) sick and accident benefits subordinate to the benefits described in clause (i).
(E) Exemption shall not be denied under subsection (a) to any organization entitled to such exemption as an association described in paragraph (9) of this subsection merely because such organization provides for the payment of supplemental unemployment benefits (as defined in subparagraph (D)(i)).
(18) A trust or trusts created before June 25, 1959, forming part of a plan providing for the payment of benefits under a pension plan funded only by contributions of employees, if—
(A) under the plan, it is impossible, at any time prior to the satisfaction of all liabilities with respect to employees under the plan, for any part of the corpus or income to be (within the taxable year or thereafter) used for, or diverted to, any purpose other than the providing of benefits under the plan,
(B) such benefits are payable to employees under a classification which is set forth in the plan and which is found by the Secretary not to be discriminatory in favor of employees who are highly compensated employees (within the meaning of section 414(q)),
(C) such benefits do not discriminate in favor of employees who are highly compensated employees (within the meaning of section 414(q)). A plan shall not be considered discriminatory within the meaning of this subparagraph merely because the benefits received under the plan bear a uniform relationship to the total compensation, or the basic or regular rate of compensation, of the employees covered by the plan, and
(D) in the case of a plan under which an employee may designate certain contributions as deductible—
(i) such contributions do not exceed the amount with respect to which a deduction is allowable under section 219(b)(3),
(ii) requirements similar to the requirements of section 401(k)(3)(A)(ii) are met with respect to such elective contributions,
(iii) such contributions are treated as elective deferrals for purposes of section 402(g), and
(iv) the requirements of section 401(a)(30) are met.
For purposes of subparagraph (D)(ii), rules similar to the rules of section 401(k)(8) shall apply. For purposes of section 4979, any excess contribution under clause (ii) shall be treated as an excess contribution under a cash or deferred arrangement.
(19) A post or organization of past or present members of the Armed Forces of the United States, or an auxiliary unit or society of, or a trust or foundation for, any such post or organization—
(A) organized in the United States or any of its possessions,
(B) at least 75 percent of the members of which are past or present members of the Armed Forces of the United States and substantially all of the other members of which are individuals who are cadets or are spouses, widows,,3 widowers, ancestors, or lineal descendants of past or present members of the Armed Forces of the United States or of cadets, and
(C) no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
(20) an 4 organization or trust created or organized in the United States, the exclusive function of which is to form part of a qualified group legal services plan or plans, within the meaning of section 120. An organization or trust which receives contributions because of section 120(c)(5)(C) shall not be prevented from qualifying as an organization described in this paragraph merely because it provides legal services or indemnification against the cost of legal services unassociated with a qualified group legal services plan.
(21)
(A) A trust or trusts established in writing, created or organized in the United States, and contributed to by any person (except an insurance company) if—
(i) the purpose of such trust or trusts is exclusively—
(I) to satisfy, in whole or in part, the liability of such person for, or with respect to, claims for compensation for disability or death due to pneumoconiosis under Black Lung Acts,
(II) to pay premiums for insurance exclusively covering such liability,
(III) to pay administrative and other incidental expenses of such trust in connection with the operation of the trust and the processing of claims against such person under Black Lung Acts, and
(IV) to pay accident or health benefits for retired miners and their spouses and dependents (including administrative and other incidental expenses of such trust in connection therewith) or premiums for insurance exclusively covering such benefits; and
(ii) no part of the assets of the trust may be used for, or diverted to, any purpose other than—
(I) the purposes described in clause (i),
(II) investment (but only to the extent that the trustee determines that a portion of the assets is not currently needed for the purposes described in clause (i)) in qualified investments, or
(III) payment into the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund established under section 9501, or into the general fund of the United States Treasury (other than in satisfaction of any tax or other civil or criminal liability of the person who established or contributed to the trust).
(B) No deduction shall be allowed under this chapter for any payment described in subparagraph (A)(i)(IV) from such trust.
(C) Payments described in subparagraph (A)(i)(IV) may be made from such trust during a taxable year only to the extent that the aggregate amount of such payments during such taxable year does not exceed the lesser of—
(i) the excess (if any) (as of the close of the preceding taxable year) of—
(I) the fair market value of the assets of the trust, over
(II) 110 percent of the present value of the liability described in subparagraph (A)(i)(I) of such person, or
(ii) the excess (if any) of—
(I) the sum of a similar excess determined as of the close of the last taxable year ending before the date of the enactment of this subparagraph plus earnings thereon as of the close of the taxable year preceding the taxable year involved, over
(II) the aggregate payments described in subparagraph (A)(i)(IV) made from the trust during all taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this subparagraph.
The determinations under the preceding sentence shall be made by an independent actuary using actuarial methods and assumptions (not inconsistent with the regulations prescribed under section 192(c)(1)(A)) each of which is reasonable and which are reasonable in the aggregate.
(D) For purposes of this paragraph:
(i) The term “Black Lung Acts” means part C of title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, and any State law providing compensation for disability or death due to that pneumoconiosis.
(ii) The term “qualified investments” means—
(I) public debt securities of the United States,
(II) obligations of a State or local government which are not in default as to principal or interest, and
(III) time or demand deposits in a bank (as defined in section 581) or an insured credit union (within the meaning of section 101(7) of the Federal Credit Union Act, 12 U.S.C. 1752(7)) located in the United States.
(iii) The term “miner” has the same meaning as such term has when used in section 402(d) of the Black Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 902(d)).
(iv) The term “incidental expenses” includes legal, accounting, actuarial, and trustee expenses.
(22) A trust created or organized in the United States and established in writing by the plan sponsors of multiemployer plans if—
(A) the purpose of such trust is exclusively—
(i) to pay any amount described in section 4223(c) or (h) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and
(ii) to pay reasonable and necessary administrative expenses in connection with the establishment and operation of the trust and the processing of claims against the trust,
(B) no part of the assets of the trust may be used for, or diverted to, any purpose other than—
(i) the purposes described in subparagraph (A), or
(ii) the investment in securities, obligations, or time or demand deposits described in clause (ii) of paragraph (21)(B),
(C) such trust meets the requirements of paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of section 4223(b), 4223(h), or, if applicable, section 4223(c) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and
(D) the trust instrument provides that, on dissolution of the trust, assets of the trust may not be paid other than to plans which have participated in the plan or, in the case of a trust established under section 4223(h) of such Act, to plans with respect to which employers have participated in the fund.
(23) Any association organized before 1880 more than 75 percent of the members of which are present or past members of the Armed Forces and a principal purpose of which is to provide insurance and other benefits to veterans or their dependents.
(24) A trust described in section 4049 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (as in effect on the date of the enactment of the Single-Employer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1986).
(25)
(A) Any corporation or trust which—
(i) has no more than 35 shareholders or beneficiaries,
(ii) has only 1 class of stock or beneficial interest, and
(iii) is organized for the exclusive purposes of—
(I) acquiring real property and holding title to, and collecting income from, such property, and
(II) remitting the entire amount of income from such property (less expenses) to 1 or more organizations described in subparagraph (C) which are shareholders of such corporation or beneficiaries of such trust.
For purposes of clause (iii), the term “real property” shall not include any interest as a tenant in common (or similar interest) and shall not include any indirect interest.
(B) A corporation or trust shall be described in subparagraph (A) without regard to whether the corporation or trust is organized by 1 or more organizations described in subparagraph (C).
(C) An organization is described in this subparagraph if such organization is—
(i) a qualified pension, profit sharing, or stock bonus plan that meets the requirements of section 401(a),
(ii) a governmental plan (within the meaning of section 414(d)),
(iii) the United States, any State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, or
(iv) any organization described in paragraph (3).
(D) A corporation or trust shall in no event be treated as described in subparagraph (A) unless such corporation or trust permits its shareholders or beneficiaries—
(i) to dismiss the corporation's or trust's investment adviser, following reasonable notice, upon a vote of the shareholders or beneficiaries holding a majority of interest in the corporation or trust, and
(ii) to terminate their interest in the corporation or trust by either, or both, of the following alternatives, as determined by the corporation or trust:
(I) by selling or exchanging their stock in the corporation or interest in the trust (subject to any Federal or State securities law) to any organization described in subparagraph (C) so long as the sale or exchange does not increase the number of shareholders or beneficiaries in such corporation or trust above 35, or
(II) by having their stock or interest redeemed by the corporation or trust after the shareholder or beneficiary has provided 90 days notice to such corporation or trust.
(E)
(i) For purposes of this title—
(I) a corporation which is a qualified subsidiary shall not be treated as a separate corporation, and
(II) all assets, liabilities, and items of income, deduction, and credit of a qualified subsidiary shall be treated as assets, liabilities, and such items (as the case may be) of the corporation or trust described in subparagraph (A).
(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “qualified subsidiary” means any corporation if, at all times during the period such corporation was in existence, 100 percent of the stock of such corporation is held by the corporation or trust described in subparagraph (A).
(iii) For purposes of this subtitle, if any corporation which was a qualified subsidiary ceases to meet the requirements of clause (ii), such corporation shall be treated as a new corporation acquiring all of its assets (and assuming all of its liabilities) immediately before such cessation from the corporation or trust described in subparagraph (A) in exchange for its stock.
(F) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “real property” includes any personal property which is leased under, or in connection with, a lease of real property, but only if the rent attributable to such personal property (determined under the rules of section 856(d)(1)) for the taxable year does not exceed 15 percent of the total rent for the taxable year attributable to both the real and personal property leased under, or in connection with, such lease.
(G)
(i) An organization shall not be treated as failing to be described in this paragraph merely by reason of the receipt of any otherwise disqualifying income which is incidentally derived from the holding of real property.
(ii) Clause (i) shall not apply if the amount of gross income described in such clause exceeds 10 percent of the organization's gross income for the taxable year unless the organization establishes to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the receipt of gross income described in clause (i) in excess of such limitation was inadvertent and reasonable steps are being taken to correct the circumstances giving rise to such income.
(26) Any membership organization if—
(A) such organization is established by a State exclusively to provide coverage for medical care (as defined in section 213(d)) on a not-for-profit basis to individuals described in subparagraph (B) through—
(i) insurance issued by the organization, or
(ii) a health maintenance organization under an arrangement with the organization,
(B) the only individuals receiving such coverage through the organization are individuals—
(i) who are residents of such State, and
(ii) who, by reason of the existence or history of a medical condition—
(I) are unable to acquire medical care coverage for such condition through insurance or from a health maintenance organization, or
(II) are able to acquire such coverage only at a rate which is substantially in excess of the rate for such coverage through the membership organization,
(C) the composition of the membership in such organization is specified by such State, and
(D) no part of the net earnings of the organization inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
A spouse and any qualifying child (as defined in section 24(c)) of an individual described in subparagraph (B) (without regard to this sentence) shall be treated as described in subparagraph (B).
(27)
(A) Any membership organization if—
(i) such organization is established before June 1, 1996, by a State exclusively to reimburse its members for losses arising under workmen's compensation acts,
(ii) such State requires that the membership of such organization consist of—
(I) all persons who issue insurance covering workmen's compensation losses in such State, and
(II) all persons and governmental entities who self-insure against such losses, and
(iii) such organization operates as a non-profit organization by—
(I) returning surplus income to its members or workmen's compensation policyholders on a periodic basis, and
(II) reducing initial premiums in anticipation of investment income.
(B) Any organization (including a mutual insurance company) if—
(i) such organization is created by State law and is organized and operated under State law exclusively to—
(I) provide workmen's compensation insurance which is required by State law or with respect to which State law provides significant disincentives if such insurance is not purchased by an employer, and
(II) provide related coverage which is incidental to workmen's compensation insurance,
(ii) such organization must provide workmen's compensation insurance to any employer in the State (for employees in the State or temporarily assigned out-of-State) which seeks such insurance and meets other reasonable requirements relating thereto,
(iii)
(I) the State makes a financial commitment with respect to such organization either by extending the full faith and credit of the State to the initial debt of such organization or by providing the initial operating capital of such organization, and (II) in the case of periods after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the assets of such organization revert to the State upon dissolution or State law does not permit the dissolution of such organization, and
(iv) the majority of the board of directors or oversight body of such organization are appointed by the chief executive officer or other executive branch official of the State, by the State legislature, or by both.
(28) The National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust established under section 15(j) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974.
(d) Religious and apostolic organizations The following organizations are referred to in subsection (a): Religious or apostolic associations or corporations, if such associations or corporations have a common treasury or community treasury, even if such associations or corporations engage in business for the common benefit of the members, but only if the members thereof include (at the time of filing their returns) in their gross income their entire pro rata shares, whether distributed or not, of the taxable income of the association or corporation for such year. Any amount so included in the gross income of a member shall be treated as a dividend received.
(e) Cooperative hospital service organizations For purposes of this title, an organization shall be treated as an organization organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes, if—
(1) such organization is organized and operated solely—
(A) to perform, on a centralized basis, one or more of the following services which, if performed on its own behalf by a hospital which is an organization described in subsection (c)(3) and exempt from taxation under subsection (a), would constitute activities in exercising or performing the purpose or function constituting the basis for its exemption: data processing, purchasing (including the purchasing of insurance on a group basis), warehousing, billing and collection (including the purchase of patron accounts receivable on a recourse basis), food, clinical, industrial engineering, laboratory, printing, communications, record center, and personnel (including selection, testing, training, and education of personnel) services; and
(B) to perform such services solely for two or more hospitals each of which is—
(i) an organization described in subsection (c)(3) which is exempt from taxation under subsection (a),
(ii) a constituent part of an organization described in subsection (c)(3) which is exempt from taxation under subsection (a) and which, if organized and operated as a separate entity, would constitute an organization described in subsection (c)(3), or
(iii) owned and operated by the United States, a State, the District of Columbia, or a possession of the United States, or a political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing;
(2) such organization is organized and operated on a cooperative basis and allocates or pays, within 81/2 months after the close of its taxable year, all net earnings to patrons on the basis of services performed for them; and
(3) if such organization has capital stock, all of such stock outstanding is owned by its patrons.
For purposes of this title, any organization which, by reason of the preceding sentence, is an organization described in subsection (c)(3) and exempt from taxation under subsection (a), shall be treated as a hospital and as an organization referred to in section 170(b)(1)(A)(iii).
(f) Cooperative service organizations of operating educational organizations For purposes of this title, if an organization is—
(1) organized and operated solely to hold, commingle, and collectively invest and reinvest (including arranging for and supervising the performance by independent contractors of investment services related thereto) in stocks and securities, the moneys contributed thereto by each of the members of such organization, and to collect income therefrom and turn over the entire amount thereof, less expenses, to such members,
(2) organized and controlled by one or more such members, and
(3) comprised solely of members that are organizations described in clause (ii) or (iv) of section 170(b)(1)(A)—
(A) which are exempt from taxation under subsection (a), or
(B) the income of which is excluded from taxation under section 115(a),
then such organization shall be treated as an organization organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes.
(g) Definition of agricultural For purposes of subsection (c)(5), the term “agricultural” includes the art or science of cultivating land, harvesting crops or aquatic resources, or raising livestock.
(h) Expenditures by public charities to influence legislation
(1) General rule In the case of an organization to which this subsection applies, exemption from taxation under subsection (a) shall be denied because a substantial part of the activities of such organization consists of carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting, to influence legislation, but only if such organization normally—
(A) makes lobbying expenditures in excess of the lobbying ceiling amount for such organization for each taxable year, or
(B) makes grass roots expenditures in excess of the grass roots ceiling amount for such organization for each taxable year.
(2) Definitions For purposes of this subsection—
(A) Lobbying expenditures The term “lobbying expenditures” means expenditures for the purpose of influencing legislation (as defined in section 4911(d)).
(B) Lobbying ceiling amount The lobbying ceiling amount for any organization for any taxable year is 150 percent of the lobbying nontaxable amount for such organization for such taxable year, determined under section 4911.
(C) Grass roots expenditures The term “grass roots expenditures” means expenditures for the purpose of influencing legislation (as defined in section 4911(d) without regard to paragraph (1)(B) thereof).
(D) Grass roots ceiling amount The grass roots ceiling amount for any organization for any taxable year is 150 percent of the grass roots nontaxable amount for such organization for such taxable year, determined under section 4911.
(3) Organizations to which this subsection applies This subsection shall apply to any organization which has elected (in such manner and at such time as the Secretary may prescribe) to have the provisions of this subsection apply to such organization and which, for the taxable year which includes the date the election is made, is described in subsection (c)(3) and—
(A) is described in paragraph (4), and
(B) is not a disqualified organization under paragraph (5).
(4) Organizations permitted to elect to have this subsection apply An organization is described in this paragraph if it is described in—
(A) section 170(b)(1)(A)(ii) (relating to educational institutions),
(B) section 170(b)(1)(A)(iii) (relating to hospitals and medical research organizations),
(C) section 170(b)(1)(A)(iv) (relating to organizations supporting government schools),
(D) section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) (relating to organizations publicly supported by charitable contributions),
(E) section 509(a)(2) (relating to organizations publicly supported by admissions, sales, etc.), or
(F) section 509(a)(3) (relating to organizations supporting certain types of public charities) except that for purposes of this subparagraph, section 509(a)(3) shall be applied without regard to the last sentence of section 509(a).
(5) Disqualified organizations For purposes of paragraph (3) an organization is a disqualified organization if it is—
(A) described in section 170(b)(1)(A)(i) (relating to churches),
(B) an integrated auxiliary of a church or of a convention or association of churches, or
(C) a member of an affiliated group of organizations (within the meaning of section 4911(f)(2)) if one or more members of such group is described in subparagraph (A) or (B).
(6) Years for which election is effective An election by an organization under this subsection shall be effective for all taxable years of such organization which—
(A) end after the date the election is made, and
(B) begin before the date the election is revoked by such organization (under regulations prescribed by the Secretary).
(7) No effect on certain organizations With respect to any organization for a taxable year for which—
(A) such organization is a disqualified organization (within the meaning of paragraph (5)), or
(B) an election under this subsection is not in effect for such organization,
nothing in this subsection or in section 4911 shall be construed to affect the interpretation of the phrase, “no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting, to influence legislation,” under subsection (c)(3).
(8) Affiliated organizations For rules regarding affiliated organizations, see section 4911(f).
(i) Prohibition of discrimination by certain social clubs Notwithstanding subsection (a), an organization which is described in subsection (c)(7) shall not be exempt from taxation under subsection (a) for any taxable year if, at any time during such taxable year, the charter, bylaws, or other governing instrument, of such organization or any written policy statement of such organization contains a provision which provides for discrimination against any person on the basis of race, color, or religion. The preceding sentence to the extent it relates to discrimination on the basis of religion shall not apply to—
(1) an auxiliary of a fraternal beneficiary society if such society—
(A) is described in subsection (c)(8) and exempt from tax under subsection (a), and
(B) limits its membership to the members of a particular religion, or
(2) a club which in good faith limits its membership to the members of a particular religion in order to further the teachings or principles of that religion, and not to exclude individuals of a particular race or color.
(j) Special rules for certain amateur sports organizations
(1) In general In the case of a qualified amateur sports organization—
(A) the requirement of subsection (c)(3) that no part of its activities involve the provision of athletic facilities or equipment shall not apply, and
(B) such organization shall not fail to meet the requirements of subsection (c)(3) merely because its membership is local or regional in nature.
(2) Qualified amateur sports organization defined For purposes of this subsection, the term “qualified amateur sports organization” means any organization organized and operated exclusively to foster national or international amateur sports competition if such organization is also organized and operated primarily to conduct national or international competition in sports or to support and develop amateur athletes for national or international competition in sports.
(k) Treatment of certain organizations providing child care For purposes of subsection (c)(3) of this section and sections 170(c)(2), 2055(a)(2), and 2522(a)(2), the term “educational purposes” includes the providing of care of children away from their homes if—
(1) substantially all of the care provided by the organization is for purposes of enabling individuals to be gainfully employed, and
(2) the services provided by the organization are available to the general public.
(l) Government corporations exempt under subsection (c)(1)
For purposes of subsection (c)(1), the following organizations are described in this subsection:
(1) The Central Liquidity Facility established under title III of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1795 et seq.).
(2) The Resolution Trust Corporation established under section 21A of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act.
(3) The Resolution Funding Corporation established under section 21B of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act.
(m) Certain organizations providing commercial-type insurance not exempt from tax
(1) Denial of tax exemption where providing commercial-type insurance is substantial part of activities An organization described in paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (c) shall be exempt from tax under subsection (a) only if no substantial part of its activities consists of providing commercial-type insurance.
(2) Other organizations taxed as insurance companies on insurance business In the case of an organization described in paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (c) which is exempt from tax under subsection (a) after the application of paragraph (1) of this subsection—
(A) the activity of providing commercial-type insurance shall be treated as an unrelated trade or business (as defined in section 513), and
(B) in lieu of the tax imposed by section 511 with respect to such activity, such organization shall be treated as an insurance company for purposes of applying subchapter L with respect to such activity.
(3) Commercial-type insurance For purposes of this subsection, the term “commercial-type insurance” shall not include—
(A) insurance provided at substantially below cost to a class of charitable recipients,
(B) incidental health insurance provided by a health maintenance organization of a kind customarily provided by such organizations,
(C) property or casualty insurance provided (directly or through an organization described in section 414(e)(3)(B)(ii)) by a church or convention or association of churches for such church or convention or association of churches,
(D) providing retirement or welfare benefits (or both) by a church or a convention or association of churches (directly or through an organization described in section 414(e)(3)(A) or 414(e)(3)(B)(ii)) for the employees (including employees described in section 414(e)(3)(B)) of such church or convention or association of churches or the beneficiaries of such employees, and
(E) charitable gift annuities.
(4) Insurance includes annuities For purposes of this subsection, the issuance of annuity contracts shall be treated as providing insurance.
(5) Charitable gift annuity For purposes of paragraph (3)(E), the term “charitable gift annuity” means an annuity if—
(A) a portion of the amount paid in connection with the issuance of the annuity is allowable as a deduction under section 170 or 2055, and
(B) the annuity is described in section 514(c)(5) (determined as if any amount paid in cash in connection with such issuance were property).
(n) Charitable risk pools
(1) In general For purposes of this title—
(A) a qualified charitable risk pool shall be treated as an organization organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes, and
(B) subsection (m) shall not apply to a qualified charitable risk pool.
(2) Qualified charitable risk pool For purposes of this subsection, the term “qualified charitable risk pool” means any organization—
(A) which is organized and operated solely to pool insurable risks of its members (other than risks related to medical malpractice) and to provide information to its members with respect to loss control and risk management,
(B) which is comprised solely of members that are organizations described in subsection (c)(3) and exempt from tax under subsection (a), and
(C) which meets the organizational requirements of paragraph (3).
(3) Organizational requirements An organization (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the “risk pool”) meets the organizational requirements of this paragraph if—
(A) such risk pool is organized as a nonprofit organization under State law provisions authorizing risk pooling arrangements for charitable organizations,
(B) such risk pool is exempt from any income tax imposed by the State (or will be so exempt after such pool qualifies as an organization exempt from tax under this title),
(C) such risk pool has obtained at least $1,000,000 in startup capital from nonmember charitable organizations,
(D) such risk pool is controlled by a board of directors elected by its members, and
(E) the organizational documents of such risk pool require that—
(i) each member of such pool shall at all times be an organization described in subsection (c)(3) and exempt from tax under subsection (a),
(ii) any member which receives a final determination that it no longer qualifies as an organization described in subsection (c)(3) shall immediately notify the pool of such determination and the effective date of such determination, and
(iii) each policy of insurance issued by the risk pool shall provide that such policy will not cover the insured with respect to events occurring after the date such final determination was issued to the insured.
An organization shall not cease to qualify as a qualified charitable risk pool solely by reason of the failure of any of its members to continue to be an organization described in subsection (c)(3) if, within a reasonable period of time after such pool is notified as required under subparagraph (E)(ii), such pool takes such action as may be reasonably necessary to remove such member from such pool.
(4) Other definitions For purposes of this subsection—
(A) Startup capital The term “startup capital” means any capital contributed to, and any program-related investments (within the meaning of section 4944(c)) made in, the risk pool before such pool commences operations.
(B) Nonmember charitable organization The term “nonmember charitable organization” means any organization which is described in subsection (c)(3) and exempt from tax under subsection (a) and which is not a member of the risk pool and does not benefit (directly or indirectly) from the insurance coverage provided by the pool to its members.
(o) Treatment of hospitals participating in provider-sponsored organizations
An organization shall not fail to be treated as organized and operated exclusively for a charitable purpose for purposes of subsection (c)(3) solely because a hospital which is owned and operated by such organization participates in a provider-sponsored organization (as defined in section 1855(d) of the Social Security Act), whether or not the provider-sponsored organization is exempt from tax. For purposes of subsection (c)(3), any person with a material financial interest in such a provider-sponsored organization shall be treated as a private shareholder or individual with respect to the hospital.
(p) Suspension of tax-exempt status of terrorist organizations
(1) In general The exemption from tax under subsection (a) with respect to any organization described in paragraph (2), and the eligibility of any organization described in paragraph (2) to apply for recognition of exemption under subsection (a), shall be suspended during the period described in paragraph (3).
(2) Terrorist organizations An organization is described in this paragraph if such organization is designated or otherwise individually identified—
(A) under section 212(a)(3)(B)(vi)(II) or 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act as a terrorist organization or foreign terrorist organization,
(B) in or pursuant to an Executive order which is related to terrorism and issued under the authority of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act or section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 for the purpose of imposing on such organization an economic or other sanction, or
(C) in or pursuant to an Executive order issued under the authority of any Federal law if—
(i) the organization is designated or otherwise individually identified in or pursuant to such Executive order as supporting or engaging in terrorist activity (as defined in section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act) or supporting terrorism (as defined in section 140(d)(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989); and
(ii) such Executive order refers to this subsection.
(3) Period of suspension With respect to any organization described in paragraph (2), the period of suspension—
(A) begins on the later of—
(i) the date of the first publication of a designation or identification described in paragraph (2) with respect to such organization, or
(ii) the date of the enactment of this subsection, and
(B) ends on the first date that all designations and identifications described in paragraph (2) with respect to such organization are rescinded pursuant to the law or Executive order under which such designation or identification was made.
(4) Denial of deduction No deduction shall be allowed under any provision of this title, including sections 170, 545(b)(2), 556(b)(2), 642(c), 2055, 2106(a)(2), and 2522, with respect to any contribution to an organization described in paragraph (2) during the period described in paragraph (3).
(5) Denial of administrative or judicial challenge of suspension or denial of deduction Notwithstanding section 7428 or any other provision of law, no organization or other person may challenge a suspension under paragraph (1), a designation or identification described in paragraph (2), the period of suspension described in paragraph (3), or a denial of a deduction under paragraph (4) in any administrative or judicial proceeding relating to the Federal tax liability of such organization or other person.
(6) Erroneous designation
(A) In general If—
(i) the tax exemption of any organization described in paragraph (2) is suspended under paragraph (1),
(ii) each designation and identification described in paragraph (2) which has been made with respect to such organization is determined to be erroneous pursuant to the law or Executive order under which such designation or identification was made, and
(iii) the erroneous designations and identifications result in an overpayment of income tax for any taxable year by such organization,
credit or refund (with interest) with respect to such overpayment shall be made.
(B) Waiver of limitations If the credit or refund of any overpayment of tax described in subparagraph (A)(iii) is prevented at any time by the operation of any law or rule of law (including res judicata), such credit or refund may nevertheless be allowed or made if the claim therefor is filed before the close of the 1-year period beginning on the date of the last determination described in subparagraph (A)(ii).
(7) Notice of suspensions If the tax exemption of any organization is suspended under this subsection, the Internal Revenue Service shall update the listings of tax-exempt organizations and shall publish appropriate notice to taxpayers of such suspension and of the fact that contributions to such organization are not deductible during the period of such suspension.
(q) Cross reference For nonexemption of Communist-controlled organizations, see section 11(b) of the Internal Security Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 997; 50 U.S.C. 790(b)).
Source credit, amendments & notes

(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 163; Mar. 13, 1956, ch. 83, §5(2), 70 Stat. 49; Pub. L. 86–428, §1, Apr. 22, 1960, 74 Stat. 54; Pub. L. 86–667, §1, July 14, 1960, 74 Stat. 534; Pub. L. 87–834, §8(d), Oct. 16, 1962, 76 Stat. 997; Pub. L. 89–352, §1, Feb. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 4; Pub. L. 89–800, §6(a), Nov. 8, 1966, 80 Stat. 1515; Pub. L. 90–364, title I, §109(a), June 28, 1968, 82 Stat. 269; Pub. L. 91–172, title I, §§101(j)(3)–(6), 121(b)(5)(A), (6)(A), Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 526, 527, 541; Pub. L. 91–618, §1, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1855; Pub. L. 92–418, §1(a), Aug. 29, 1972, 86 Stat. 656; Pub. L. 93–310, §3(a), June 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 235; Pub. L. 93–625, §10(c), Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2119; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIII, §§1307(a)(1), (d)(1)(A), 1312(a), 1313(a), title XIX, §1906(b)(13)(A), title XXI, §§2113(a), 2134(b), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1720, 1727, 1730, 1834, 1907, 1927; Pub. L. 94–568, §§1(a), 2(a), Oct. 20, 1976, 90 Stat. 2697; Pub. L. 95–227, §4(a), Feb. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 15; Pub. L. 95–345, §1(a), Aug. 15, 1978, 92 Stat. 481; Pub. L. 95–600, title VII, §703(b)(2), (g)(2)(A), (B), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2939, 2940; Pub. L. 96–222, title I, §108(b)(2)(B), Apr. 1, 1980, 94 Stat. 226; Pub. L. 96–364, title II, §209(a), Sept. 26, 1980, 94 Stat. 1290; Pub. L. 96–601, §3(a), Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3496; Pub. L. 96–605, title I, §106(a), Dec. 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 3523; Pub. L. 97–119, title I, §103(c)(1), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1638; Pub. L. 97–248, title II, §286(a), title III, §354(a), (b), Sept. 3, 1982, 96 Stat. 569, 640, 641; Pub. L. 97–448, title III, §306(b)(5), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2406; Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title X, §§1032(a), 1079, div. B, title VIII, §2813(b), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1033, 1056, 1206; Pub. L. 99–272, title XI, §11012(b), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 260; Pub. L. 99–514, title X, §§1012(a), 1024(b), title XI, §§1109(a), 1114(b)(14), title XVI, §1603(a), title XVIII, §§1879(k)(1), 1899A(15), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2390, 2406, 2435, 2451, 2768, 2909, 2959; Pub. L. 100–203, title X, §10711(a)(2), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–464; Pub. L. 100–647, title I, §§1010(b)(4), 1011(c)(7)(D), 1016(a)(1)(A), (2)–(4), 1018(u)(14), (15), (34), title II, §2003(a)(1), (2), title VI, §6202(a), Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3451, 3458, 3573, 3574, 3590, 3592, 3597, 3598, 3730; Pub. L. 101–73, title XIV, §1402(a), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 550; Pub. L. 102–486, title XIX, §1940(a), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3034; Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, §13146(a), (b), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 443; Pub. L. 104–168, title XIII, §1311(b)(1), July 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 1477; Pub. L. 104–188, title I, §§1114(a), 1704(j)(5), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1759, 1882; Pub. L. 104–191, title III, §§341(a), 342(a), Aug. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 2070; Pub. L. 105–33, title IV, §4041(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 360; Pub. L. 105–34, title I, §101(c), title IX, §§963(a), (b), 974(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 799, 892, 898; Pub. L. 105–206, title VI, §6023(6), (7), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 825; Pub. L. 107–16, title VI, §611(d)(3)(C), June 7, 2001, 115 Stat. 98; Pub. L. 107–90, title II, §202, Dec. 21, 2001, 115 Stat. 890; Pub. L. 108–121, title I, §§105(a), 108(a), Nov. 11, 2003, 117 Stat. 1338, 1339.)

Amendment of Section

For termination of amendment by section 901 of Pub. L. 107–16, see Effective and Termination Dates of 2001 Amendments note below.

References in Text

Sections 306A, 306B, and 311 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, referred to in subsec. (c)(12)(B)(iv), (C)(ii), are classified to sections 936a and 936b, respectively, of Title 7, Agriculture. Section 311 of the Act was classified to section 940a of Title 7 prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, §780, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1151.

The date of the enactment of this subparagraph, referred to in subsec. (c)(21)(C)(ii), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 102–486, which was approved Oct. 24, 1992.

The Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, referred to in subsec. (c)(21)(D)(i), is Pub. L. 91–173, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 742, as amended by Pub. L. 95–164, Nov. 9, 1977, 91 Stat. 1290. Part C of title IV of the Act is classified generally to part C (§931 et seq.) of subchapter IV of chapter 22 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 801 of Title 30 and Tables.

Section 4223 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, referred to in subsec. (c)(22)(A)(i), (C), (D), is classified to section 1403 of Title 29, Labor.

Section 4049 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, referred to in subsec. (c)(24), was classified to section 1349 of Title 29, prior to its repeal by Pub. L. 100–203, title IX, §9312(a), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–361.

The date of the enactment of the Single-Employer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1986, referred to in subsec. (c)(24), is the date of enactment of title XI of Pub. L. 99–272, which was approved Apr. 7, 1986.

The date of enactment of this subparagraph, referred to in subsec. (c)(27)(B)(iii)(I), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 105–34, which was approved Aug. 5, 1997.

Section 15(j) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, referred to in subsec. (c)(28), is classified to section 231n(j) of Title 45, Railroads.

The provisions of subsec. (a) of section 115, referred to in subsec. (f)(3)(B), now comprise section 115 in its entirety, following the deletion therefrom of the subsec. (a) designation by section 1901(a)(19) of Pub. L. 94–455.

The Federal Credit Union Act, referred to in subsec. (l)(1), is act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, 48 Stat. 1216, as amended. Title III of the Federal Credit Union Act is classified generally to subchapter III (§1795 et seq.) of chapter 14 of Title 12, Banks and Banking. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1751 of Title 12 and Tables.

Sections 21A and 21B of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, referred to in subsec. (l)(2), (3), are classified to sections 1441a and 1441b, respectively, of Title 12.

Section 1855(d) of the Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (o), is classified to section 1395w–25(d) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

Sections 212(a)(3)(B) and 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, referred to in subsec. (p)(2)(A), (C)(i), are classified to sections 1182(a)(3)(B) and 1189, respectively, of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.

The International Emergency Economic Powers Act, referred to in subsec. (p)(2)(B), is title II of Pub. L. 95–223, Dec. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1626, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 35 (§1701 et seq.) of Title 50, War and National Defense. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1701 of Title 50 and Tables.

Section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, referred to in subsec. (p)(2)(B), is classified to section 287c of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

Section 140(d)(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989, referred to in subsec. (p)(2)(C)(i), is classifed to section 2656f(d)(2) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

The date of the enactment of this subsection, referred to in subsec. (p)(3)(A)(ii), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 108–121, which was approved Nov. 11, 2003.

Section 11(b) of the Internal Security Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 997; 50 U.S.C. 790(b)), referred to in subsec. (q), was repealed by Pub. L. 103–199, title VIII, §803(1), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2329.

Amendments

2003—Subsec. (c)(19)(B). Pub. L. 108–121, §105(a), substituted “, widowers, ancestors, or lineal descendants” for “or widowers”.

Subsecs. (p), (q). Pub. L. 108–121, §108(a), added subsec. (p) and redesignated former subsec. (p) as (q).

2001—Subsec. (c)(18)(D)(iii). Pub. L. 107–16, §§611(d)(3)(C), 901, temporarily struck out “(other than paragraph (4) thereof)” after “section 402(g)”. See Effective and Termination Dates of 2001 Amendment note below.

Subsec. (c)(28). Pub. L. 107–90 added par. (28).

1998—Subsec. (n)(3). Pub. L. 105–206, §6023(6), substituted “subparagraph (E)(ii)” for “subparagraph (C)(ii)” in concluding provisions.

Subsec. (o). Pub. L. 105–206, §6023(7), substituted “section 1855(d)” for “section 1853(e)”.

1997—Subsec. (c)(26). Pub. L. 105–34, §101(c), inserted concluding provisions “A spouse and any qualifying child (as defined in section 24(c)) of an individual described in subparagraph (B) (without regard to this sentence) shall be treated as described in subparagraph (B).”

Subsec. (c)(27). Pub. L. 105–34, §963(a), (b), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), redesignated former subpar. (A) as cl. (i), redesignated subpar. (B) as cl. (ii) and former cls. (i) and (ii) of subpar. (B) as subcls. (I) and (II), respectively, of cl. (ii), redesignated subpar. (C) as cl. (iii) and former cls. (i) and (ii) of subpar. (C) as subcls. (I) and (II), respectively, of cl. (iii), and added subpar. (B).

Subsec. (e)(1)(A). Pub. L. 105–34, §974(a), inserted “(including the purchase of patron accounts receivable on a recourse basis)” after “billing and collection”.

Subsecs. (o), (p). Pub. L. 105–33 added subsec. (o) and redesignated former subsec. (o) as (p).

1996—Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 104–168 designated existing provisions as subpar. (A) and added subpar. (B).

Subsec. (c)(21)(D)(ii)(III). Pub. L. 104–188, §1704(j)(5), substituted “section 101(7)” for “section 101(6)” and “1752(7)” for “1752(6)”.

Subsec. (c)(26). Pub. L. 104–191, §341(a), added par. (26).

Subsec. (c)(27). Pub. L. 104–191, §342(a), added par. (27).

Subsecs. (n), (o). Pub. L. 104–188, §1114(a), added subsec. (n) and redesignated former subsec. (n) as (o).

1993—Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 103–66, §13146(b), inserted at end “Rules similar to the rules of subparagraph (G) of paragraph (25) shall apply for purposes of this paragraph.”

Subsec. (c)(25)(G). Pub. L. 103–66, §13146(a), added subpar. (G).

1992—Subsec. (c)(21). Pub. L. 102–486 amended par. (21) generally, substituting present provisions consisting of subpars. (A) to (D) for former provisions consisting of subpars. (A) and (B).

1989—Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 101–73 amended subsec. (l) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (l) read as follows: “The organization described in this subsection is the Central Liquidity Facility established under title III of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1795 et seq.).”

1988—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 100–647, §1018(u)(15), substituted “Any” for “any”.

Subsec. (c)(12)(B)(iv). Pub. L. 100–647, §2003(a)(1), added cl. (iv).

Subsec. (c)(12)(C). Pub. L. 100–647, §2003(a)(2), amended subpar. (C) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (C) read as follows: “In the case of a mutual or cooperative electric company, subparagraph (A) shall be applied without taking into account any income received or accrued from qualified pole rentals.”

Subsec. (c)(17)(A)(ii), (iii), (18)(B), (C). Pub. L. 100–647, §1018(u)(34), made technical amendments to Pub. L. 99–154, §1114(b)(14). See 1986 Amendment note below.

Subsec. (c)(18)(D)(iv). Pub. L. 100–647, §1011(c)(7)(D), added cl. (iv).

Subsec. (c)(23). Pub. L. 100–647, §1018(u)(14), substituted “Any” for “any”.

Subsec. (c)(25)(A). Pub. L. 100–647, §1016(a)(1)(A), inserted at end “For purposes of clause (iii), the term ‘real property’ shall not include any interest as a tenant in common (or similar interest) and shall not include any indirect interest.”

Subsec. (c)(25)(C)(v). Pub. L. 100–647, §1016(a)(3)(B), struck out cl. (v) which read as follows: “any organization described in this paragraph.”

Subsec. (c)(25)(D). Pub. L. 100–647, §1016(a)(2), substituted “A corporation or trust shall in no event be treated as described in subparagraph (A) unless such corporation or trust permits its shareholders or beneficiaries” for “A corporation or trust described in this paragraph must permit its shareholders or beneficiaries” in introductory text.

Subsec. (c)(25)(E), (F). Pub. L. 100–647, §1016(a)(3)(A), (4), added subpars. (E) and (F).

Subsec. (e)(1)(A). Pub. L. 100–647, §6202(a), inserted “(including the purchasing of insurance on a group basis)” after “purchasing”.

Subsec. (m)(3)(E). Pub. L. 100–647, §1010(b)(4)(A), added subpar. (E).

Subsec. (m)(5). Pub. L. 100–647, §1010(b)(4)(B), added par. (5).

1987—Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 100–203 inserted “(or in opposition to)” after “in behalf of”.

1986—Subsec. (c)(1)(A)(i). Pub. L. 99–514, §1899A(15), substituted “July 18, 1984” for “the date of the enactment of the Tax Reform Act of 1984”.

Subsec. (c)(14)(B)(iv). Pub. L. 99–514, §1879(k)(1), added cl. (iv).

Subsec. (c)(15). Pub. L. 99–514, §1024(b), amended par. (15) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (15) read as follows: “Mutual insurance companies or associations other than life or marine (including inter-insurers and reciprocal underwriters) if the gross amount received during the taxable year from the items described in section 822(b) (other than paragraph (1)(D) thereof) and premiums (including deposits and assessments) does not exceed $150,000.”

Subsec. (c)(17)(A)(ii), (iii), (18)(B), (C). Pub. L. 99–514, §1114(b)(14), as amended by Pub. L. 100–647, §1018(u)(34), substituted “highly compensated employees (within the meaning of section 414(q))” for “officers, shareholders, persons whose principal duties consist of supervising the work of other employees, or highly compensated employees”.

Subsec. (c)(18)(D). Pub. L. 99–514, §1109(a), added subpar. (D).

Subsec. (c)(24). Pub. L. 99–272 added par. (24).

Subsec. (c)(25). Pub. L. 99–514, §1603(a), added par. (25).

Subsecs. (m), (n). Pub. L. 99–514, §1012(a), added subsec. (m) and redesignated former subsec. (m) as (n).

1984—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 98–369, §2813(b)(2), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A) and added subpar. (B).

Subsec. (c)(1)(A). Pub. L. 98–369, §1079, substituted provisions referring to corporations exempt from Federal income taxes under any Act of Congress as amended and supplemented before July 18, 1984, or under this title without regard to any provision of law not contained in this title and not contained in a revenue Act for provisions referring to corporations exempt from Federal income taxes under any Act of Congress as amended and supplemented.

Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 98–369, §1032(a), added subsec. (k). Former subsec. (k) redesignated (l).

Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 98–369, §2813(b)(1), added subsec. (l). Former subsec. (l) redesignated (m).

Pub. L. 98–369, §1032(a), redesignated former subsec. (k) as (l).

Subsec. (m). Pub. L. 98–369, §2813(b)(1), redesignated former subsec. (l) as (m).

1983—Subsec. (c)(23). Pub. L. 97–448 substituted “75 percent” for “25 percent”.

1982—Subsec. (c)(19). Pub. L. 97–248, §354(a)(1), substituted “past or present members of the Armed Forces of the United States” for “war veterans” after “A post or organization of”.

Subsec. (c)(19)(B). Pub. L. 97–248, §354(a)(2), substituted “past or present members of the Armed Forces of the United States” for “war veterans” wherever appearing, struck out “veterans (but not war veterans), or are” after “individuals who are”, and substituted “or of cadets” for “or such individuals” before “, and”.

Subsec. (c)(23). Pub. L. 97–248, §354(b), added par. (23).

Subsecs. (j), (k). Pub. L. 97–248, §286(a), added subsec. (j) and redesignated former subsec. (j) as (k).

1981—Subsec. (c)(21)(B)(iii). Pub. L. 97–119 substituted “established under section 9501” for “established under section 3 of the Black Lung Benefits Revenue Act of 1977”.

1980—Subsec. (c)(12). Pub. L. 96–605 designated existing provision as subpar. (A), struck out provision that, in the case of any mutual or cooperative telephone company, the 85 per cent or more income requirement be applied without taking into account any income received or accrued from a nonmember telephone company for the performance of communication services which involve members of such mutual or cooperative telephone company, and added subpars. (B) to (D).

Subsec. (c)(21). Pub. L. 96–222 substituted “Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977” for “Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969”.

Subsec. (c)(22). Pub. L. 96–364 added par. (22).

Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 96–601 inserted provision that the restriction on religious discrimination not apply to an auxiliary of a fraternal beneficiary society if the society is described in subsec. (c)(8) of this section, is exempt from income tax under subsec. (a) of this section, and limits its membership to the members of a particular religion or to a club which in good faith limits its membership to the members of a particular religion in order to further the teachings or principles of that religion, and not to exclude individuals of a particular race or color.

1978—Subsec. (c)(12). Pub. L. 95–345 inserted provision relating to applicability of statutory provisions to mutual or cooperative telephone company of income received or accrued from a nonmember telephone company.

Subsec. (c)(20). Pub. L. 95–600, §703(b)(2), substituted “this paragraph” for “section 501(c)(20)”.

Subsec. (c)(21). Pub. L. 95–227 added par. (21).

Subsecs. (g), (i). Pub. L. 95–600, §703(g)(2)(B), redesignated subsec. (g), which was added by section 2(a) of Pub. L. 94–568, as subsec. (i). Former subsec. (i), relating to cross reference, redesignated (j).

Subsecs. (i), (j). Pub. L. 95–600, §703(g)(2)(A), amended Pub. L. 95–600, §2(a). See 1976 Amendment note below.

1976—Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 94–455, §§1313(a), 1307(d)(1)(A), inserted “or to foster national or international amateur sports competition (but only if no part of its activities involve the provision of athletic facilities or equipment)” after “educational purposes” and inserted “(except as otherwise provided in subsection (h))” after “influence legislation”.

Subsec. (c)(7). Pub. L. 94–568, §1(a), struck out requirement that clubs be “operated exclusively” for specified purposes but required that substantially all of club activities be for specified purposes.

Subsec. (c)(17), (18). Pub. L. 94–455, §1906(b)(13)(A), struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary”.

Subsec. (c)(20). Pub. L. 94–455, §2134(b), added par. (20).

Subsec. (e)(1)(A). Pub. L. 94–455, §1312(a), inserted “clinical” after “food”.

Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 94–568, §2(a), added subsec. (g) relating to prohibition of discrimination by certain social clubs.

Pub. L. 94–455, §2113(a), added subsec. (g) defining agricultural. Former subsec. (g) redesignated (h).

Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 94–455, §§1307(a)(1), 2113(a), added subsec. (h). Former subsec. (g), relating to cross reference, redesignated (h) and further redesignated (i).

Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 94–568, §2(a), as amended by Pub. L. 95–600, §703(g)(2)(A), added subsec. (i). Former subsec. (i) redesignated (j).

Pub. L. 94–455, §1307(a)(1), redesignated subsec. (h), relating to cross reference, as (i).

Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 94–568, §2(a), as amended by Pub. L. 95–600, §703(g)(2)(A), redesignated subsec. (i), relating to cross reference, as (j).

1975—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93–625 inserted references to part VI of this subchapter.

1974—Subsecs. (f), (g). Pub. L. 93–310 added subsec. (f) and redesignated former subsec. (f) as (g).

1972—Subsec. (c)(19). Pub. L. 92–418 added par. (19).

1970—Subsec. (c)(13). Pub. L., 91–618 substituted “corporation chartered solely for the purpose of disposal of bodies by burial or cremation which is not permitted” for “corporation chartered solely for burial purposes as a cemetery corporation and is not permitted”.

1969—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91–172, §101(j)(3), struck out reference to section 504.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 91–172, §101(j)(4), inserted reference to certain other activities in heading and to part III in text, and struck out reference to tax on unrelated income.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 91–172, §§101(j)(5), 121(b)(6)(A), substituted “part IV” for “part III” after “Corporations organized by an association subject to” and added par. 18.

Subsec. (c)(9). Pub. L. 91–172, §121(b)(5)(A), inserted reference to designated beneficiaries and struck out reference to 85 percent or more income of voluntary employees’ beneficiary associations.

Subsec. (c)(10). Pub. L. 91–172, §121(b)(5)(A), substituted provisions concerning domestic fraternal societies, orders, or associations, operating under the lodge system, for provisions covering voluntary employees’ beneficiary associations which would pay benefits to designated beneficiaries of members.

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 91–172, §101(j)(6), substituted “section 170(b)(1)(A)(iii)” for “section 503(b)(5)” in last sentence.

1968—Subsecs. (e), (f). Pub. L. 90–364 added subsec. (e) and redesignated former subsec. (e) as (f).

1966—Subsec. (c)(6). Pub. L. 89–800 inserted reference to professional football leagues (whether or not administering a pension fund for football players).

Subsec. (c)(14). Pub. L. 89–352 designated as subpar. (A) provisions covering credit unions which were formerly set out preceding subpar. (A), designated as subpar. (B) and clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) thereunder provisions covering corporation or associations without capital stock organized before Sept. 1, 1957, which formerly were set out as provisions preceding subpar. (A) and as subpars. (A), (B), and (C) respectively, and added subpar. (C).

1962—Subsec. (c)(15). Pub. L. 87–834 substituted “$150,000” for “$75,000”.

1960—Subsec. (c)(14). Pub. L. 86–428 substituted “September 1, 1957” for “September 1, 1951”.

Subsec. (c)(17). Pub. L. 86–667 added par. (17).

1956—Subsec. (c)(15). Act Mar. 13, 1956, substituted “the items described in section 822(b) (other than paragraph (1)(D) thereof)” for “interest, dividends, rents,”.

Effective Date of 2003 Amendment

Pub. L. 108–121, title I, §105(b), Nov. 11, 2003, 117 Stat. 1338, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 11, 2003].”

Pub. L. 108–121, title I, §108(b), Nov. 11, 2003, 117 Stat. 1341, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall apply to designations made before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 11, 2003].”

Effective and Termination Dates of 2001 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 107–16 applicable to years beginning after Dec. 31, 2001, see section 611(i)(1) of Pub. L. 107–16, set out as a note under section 415 of this title.

Amendment by Pub. L. 107–16 inapplicable to taxable, plan, or limitation years beginning after Dec. 31, 2010, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to be applied and administered to such years as if such amendment had never been enacted, see section 901 of Pub. L. 107–16, set out as a note under section 1 of this title.

Effective Date of 1997 Amendments

Amendment by section 101(c) of Pub. L. 105–34 applicable to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 1997, see section 101(e) of Pub. L. 105–34, set out as an Effective Date note under section 24 of this title.

Section 963(c) of Pub. L. 105–34 provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1997.”

Section 974(b) of Pub. L. 105–34 provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1996.”

Section 4041(b) of Pub. L. 105–33 provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 5, 1997].”

Effective Date of 1996 Amendments

Section 341(b) of Pub. L. 104–191 provided that: “The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1996.”

Section 342(b) of Pub. L. 104–191 provided that: “The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 21, 1996].”

Section 1114(b) of Pub. L. 104–188 provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 20, 1996].”

Section 1311(d)(3) of Pub. L. 104–168 provided that:

“(A) In general.—The amendment made by subsection (b) [amending this section] shall apply to inurement occurring on or after September 14, 1995.

“(B) Binding contracts.—The amendment made by subsection (b) shall not apply to any inurement occurring before January 1, 1997, pursuant to a written contract which was binding on September 13, 1995, and at all times thereafter before such inurement occurred.”

Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

Section 13146(c) of Pub. L. 103–66 provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1994.”

Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 102–486 applicable to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 1991, see section 1940(d) of Pub. L. 102–486, set out as a note under section 192 of this title.

Effective Date of 1989 Amendment

Section 1402(b) of Pub. L. 101–73 provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 9, 1989].”

Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

Amendment by section 1011(c)(7)(D) of Pub. L. 100–647 applicable to plan years beginning after Dec. 31, 1987, with exception in case of a plan described in section 1105(c)(2) of Pub. L. 99–514, see section 1011(c)(7)(E) of Pub. L. 100–647, set out as a note under section 401 of this title.

Section 1016(a)(1)(B) of Pub. L. 100–647 provided that: “The amendment made by subparagraph (A) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to property acquired by the organization after June 10, 1987, except that such amendment shall not apply to any property acquired after June 10, 1987, pursuant to a binding written contract in effect on June 10, 1987, and at all times thereafter before such acquisition.”

Amendment by sections 1010(b)(4), 1016(a)(2)–(4), and 1018(u)(14), (15), (34) of Pub. L. 100–647 effective, except as otherwise provided, as if included in the provision of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, Pub. L. 99–514, to which such amendment relates, see section 1019(a) of Pub. L. 100–647, set out as a note under section 1 of this title.

Section 2003(a)(3) of Pub. L. 100–647 provided that: “The amendments made by this subsection [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 [Oct. 21, 1986].”

Section 6202(b) of Pub. L. 100–647 provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to purchases before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 10, 1988].”

Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 100–203 applicable with respect to activities after Dec. 22, 1987, see section 10711(c) of Pub. L. 100–203, set out as a note under section 170 of this title.

Effective Date of 1986 Amendments

Amendment by section 1012(a) of Pub. L. 99–514 applicable to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 1986, see section 1012(c) of Pub. L. 99–514, set out as an Effective Date note under section 833 of this title.

Amendment by section 1024(b) of Pub. L. 99–514 applicable to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 1986, see section 1024(e) of Pub. L. 99–514, set out as a note under section 831 of this title.

Amendment by section 1109(a) of Pub. L. 99–514 applicable to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 1986, see section 1109(c) of Pub. L. 99–514, set out as a note under section 219 of this title.

Amendment by section 1114(b)(14) of Pub. L. 99–514 applicable to years beginning after Dec. 31, 1986, see section 1114(c)(1) of Pub. L. 99–514, set out as a note under section 414 of this title.

Section 1603(c) of Pub. L. 99–514 provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section and section 514 of this title] shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1986.”

Section 1879(k)(2) of Pub. L. 99–514 provided that: “The amendments made by this subsection [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years ending after August 13, 1981.”

Amendment by Pub. L. 99–272 effective Jan. 1, 1986, with certain exceptions, see section 11019 of Pub. L. 99–272, set out as a note under section 1341 of Title 29, Labor.

Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by section 1032 of Pub. L. 98–369 applicable to taxable years beginning after July 18, 1984, see section 1032(c) of Pub. L. 98–369, set out as a note under section 170 of this title.

Amendment by section 2813(b) of Pub. L. 98–369 effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 2813(c) of Pub. L. 98–369, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1795k of Title 12, Banks and Banking.

Effective Date of 1983 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 97–448 effective as if included in the provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, Pub. L. 97–248, to which such amendment relates, see section 311(d) of Pub. L. 97–448, set out as a note under section 31 of this title.

Effective Date of 1982 Amendment

Section 286(c) of Pub. L. 97–248 provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section and sections 170, 2055, and 2522 of this title] shall take effect on October 5, 1976.”

Section 354(c) of Pub. L. 97–248 provided that: “The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 3, 1982].”

Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 97–119 effective Jan. 1, 1982, see section 103(d)(1) of Pub. L. 97–119, set out as an Effective Date note under section 9501 of this title.

Effective Date of 1980 Amendments

Section 106(c)(1) of Pub. L. 96–605, as amended by Pub. L. 99–514, §2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095, provided that: “The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to all taxable years to which the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [formerly I.R.C. 1954] applies.”

Section 3(b) of Pub. L. 96–601 provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years beginning after October 20, 1976.”

Amendment by Pub. L. 96–364 applicable to taxable years ending after Sept. 26, 1980, see section 210(c) of Pub. L. 96–364, set out as an Effective Date note under section 418 of this title.

Amendment by Pub. L. 96–222 effective, except as otherwise provided, as if it had been included in the provisions of the Revenue Act of 1978, Pub. L. 95–600, to which such amendment relates, see section 201 of Pub. L. 96–222, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 32 of this title.

Effective Date of 1978 Amendments

Amendment by section 703(b)(2), (g)(2)(B) of Pub. L. 95–600 effective on Oct. 4, 1976, see section 703(r) of Pub. L. 95–600, set out as a note under section 46 of this title.

Section 703(g)(2)(C) of Pub. L. 95–600 provided that: “The amendments made by this paragraph [amending this section] shall take effect on October 20, 1976, as if included in Public Law 94–568.”

Section 1(b) of Pub. L. 95–345 provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1974.”

Amendment by Pub. L. 95–227 applicable with respect to contributions, acts, and expenditures made after Dec. 31, 1977, in and for taxable years beginning after such date, see section 4(f) of Pub. L. 95–227, set out as a note under section 192 of this title.

Effective Date of 1976 Amendments

Section 1(d) of Pub. L. 94–568 provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section and sections 277 and 512 of this title] shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 20, 1976].”

Section 2(b) of Pub. L. 94–568 provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 20, 1976].”

Section 1307(e) of Pub. L. 94–455 provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section and sections 170, 275, 2055, 2106, 2522, 6104, 6161, 6201, 6211, 6212, 6213, 6214, 6344, 6501, 6512, 6601, and 7422 of this title and enacting sections 504 and 4911 of this title] shall apply—

“(1) except as otherwise specified in paragraph (2), in the case of amendments to subtitle A, to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1976;

“(2) in the case of the amendments made by subsection (a)(2) [enacting section 504 of this title], to activities occurring after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 4, 1976];

“(3) in the case of amendments to chapter 11, to the estates of decedents dying after December 31, 1976;

“(4) in the case of amendments to chapter 12, to gifts in calendar years beginning after December 31, 1976;

“(5) in the case of amendments to subtitle D, to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1976; and

“(6) in the case of amendments to subtitle F, on and after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 4, 1976].”

Section 1312(b) of Pub. L. 94–455 provided that: “The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years ending after December 31, 1976.”

Section 1313(d) of Pub. L. 94–455 provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section and sections 170, 2055, and 2522 of this title] shall apply on the day following the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 4, 1976].”

Section 2113(b) of Pub. L. 94–455 provided that: “The amendment made by this section [amending this section] applies to taxable years ending after December 31, 1975.”

Effective Date of 1975 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 93–625 applicable to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 1974, see section 10(e) of Pub. L. 93–625, set out as an Effective Date note under section 527 of this title.

Effective Date of 1974 Amendment

Section 3(b) of Pub. L. 93–310 provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years ending after December 31, 1973.”

Effective Date of 1972 Amendment

Section 1(c) of Pub. L. 92–418 provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section and section 512 of this title] shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1969.”

Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

Section 2 of Pub L. 91–618 provided that: “The amendment made by the first section of this Act [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 31, 1970].”

Effective Date of 1969 Amendment

Amendment by section 101(j)(3) of Pub. L. 91–172 effective Jan. 1, 1970, except that amendment of subsec. (a) of this section applicable to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 1969, see section 101(k)(1), (2)(B) of Pub. L. 91–172, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4940 of this title.

Amendment by section 121(b)(5)(A), (6)(A) of Pub. L. 91–172 applicable to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 1969, see section 121(g) of Pub. L. 91–172, set out as a note under section 511 of this title.

Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

Section 109(b) of Pub. L. 90–364 provided that: “The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act [June 28, 1968].”

Effective Date of 1966 Amendments

Section 6(c) of Pub. L. 89–800 provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 8, 1966].”

Section 3 of Pub. 89–352 provided in part that: “The amendment made by the first section of this Act [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act [Feb. 2, 1966].”

Effective Date of 1962 Amendment

Section 8(h) of Pub. L. 87–834 provided that: “The amendments made by this section [enacting sections 823 to 826 of this title, amending this section and sections 821, 822, 832, 841, 1016, and 1201 of this title, and redesignating former section 823 as section 822(f) of this title] (other than by subsection (f) [amending section 831 of this title]) shall apply with respect to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1962.”

Effective Date of 1960 Amendments

Section 6 of Pub. L. 86–667 provided that:

“(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the amendments made by this Act [amending this section and sections 503, 511, 513, and 514 of this title] shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1959.

“(b) In the case of loans, the amendments made by section 2 of this Act [amending section 503 of this title] shall apply only to loans made, renewed, or continued after December 31, 1959.”

Section 2 of Pub. L. 86–428 provided that: “The amendment made by this Act [amending this section] shall apply only with respect to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1959.”

Effective Date of 1956 Amendment

Amendment by act Mar. 13, 1956, applicable only to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 1954, see section 6 of act Mar. 13, 1956, set out as a note under section 316 of this title.

Regulations

Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate to issue before Feb. 1, 1988, final regulations to carry out amendments made by section 1114 of Pub. L. 99–514, see section 1141 of Pub. L. 99–514, set out as a note under section 401 of this title.

Payments by Charitable Organizations Treated as Exempt Payments

Pub. L. 107–134, title I, §104, Jan. 23, 2002, 115 Stat. 2431, provided that:

“(a) In General.—For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986—

“(1) payments made by an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of such Code by reason of the death, injury, wounding, or illness of an individual incurred as the result of the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, or an attack involving anthrax occurring on or after September 11, 2001, and before January 1, 2002, shall be treated as related to the purpose or function constituting the basis for such organization's exemption under section 501 of such Code if such payments are made in good faith using a reasonable and objective formula which is consistently applied; and

“(2) in the case of a private foundation (as defined in section 509 of such Code), any payment described in paragraph (1) shall not be treated as made to a disqualified person for purposes of section 4941 of such Code.

“(b) Effective Date.—This section shall apply to payments made on or after September 11, 2001.”

Special Rule for Certain Cooperatives

Section 1311(b)(2) of Pub. L. 104–168 provided that: “In the case of an organization operating on a cooperative basis which, before the date of the enactment of this Act [July 30, 1996], was determined by the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate, to be described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code, the allocation or return of net margins or capital to the members of such organization in accordance with its incorporating statute and bylaws shall not be treated for purposes of such Code as the inurement of the net earnings of such organization to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. The preceding sentence shall apply only if such statute and bylaws are substantially as such statute and bylaws were in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act.”

Application of Pub. L. 100–647 to Section 501(c)(3) Bonds

Section 1013(i) of Pub. L. 100–647 provided that: “In accordance with section 1302 of the Reform Act [Pub. L. 99–514, set out as a note below], each amendment and other provision of this Act [see Tables for classification] which applies to private activity bonds shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, apply to qualified 501(c)(3) bonds.”

Cancellation of Certain Debts Originated by or Guaranteed by United States Not Taken Into Account in Determining Tax Exempt Status of Certain Organizations

Section 6203 of Pub. L. 100–647 provided that: “Subparagraph (A) of section 501(c)(12) of the 1986 Code shall be applied without taking into account any income attributable to the cancellation of any loan originally made or guaranteed by the United States (or any agency or instrumentality thereof) if such cancellation occurs after 1986 and before 1990.”

Plan Amendments Not Required Until January 1, 1989

For provisions directing that if any amendments made by subtitle A or subtitle C of title XI [§§1101–1147 and 1171–1177] or title XVIII [§§1800–1899A] of Pub. L. 99–514 require an amendment to any plan, such plan amendment shall not be required to be made before the first plan year beginning on or after Jan. 1, 1989, see section 1140 of Pub. L. 99–514, as amended, set out as a note under section 401 of this title.

Treatment of Section 501(c)(3) Bonds

Section 1302 of title XIII of Pub. L. 99–514 provided that: “Nothing in the treatment of section 501(c)(3) bonds as private activity bonds under the amendments made by this title [enacting sections 141 to 150 and 7703 of this title, amending sections 2, 22, 25, 32, 86, 103, 105, 152, 153, 163, 172, 194, 269A, 414, 879, 1016, 1398, 3402, 4701, 4940, 4942, 4988, 6362, 6652, and 7871 of this title, repealing sections 103A, 1391 to 1397, and 6039B of this title, enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 141 and 148 of this title, and amending provisions set out as a note under section 103A of this title] shall be construed as indicating how section 501(c)(3) bonds will be treated in future legislation, and any change in future legislation applicable to private activity bonds shall apply to section 501(c)(3) bonds only if expressly provided in such legislation.”

Tax-Exempt Status for Organization Introducing Into Public Use Technology Developed by Qualified Organizations

Section 1605 of Pub. L. 99–514 provided that:

“(a) In General.—For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, an organization shall be treated as an organization organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes if such organization—

“(1) is organized and operated exclusively—

“(A) to provide for (directly or by arranging for and supervising the performance by independent contractors)—

“(i) reviewing technology disclosures from qualified organizations,

“(ii) obtaining protection for such technology through patents, copyrights, or other means, and

“(iii) licensing, sale, or other exploitation of such technology,

“(B) to distribute the income therefrom, to such qualified organizations after paying expenses and other amounts as agreed with the originating qualified organizations, and

“(C) to make research grants to such qualified organizations,

“(2) regularly provides the services and research grants described in paragraph (1) exclusively to 1 or more qualified organizations, except that research grants may be made to such qualified organizations through an organization which is controlled by 1 or more organizations each of which—

“(A) is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or the income of which is excluded from taxation under section 115 of such Code, and

“(B) may be a recipient of the services or research grants described in paragraph (1),

“(3) derives at least 80 percent of its gross revenues from providing services to qualified organizations located in the same State as the State in which such organization has its principal office, and

“(4) was incorporated on July 20, 1981.

“(b) Qualified Organizations.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘qualified organization’ has the same meaning given to such term by subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 41(e)(6) (as redesignated by section 231(d)(2)) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

“(c) Treatment of Investment in a Technology Transfer Service Organization.—

“(1) In general.—A qualified investment made by a private foundation in an organization described in subparagraph (C) shall be treated as an investment described in section 4944(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and shall not result in imposition of taxes under section 4941, 4943, 4944, 4945, or 507(c) of such Code.

“(2) Definitions.—For purposes of this subsection—

“(A) Qualified investment.—The term ‘qualified investment’ means a transfer by a private foundation of—

“(i) all of the patents, copyrights, know-how, and other technology or rights thereto of the private foundation, and

“(ii) investment assets, net receivables, and cash not exceeding $35,000,000,

  to such organization in exchange for debt.

“(B) Private foundation.—The term ‘private foundation’ means—

“(i) a nonprofit corporation which was incorporated before 1913 which is described in sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a) of such Code, and which is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code, and

“(ii) the principal purposes of which are to support research by and to provide technology transfer services to organizations described in section 170(b)(1)(A) of such Code—

     “(I) which are exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code, or

     “(II) the income of which is excluded from taxation under section 115 of such Code.

“(C) Technology transfer organization.—The term ‘technology transfer organization’ means a corporation established after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 22, 1986]—

“(i) which is organized and operated to advance the public welfare through the provision of technology transfer services to research organizations,

“(ii) no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of, or is distributable to, any private shareholder, individual, or entity, other than a private foundation or research organization,

“(iii) which does not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements) any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office,

“(iv) no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting, to influence legislation, and

“(v) upon liquidation or dissolution of which all of its net assets can be distributed only to research organizations.

“(d) Effective Date.—This section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 22, 1986].”

Applicability of 1976 Amendment to Certain Organizations

Section 1313(c) of Pub. L. 94–455, as amended by Pub. L. 99–514, §2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095, provided that: “An organization which (without regard to the amendments made by this section [amending this section and sections 170, 2055, and 2522 of this title]) is an organization described in section 170(c)(2)(B), 501(c)(3), 2055(a)(2), or 2522(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [formerly I.R.C. 1954] shall not be treated as an organization not so described as a result of the amendments made by this section.”

Tax Exemption for Certain Puerto Rican Pension, etc., Plans

Section 1022(i) of Pub. L. 93–406, title II, Sept. 2, 1974, 88 Stat. 942, as amended by Pub. L. 99–514, §2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095, provided that:

“(1) General rule.—Effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1973, for purposes of section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [formerly I.R.C. 1954] (relating to exemption from tax), any trust forming part of a pension, profit-sharing, or stock bonus plan all of the participants of which are residents of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be treated as an organization described in section 401(a) of such Code if such trust—

“(A) forms part of a pension, profit-sharing, or stock bonus plan, and

“(B) is exempt from income tax under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

“(2) Election to have provisions of, and amendments made by, title ii of this act apply.—

“(A) If the administrator of a pension, profit-sharing, or stock bonus plan which is created or organized in Puerto Rico elects, at such time and in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury may require, to have the provisions of this paragraph apply, for plan years beginning after the date of election any trust forming a part of such plan shall be treated as a trust created or organized in the United States for purposes of section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

“(B) An election under subparagraph (A), once made, is irrevocable.

“(C) This paragraph applies to plan years beginning after the date of enactment of this Act [Sept. 2, 1974]

“(D) The source of any distributions made under a plan which makes an election under this paragraph to participants and beneficiaries residing outside of the United States shall be determined, for purposes of subchapter N of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with regulations prescribed by him. For purposes of this subparagraph the United States means the United States as defined in section 7701(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.”

Exchanges for Sale of Poultry

Pub. L. 89–44, title VIII, §811, June 21, 1965, 79 Stat. 169, provided that certain corporations, associations, or organizations organized and operated exclusively for the purpose of providing an exchange for the sale of poultry growers of a particular locality shall be treated for purposes of this title as an exempt organization and that such exemption shall apply to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 1953, and ending after Aug. 16, 1954, which begin before Jan. 1, 1966.

I.R.C. § 501 — Exemption from tax on corporations, certain trusts, etc. · USC 2003 ed., current through 2004-01-19 · https://pensionresource.website/EAMain?content=EAMain.Law&id=irc-501&asof=2004-01-19 · printed Oct 16, 2026
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  • 89 FR 58886 Jul 19, 2024 — Required Minimum Distributions (a)(c)(3)
  • 89 FR 31618 Apr 25, 2024 — Guidance on the Definition of Domestically Controlled Qualified Investment Entities (a)
  • 88 FR 71287 Oct 16, 2023 — Requirements for Type I and Type III Supporting Organizations (c)(3)
  • 87 FR 80042 Dec 29, 2022 — Exception for Interests Held by Foreign Pension Funds (c)
  • 86 FR 55980 Oct 7, 2021 — Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part II (c)(3)(r)(4)
  • 86 FR 36872 Jul 13, 2021 — Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part I (a)
  • 85 FR 77952 Dec 2, 2020 — Unrelated Business Taxable Income Separately Computed for Each Trade or Business (a)(c)(c)(17)(c)(3)(c)(7)(c)(9)
  • 85 FR 26351 May 4, 2020 — Extension of Certain Timeframes for Employee Benefit Plans, Participants, and Beneficiaries Affected by the COVID-19 Outbreak (b)
  • 83 FR 36417 Jul 30, 2018 — Substantiation and Reporting Requirements for Cash and Noncash Charitable Contribution Deductions
  • 81 FR 31165 May 18, 2016 — Removal of Allocation Rule for Disbursements From Designated Roth Accounts to Multiple Destinations (a)
  • 80 FR 79684 Dec 23, 2015 — Payout Requirements for Type III Supporting Organizations That Are Not Functionally Integrated (c)(3)
  • 80 FR 57709 Sep 25, 2015 — Reliance Standards for Making Good Faith Determinations (b)(17)(c)(3)(r)
  • 79 FR 8544 Feb 12, 2014 — Shared Responsibility for Employers Regarding Health Coverage (a)(c)(c)(3)
  • 77 FR 8725 Feb 15, 2012 — Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Relating to Coverage of Preventive Services Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (c)(3)
  • 75 FR 38700 Jul 6, 2010 — Excise Taxes on Prohibited Tax Shelter Transactions and Related Disclosure Requirements; Disclosure Requirements With Respect to Prohibited Tax Shelter Transac… (c)(d)
Proposed Rules
  • 90 FR 3092Proposed Jan 14, 2025 — Automatic Enrollment Requirements Under Section 414A Comments due Mar 17, 2025 (a)
  • 89 FR 20569Proposed Mar 25, 2024 — Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust Listed Transaction Comments due May 24, 2024 (c)
  • 89 FR 4215Proposed Jan 23, 2024 — Request for Information-SECURE 2.0 Section 319-Effectiveness of Reporting and Disclosure Requirements Comments due Apr 22, 2024 (a)
  • 88 FR 82796Proposed Nov 27, 2023 — Long-Term, Part-Time Employee Rules for Cash or Deferred Arrangements Under Section 401(k) Comments due Jan 26, 2024 (a)
  • 88 FR 7236Proposed Feb 2, 2023 — Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act Comments due Apr 3, 2023 (c)(3)
  • 87 FR 80097Proposed Dec 29, 2022 — Guidance on the Foreign Government Income Exemption and the Definition of Domestically Controlled Qualified Investment Entities Comments due Feb 27, 2023 (a)
  • 87 FR 10504Proposed Feb 24, 2022 — Required Minimum Distributions Comments due May 25, 2022 (a)(c)(3)
  • 86 FR 39910Proposed Jul 23, 2021 — Electronic-Filing Requirements for Specified Returns and Other Documents Comments due Sep 21, 2021 (a)(c)(3)(d)
  • 85 FR 23172Proposed Apr 24, 2020 — Unrelated Business Taxable Income Separately Computed for Each Trade or Business Comments due Jun 23, 2020 (a)(c)(c)(1)(c)(17)(c)(3)(c)(7)
  • 84 FR 26605Proposed Jun 7, 2019 — Exception for Interests Held by Foreign Pension Funds (c)
  • 81 FR 40548Proposed Jun 22, 2016 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax-Exempt Entities Comments due Sep 20, 2016 (a)(c)(5)
  • 81 FR 38020Proposed Jun 10, 2016 — Expatriate Health Plans, Expatriate Health Plan Issuers, and Qualified Expatriates; Excepted Benefits; Lifetime and Annual Limits; and Short-Term, Limited-Dura… Comments due Aug 9, 2016 (c)(3)(c)(4)
  • 81 FR 8446Proposed Feb 19, 2016 — Requirements for Type I and Type III Supporting Organizations (c)(3)
  • 79 FR 56310Proposed Sep 19, 2014 — Removal of Allocation Rule for Disbursements From Designated Roth Accounts to Multiple Destinations (a)
  • REG-113792-13Proposed Sep 16, 2013 — These proposed regulations provide guidance on the tax credit available to certain small employers that offer health insurance coverage to their employees unde… (a)(c)
  • REG-106796-12Proposed May 28, 2013 — These proposed regulations provide guidance on the application of section 162(m)(6). Section 162(m)(6) limits the allowable deduction for remuneration for serv… (c)(9)
  • 78 FR 218Proposed Jan 2, 2013 — Shared Responsibility for Employers Regarding Health Coverage Comments due Mar 18, 2013 (a)(c)(c)(3)
  • 77 FR 16501Proposed Mar 21, 2012 — Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act Comments due Jun 19, 2012
  • 76 FR 13932Proposed Mar 15, 2011 — Disclosure of Information to State Officials Regarding Tax-Exempt Organizations (a)(c)(c)(1)(c)(3)
  • REG-133300-07Proposed Dec 3, 2007 — Part IV. Items of General Interest (a)
  • REG-148393-06Proposed Sep 24, 2007 — Proposed regulations under section 402 of the Code clarify that a payment from a qualified plan for an accident or health insurance premium generally constitut… (c)(9)
  • REG-130241-04Proposed Jul 5, 2005 — Proposed regulations under section 415 of the Code contain proposed amendments to regulations regarding limitation on benefits and contributions under qualifie… (a)(c)(18)(c)(3)
  • REG-149752-03Proposed Apr 5, 2004 — Proposed regulations under section 410(b) of the Code allow employees of a tax-exempt organization who are eligible to make salary reduction contributions to a… (c)(3)
  • REG-126967-03Proposed Mar 8, 2004 — Proposed regulations under section 402 of the Code provide rules regarding the amount includible in a participant's income when a life insurance contract is di… (a)
  • REG-108639-99Proposed Sep 2, 2003 — Proposed regulations under sections 401(k) and 401(m) of the Code provide guidance on the requirements for certain retirement plans containing cash or deferred… (a)
Announcements
  • Ann. 2024-38 Dec 9, 2024 — This announcement notifies the public that the IRS intends to issue opinion letters on November 29, 2024, or as soon as possible thereafter, for § 403(b) pre-a… (c)(3)
  • Ann. 2011-78 Dec 19, 2011 — This announcement describes rules that the Treasury Department and the IRS are considering proposing relating to the determination of whether a plan is a gover… (c)(1)(A)(i)(c)(25)(C)(c)(25)(C)(ii)(c)(3)
  • Ann. 2011-79 Dec 19, 2011 — This announcement describes rules that the Treasury Department and the IRS are considering proposing relating to the determination of whether a plan of an Indi… (c)(25)(C)
  • Ann. 2009-34 May 4, 2009 — Request for comments on revenue procedure for section 403(b) prototype plans. The Service intends to establish a program for the pre-approval of prototype plan… (a)(c)(3)
  • Ann. 2004-43Modified May 24, 2004 — Alternative deficit reduction election; notice to Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and plan participants and beneficiaries. This announcement descri… (c)(5)
    Modified by Notice 2006-105
  • Ann. 2004-32 May 3, 2004 — Employee Plans determination letter program; individually designed plans. This announcement describes the Service’s decisions resulting from its review of comm… (a)
  • Ann. 2004-38Modified May 3, 2004 — Minimum funding standards; alternative deficit reduction election. This announcement describes how an election to make an alternative deficit reduction contrib… (c)(5)
    Modified by Notice 2006-105
Revenue Rulings
  • Rev. Rul. 2024-1 Jan 8, 2024 — This revenue ruling provides tables of covered compensation under § 401(l)(5)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code and the Income Tax Regulations thereunder, effect… (c)(3)
  • Rev. Rul. 2023-21 Dec 4, 2023 — Federal rates; adjusted federal rates; adjusted federal long-term rate, and the long-term tax exempt rate. For purposes of sections 382, 1274, 1288, 7872 and o… (c)(3)
  • Rev. Rul. 2011-7 Mar 7, 2011 — Section 403(b) plan termination. Final regulations under section 403(b) of the Code were published in 2007. Under the regulations a section 403(b) plan is perm… (c)(3)
  • Rev. Rul. 2011-1Modified Jan 10, 2011 — This ruling modifies the rules for group trusts described in Rev. Rul. 81-100, 1981-1 C.B. 326, as clarified and modified by Rev. Rul. 2004-67, 2004-2 C.B. 28.… (c)(3)
    Modified by Notice 2012-6
  • Rev. Rul. 2009-40 Dec 28, 2009 — 2010 covered compensation tables; permitted disparity. The covered compensation tables under section 401 of the Code for the year 2010 are provided for use in … (c)(3)
  • Rev. Rul. 2009-31 Sep 28, 2009 — Annual paid time off contributions. This ruling provides guidance on the tax consequences of an amendment to a tax-qualified retirement plan to permit annual c… (a)
  • Rev. Rul. 2009-32 Sep 28, 2009 — Paid time off contributions at termination of employment. This ruling provides guidance on the tax consequences of an amendment to a tax-qualified retirement p… (a)
  • Rev. Rul. 2009-2 Jan 12, 2009 — 2009 covered compensation tables; permitted disparity. The covered compensation tables under section 401 of the Code for the year 2009 are provided for use in …
  • Rev. Rul. 2008-40Modified Jul 28, 2008 — Transfer of amounts; nonqualified foreign trust; transition relief. This ruling provides that the transfer of amounts from a trust under a plan qualified under… (a)(e)
    Modified by Notice 2012-6
  • Rev. Rul. 2007-65 Nov 5, 2007 — Employer’s deduction for contributions; limitation on employer’s deduction; welfare benefit funds. This ruling discusses whether an employer’s deductions for c… (c)(7)(c)(9)
  • Rev. Rul. 2004-67 Jul 12, 2004 — Group or pooled trusts; participation; tax-exempt status, model language. This ruling provides that a governmental section 457(b) plan may invest in a second t… (a)
Department of Labor (EBSA)
Technical Releases
Proposed Rules
  • 91 FR 4348Proposed Jan 30, 2026 — Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure Comments due Mar 31, 2026 (a)
  • 83 FR 614Proposed Jan 5, 2018 — Definition of “Employer” Under Section 3(5) of ERISA-Association Health Plans Comments due Mar 6, 2018 (c)(9)
  • 81 FR 47534Proposed Jul 21, 2016 — Proposed Revision of Annual Information Return/Reports Comments due Oct 4, 2016 (a)(c)(9)
Final Rules
  • 84 FR 37508 Jul 31, 2019 — Definition of “Employer” Under Section 3(5) of ERISA-Association Retirement Plans and Other Multiple-Employer Plans (c)(6)(c)(9)
  • 83 FR 28912 Jun 21, 2018 — Definition of “Employer” Under Section 3(5) of ERISA-Association Health Plans (a)(a)(1)(c)(c)(9)
  • 80 FR 5626 Feb 2, 2015 — Annual Funding Notice for Defined Benefit Plans (c)(3)
Advisory Opinions
  • AO 2026-02A — Whether the Blue and Gold Automotive Health Trust Fund Welfare Benefit Plan is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of ERISA tha… (c)(6)
  • AO 2024-02A — Whether the ICI Benefits Consortium Health Benefit Plan is an "employee welfare benefit plan" within the meaning of section 3(1) of ERISA that is maintained by… (c)(9)
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  • PLR 202434004 Aug 23, 2024 — Medical, Etc. Benefits UIL 401.27-00 (a)
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  • PLR 202111004 Mar 19, 2021 — Exceptions UIL 4980.02-00 (a)
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  • PLR 201151002 Dec 23, 2011 — Optional Treatment of Elective Deferrals as Roth Contributions UIL 402A.00-00, 457.01-00, 457.05-00 (a)
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  • PLR 201142002 Oct 21, 2011 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax Exempt Organizations UIL 457.00-00 (a)
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  • PLR 200934012 Aug 21, 2009 — Annuities Purchased by Section 501(c)(3) Organizations or Public Schools UIL 403.04-00, 457.05-05, 457.06-02 (c)(3)
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  • PLR 200927016 Jul 2, 2009 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax Exempt Organizations UIL 457.00-00 (a)
  • PLR 200924005 Jun 12, 2009 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax Exempt Organizations UIL 457.00-00 (c)(3)
  • PLR 200905016 Jan 30, 2009 — Year of Deduction UIL 404.11-00 (c)(3)
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  • PLR 200750002 Dec 14, 2007 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax Exempt Organizations UIL 457.00-00 (a)
  • PLR 200742010 Oct 19, 2007 — Annuities: Endowment and Life Insurance (Included v. Not Included in Gross Income) UIL 72.00-00 (c)(3)
  • PLR 200727005 Jul 6, 2007 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax Exempt Organizations UIL 457.00-00 (a)
  • PLR 200705002 Feb 2, 2007 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax Exempt Organizations UIL 457.00-00 (c)(3)
  • PLR 200704006 Jan 26, 2007 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax Exempt Organizations UIL 457.00-00 (c)(3)
  • PLR 200703011 Jan 19, 2007 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax Exempt Organizations UIL 457.00-00 (c)(3)
  • PLR 200703012 Jan 19, 2007 — Year of Inclusion in Gross Income UIL 457.01-00, 457.05-03 (a) (c)(3)
  • PLR 200647005 Nov 24, 2006 — State UIL 457.05-02 (a)
  • PLR 200644014 Nov 3, 2006 — Year of Inclusion in Gross Income UIL 457.01-00, 457.05-03 (a)
  • PLR 200641008 Oct 13, 2006 — Governmental Plan UIL 414.07-00, 419A.00-00 (c) (c)(9)
  • PLR 200626015 Jun 30, 2006 — State UIL 457.05-02 (a)
  • PLR 200525012 Jun 24, 2005 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax Exempt Organizations UIL 457.00-00 (a)
  • PLR 200524016 Jun 17, 2005 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax Exempt Organizations UIL 457.00-00 (a)
  • PLR 200524017 Jun 17, 2005 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax Exempt Organizations UIL 457.00-00 (a)
  • PLR 200521012 May 27, 2005 — Special Rules for Pensions, Annuities, and Certain Other Deferred Income UIL 3405.00-00 (a)
  • PLR 200520005 May 20, 2005 — Eligible Deferred Compensation Plan Defined UIL 457.05-00, 457.05-02, 457.08-01, 457.09-04, 457.12-01, 457.… (a)
  • PLR 200519047 May 13, 2005 — Non-Exempt Funds or Plans UIL 404.04-00 (a)
  • PLR 200519022 May 13, 2005 — Year of Inclusion in Gross Income UIL 457.01-00, 457.05-00, 457.09-04, 457.12-01 (a)
  • PLR 200519020 May 13, 2005 — Year of Inclusion in Gross Income UIL 457.01-00, 457.05-00, 457.09-04, 457.12-01 (a)
  • PLR 200519021 May 13, 2005 — Year of Inclusion in Gross Income UIL 457.01-00, 457.05-00, 457.09-04, 457.12-01 (a)
  • PLR 200518008 May 6, 2005 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax Exempt Organizations UIL 457.00-00 (c)(3)
  • PLR 200518007 May 6, 2005 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax Exempt Organizations UIL 457.00-00, 457.05-00 (a)
  • PLR 200517004 Apr 29, 2005 — Eligible Deferred Compensation Plan Defined UIL 457.05-00 (a)
  • PLR 200517005 Apr 29, 2005 — Eligible Deferred Compensation Plan Defined UIL 457.05-00 (a)
  • PLR 200508005 Feb 25, 2005 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax Exempt Organizations UIL 457.00-00, 457.02-00, 457.06-02 (a)
  • PLR 200434008 Aug 20, 2004 — Stock Bonus and Profit-Sharing Trusts UIL 404.02-00 (a) (c)(3)
  • PLR 200430013 Jul 23, 2004 — Eligible Employer UIL 457.08-01 (c)(1) (c)(1)(A)
  • PLR 200426011 Jun 25, 2004 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax Exempt Organizations UIL 457.00-00 (c)(3)
  • PLR 200418010 Apr 30, 2004 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax Exempt Organizations UIL 457.00-00 (c)(3)
  • PLR 200413007 Mar 26, 2004 — Grandfather Clause UIL 457.11-00 (c)(6)
  • PLR 200348028 Nov 28, 2003 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax Exempt Organizations UIL 457.00-00 (c)(3)
  • PLR 200343006 Oct 24, 2003 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax Exempt Organizations UIL 457.00-00 (c)(3)
  • PLR 200337010 Sep 12, 2003 — Year of Inclusion in Gross Income UIL 457.01-00, 457.05-00 (a)
  • PLR 200330033 Jul 25, 2003 — Year of Inclusion in Gross Income UIL 457.01-00, 457.05-00 (a)
  • PLR 200323017 Jun 6, 2003 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax Exempt Organizations UIL 457.00-00 (a)
  • PLR 200321002 May 23, 2003 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax Exempt Organizations UIL 457.00-00, 457.08-07, 457.10-00 (a) (c)(3)
  • PLR 200303041 Jan 17, 2003 — Annuities Purchased by Section 501(c)(3) Organizations or Public Schools UIL 403.04-00, 457.01-00, 457.05-00 (a) (c)(3)
  • PLR 200303058 Jan 17, 2003 — Year of Inclusion in Gross Income UIL 457.01-00, 457.05-01, 457.12-02 (a)
  • PLR 200302032 Jan 10, 2003 — Annuities Purchased by Section 501(c)(3) Organizations or Public Schools UIL 403.04-00, 457.01-00, 457.10-00 (a)
  • PLR 200302015 Jan 10, 2003 — Tax Exempt Organization UIL 457.05-03 (c)(3)
  • PLR 200301032 Jan 3, 2003 — Annuities Purchased by Section 501(c)(3) Organizations or Public Schools UIL 403.04-00, 457.01-00, 457.10-00 (a)
  • PLR 200229001 Jul 19, 2002 — Ineligible Plans UIL 457.10-00 (a) (c)(3)
  • PLR 200226012 Jun 28, 2002 — Tax on Reversion of Qualified Plan Assets to Employer UIL 4980.00-00 (a) (c)(3)
  • PLR 200210025 Mar 8, 2002 — Qualified Asset Account; Limitations on Additions to Account (See Also 419.00-00|et. seq.) UIL 419A.00-00 (c)(7) (c)(9)
  • PLR 200205007 Feb 1, 2002 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax Exempt Organizations UIL 457.00-00 (a)
  • PLR 200145006 Nov 9, 2001 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax Exempt Organizations UIL 457.00-00 (a)
  • PLR 200144007 Nov 2, 2001 — Year of Inclusion in Gross Income UIL 457.01-00, 457.05-00, 457.12-02 (a)
  • PLR 200131011 Aug 3, 2001 — Year of Inclusion in Gross Income UIL 457.01-00, 457.05-00 (a)
  • PLR 200128006 Jul 13, 2001 — Deferred Compensation UIL 404.10-00, 457.05-03 (a) (c)(3)
  • PLR 200120022 May 18, 2001 — Year of Inclusion in Gross Income UIL 457.01-00, 457.05-00 (a)
  • PLR 200119017 May 11, 2001 — Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments and Tax Exempt Organizations UIL 457.00-00
  • PLR 200117038 Apr 27, 2001 — Taxation of Employee Annuities (Taxable v. Not Taxable) UIL 403.00-00, 457.01-00 (c)(18)
  • PLR 200103017 Jan 19, 2001 — Year of Inclusion in Gross Income UIL 457.01-00, 457.05-00, 457.12-01 (a)
  • PLR 200006010 Feb 11, 2000 — Year of Inclusion in Gross Income UIL 457.01-00, 457.05-00 (a)
  • PLR 199947002 Nov 26, 1999 — Collectively Bargained Funds UIL 419.12-02 (c)(9)
  • PLR 199940015 Oct 8, 1999 — Year of Inclusion in Gross Income UIL 457.01-00, 457.05-00 (a)
  • PLR 199932031 Aug 13, 1999 — Treatment of Funded Welfare Benefit Plans UIL 419.00-00 (a) (c)(9)
  • PLR 199932045 Aug 13, 1999 — Year of Inclusion in Gross Income UIL 457.01-00, 457.05-00, 457.12-02 (a)
  • PLR 199931015 Aug 6, 1999 — Year of Inclusion in Gross Income UIL 457.01-00, 457.05-00 (a)
  • PLR 199930021 Jul 30, 1999 — Payments Benefitting Independent Contractors UIL 404.11-00, 404.13-00 (a)
  • PLR 199928012 Jul 16, 1999 — Year of Inclusion in Gross Income UIL 457.01-00, 457.05-00 (a)
  • PLR 199925042 Jun 25, 1999 — Deduction for Contributions of Employer to an Employee's Trust or Annuity Plan and Compensation Under a Deferred-Payment Plan (Deduct. v. Not Deduct.) UIL 404.00-00, 4975.04-00 (a)
  • PLR 199912002 Mar 26, 1999 — Year of Deduction UIL 404.11-00 (a)
  • PLR 199910002 Mar 12, 1999 — Year of Deduction UIL 404.11-00 (a)
  • PLR 199910006 Mar 12, 1999 — Deferred Compensation UIL 404.10-00 (a)
  • PLR 199906008 Feb 12, 1999 — Deferred Compensation UIL 404.10-00 (a)

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