Title 26Internal Revenue Code

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Subtitle AIncome Taxes
CHAPTER 1NORMAL TAXES AND SURTAXES
Subchapter ADetermination of Tax Liability
PART ITAX ON INDIVIDUALS
PART IITAX ON CORPORATIONS
PART IIICHANGES IN RATES DURING A TAXABLE YEAR
PART IVCREDITS AGAINST TAX
Subpart ANonrefundable Personal Credits
Subpart BOther Credits
Subpart CRefundable Credits
Subpart DBusiness Related Credits
Subpart ERules for Computing Investment Credit
Subpart FRules for Computing Work Opportunity Credit
Subpart GCredit Against Regular Tax for Prior Year Minimum Tax Liability
[Subpart HRepealed]
[Subpart IRepealed]
[Subpart JRepealed]
PART VIALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX
PART VIIBASE EROSION AND ANTI-ABUSE TAX
[PART VIIIREPEALED]
Subchapter BComputation of Taxable Income
PART IDEFINITION OF GROSS INCOME, ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME, TAXABLE INCOME, ETC.
PART IIITEMS SPECIFICALLY INCLUDED IN GROSS INCOME
PART IIIITEMS SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED FROM GROSS INCOME
PART IVTAX EXEMPTION REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE AND LOCAL BONDS
PART VDEDUCTIONS FOR PERSONAL EXEMPTIONS
PART VIITEMIZED DEDUCTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS
PART VIIADDITIONAL ITEMIZED DEDUCTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS
PART VIIISPECIAL DEDUCTIONS FOR CORPORATIONS
PART IXITEMS NOT DEDUCTIBLE
PART XTERMINAL RAILROAD CORPORATIONS AND THEIR SHAREHOLDERS
PART XISPECIAL RULES RELATING TO CORPORATE PREFERENCE ITEMS
Subchapter CCorporate Distributions and Adjustments
PART IDISTRIBUTIONS BY CORPORATIONS
PART IICORPORATE LIQUIDATIONS
PART IIICORPORATE ORGANIZATIONS AND REORGANIZATIONS
[PART IVREPEALED]
PART VCARRYOVERS
PART VITREATMENT OF CERTAIN CORPORATE INTERESTS AS STOCK OR INDEBTEDNESS
[PART VIIREPEALED]
Subchapter DDeferred Compensation, Etc.
PART IPENSION, PROFIT-SHARING, STOCK BONUS PLANS, ETC.
Subpart AGeneral Rule
Subpart BSpecial Rules
Subpart CInsolvent Plans
Subpart DTreatment of Welfare Benefit Funds
Subpart ETreatment of Transfers to Retiree Health Accounts
PART IICERTAIN STOCK OPTIONS
PART IIIRULES RELATING TO MINIMUM FUNDING STANDARDS AND BENEFIT LIMITATIONS
Subchapter EAccounting Periods and Methods of Accounting
PART IACCOUNTING PERIODS
PART IIMETHODS OF ACCOUNTING
Subpart AMethods of Accounting in General
Subpart BTaxable Year for Which Items of Gross Income Included
Subpart CTaxable Year for Which Deductions Taken
Subpart DInventories
PART IIIADJUSTMENTS
Subchapter FExempt Organizations
PART IGENERAL RULE
PART IIPRIVATE FOUNDATIONS
PART IIITAXATION OF BUSINESS INCOME OF CERTAIN EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS
PART IVFARMERS’ COOPERATIVES
PART VSHIPOWNERS’ PROTECTION AND INDEMNITY ASSOCIATIONS
PART VIPOLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS
PART VIICERTAIN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS
PART VIIICERTAIN SAVINGS ENTITIES
PART IXTRUMP ACCOUNTS
Subchapter GCorporations Used to Avoid Income Tax on Shareholders
Subchapter HBanking Institutions
Subchapter INatural Resources
Subchapter JEstates, Trusts, Beneficiaries, and Decedents
PART IESTATES, TRUSTS, AND BENEFICIARIES
Subpart AGeneral Rules for Taxation of Estates and Trusts
Subpart BTrusts Which Distribute Current Income Only
Subpart CEstates and Trusts Which May Accumulate Income or Which Distribute Corpus
Subpart DTreatment of Excess Distributions by Trusts
Subpart EGrantors and Others Treated as Substantial Owners
Subpart FMiscellaneous
PART IIINCOME IN RESPECT OF DECEDENTS
Subchapter KPartners and Partnerships
PART IDETERMINATION OF TAX LIABILITY
PART IICONTRIBUTIONS, DISTRIBUTIONS, AND TRANSFERS
PART IIIDEFINITIONS
[PART IVREPEALED]
Subchapter LInsurance Companies
PART ILIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES
PART IIOTHER INSURANCE COMPANIES
PART IIIPROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Subchapter MRegulated Investment Companies and Real Estate Investment Trusts
Subchapter NTax Based on Income From Sources Within or Without the United States
PART ISOURCE RULES AND OTHER GENERAL RULES RELATING TO FOREIGN INCOME
PART IINONRESIDENT ALIENS AND FOREIGN CORPORATIONS
Subpart ANonresident Alien Individuals
Subpart BForeign Corporations
Subpart CTax on Gross Transportation Income
Subpart DMiscellaneous Provisions
PART IIIINCOME FROM SOURCES WITHOUT THE UNITED STATES
Subpart AForeign Tax Credit
Subpart BEarned Income of Citizens or Residents of United States
[Subpart CRepealed]
Subpart DPossessions of the United States
[Subpart ERepealed]
Subpart FControlled Foreign Corporations
Subpart GExport Trade Corporations
[Subpart HRepealed]
Subpart IAdmissibility of Documentation Maintained in Foreign Countries
Subpart JForeign Currency Transactions
PART IVDOMESTIC INTERNATIONAL SALES CORPORATIONS
PART VINTERNATIONAL BOYCOTT DETERMINATIONS
Subchapter OGain or Loss on Disposition of Property
PART IDETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF AND RECOGNITION OF GAIN OR LOSS
PART IIBASIS RULES OF GENERAL APPLICATION
PART IIICOMMON NONTAXABLE EXCHANGES
PART IVSPECIAL RULES
[PART VREPEALED]
[PART VIREPEALED]
PART VIIWASH SALES; STRADDLES
[PART VIIIREPEALED]
[PART IXREPEALED]
Subchapter PCapital Gains and Losses
PART ITREATMENT OF CAPITAL GAINS
PART IITREATMENT OF CAPITAL LOSSES
PART IIIGENERAL RULES FOR DETERMINING CAPITAL GAINS AND LOSSES
PART IVSPECIAL RULES FOR DETERMINING CAPITAL GAINS AND LOSSES
PART VSPECIAL RULES FOR BONDS AND OTHER DEBT INSTRUMENTS
PART VITREATMENT OF CERTAIN PASSIVE FOREIGN INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Subchapter QReadjustment of Tax Between Years and Special Limitations
Subchapter RElection To Determine Corporate Tax on Certain International Shipping Activities Using Per Ton Rate
Subchapter STax Treatment of S Corporations and Their Shareholders
Subchapter TCooperatives and Their Patrons
Subchapter UDesignation and Treatment of Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Communities, and Rural Development Investment Areas
Subchapter VTitle 11 Cases
[Subchapter WRepealed]
[Subchapter XRepealed]
[Subchapter YRepealed]
Subchapter ZOpportunity Zones
CHAPTER 2TAX ON SELF-EMPLOYMENT INCOME
CHAPTER 2AUNEARNED INCOME MEDICARE CONTRIBUTION
CHAPTER 3WITHHOLDING OF TAX ON NONRESIDENT ALIENS AND FOREIGN CORPORATIONS
CHAPTER 4TAXES TO ENFORCE REPORTING ON CERTAIN FOREIGN ACCOUNTS
[CHAPTER 5REPEALED]
CHAPTER 6CONSOLIDATED RETURNS
Subtitle BEstate and Gift Taxes
CHAPTER 11ESTATE TAX
Subchapter AEstates of Citizens or Residents
PART ITAX IMPOSED
PART IICREDITS AGAINST TAX
PART IIIGROSS ESTATE
PART IVTAXABLE ESTATE
Subchapter BEstates of Nonresidents Not Citizens
Subchapter CMiscellaneous
CHAPTER 12GIFT TAX
CHAPTER 13TAX ON GENERATION-SKIPPING TRANSFERS
CHAPTER 14SPECIAL VALUATION RULES
CHAPTER 15GIFTS AND BEQUESTS FROM EXPATRIATES
Subtitle CEmployment Taxes
CHAPTER 21FEDERAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS ACT
CHAPTER 22RAILROAD RETIREMENT TAX ACT
CHAPTER 23FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT TAX ACT
CHAPTER 23ARAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT REPAYMENT TAX
CHAPTER 24COLLECTION OF INCOME TAX AT SOURCE ON WAGES
CHAPTER 25GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT TAXES
Subtitle DMiscellaneous Excise Taxes
CHAPTER 31RETAIL EXCISE TAXES
CHAPTER 32MANUFACTURERS EXCISE TAXES
Subchapter AAutomotive and Related Items
Subchapter BCoal
Subchapter CCertain Vaccines
Subchapter DRecreational Equipment
[Subchapter ERepealed]
Subchapter FSpecial Provisions Applicable to Manufacturers Tax
Subchapter GExemptions, Registration, Etc.
CHAPTER 33FACILITIES AND SERVICES
CHAPTER 34TAXES ON CERTAIN INSURANCE POLICIES
CHAPTER 35TAXES ON WAGERING
CHAPTER 36CERTAIN OTHER EXCISE TAXES
CHAPTER 37REPURCHASE OF CORPORATE STOCK
[CHAPTER 38REPEALED]
CHAPTER 38ENVIRONMENTAL TAXES
CHAPTER 39REGISTRATION-REQUIRED OBLIGATIONS
CHAPTER 40GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO OCCUPATIONAL TAXES
CHAPTER 41PUBLIC CHARITIES
CHAPTER 42PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS; AND CERTAIN OTHER TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS
Subchapter APrivate Foundations
Subchapter BBlack Lung Benefit Trusts
Subchapter CPolitical Expenditures of Section 501(c)(3) Organizations
Subchapter DFailure by Certain Charitable Organizations To Meet Certain Qualification Requirements
Subchapter EAbatement of First and Second Tier Taxes in Certain Cases
Subchapter FTax Shelter Transactions
Subchapter GDonor Advised Funds
Subchapter HExcise Tax Based on Investment Income of Private Colleges and Universities
CHAPTER 43QUALIFIED PENSION, ETC., PLANS
CHAPTER 44QUALIFIED INVESTMENT ENTITIES
CHAPTER 45PROVISIONS RELATING TO EXPATRIATED ENTITIES
CHAPTER 46GOLDEN PARACHUTE PAYMENTS
CHAPTER 47CERTAIN GROUP HEALTH PLANS
CHAPTER 48MAINTENANCE OF MINIMUM ESSENTIAL COVERAGE
CHAPTER 49COSMETIC SERVICES
CHAPTER 50FOREIGN PROCUREMENT
CHAPTER 50ADESIGNATED DRUGS
Subtitle EAlcohol, Tobacco, and Certain Other Excise Taxes
CHAPTER 51DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINES, AND BEER
Subchapter AGallonage and Occupational Taxes
PART IGALLONAGE TAXES
Subpart ADistilled Spirits
[Subpart BRepealed]
Subpart CWines
Subpart DBeer
Subpart EGeneral Provisions
PART IIMISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Subchapter BQualification Requirements for Distilled Spirits Plants
Subchapter COperation of Distilled Spirits Plants
PART IGENERAL PROVISIONS
PART IIOPERATIONS ON BONDED PREMISES
[PART IIIREPEALED]
Subchapter DIndustrial Use of Distilled Spirits
Subchapter EGeneral Provisions Relating to Distilled Spirits
Subchapter FBonded and Taxpaid Wine Premises
Subchapter GBreweries
Subchapter HMiscellaneous Plants and Warehouses
Subchapter IMiscellaneous General Provisions
Subchapter JPenalties, Seizures, and Forfeitures Relating to Liquors
PART IPENALTY, SEIZURE, AND FORFEITURE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO DISTILLING, RECTIFYING, AND DISTILLED AND RECTIFIED PRODUCTS
PART IIPENALTY AND FORFEITURE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO WINE AND WINE PRODUCTION
PART IIIPENALTY, SEIZURE, AND FORFEITURE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO BEER AND BREWING
PART IVPENALTY, SEIZURE, AND FORFEITURE PROVISIONS COMMON TO LIQUORS
[PART VREPEALED]
CHAPTER 52TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND CIGARETTE PAPERS AND TUBES
Subchapter ADefinitions; Rate and Payment of Tax; Exemption From Tax; and Refund and Drawback of Tax
Subchapter BQualification Requirements for Manufacturers and Importers of Tobacco Products and Cigarette Papers and Tubes, and Export Warehouse Proprietors
Subchapter COperations by Manufacturers and Importers of Tobacco Products and Cigarette Papers and Tubes and Export Warehouse Proprietors
Subchapter DOccupational Tax
Subchapter ERecords of Manufacturers and Importers of Tobacco Products and Cigarette Papers and Tubes, and Export Warehouse Proprietors
Subchapter FGeneral Provisions
Subchapter GPenalties and Forfeitures
CHAPTER 53MACHINE GUNS, DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, AND CERTAIN OTHER FIREARMS
CHAPTER 54GREENMAIL
CHAPTER 55STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT FACTORING TRANSACTIONS
Subtitle FProcedure and Administration
CHAPTER 61INFORMATION AND RETURNS
Subchapter AReturns and Records
PART IRECORDS, STATEMENTS, AND SPECIAL RETURNS
PART IITAX RETURNS OR STATEMENTS
PART IIIINFORMATION RETURNS
Subpart AInformation Concerning Persons Subject to Special Provisions
Subpart BInformation Concerning Transactions With Other Persons
Subpart CInformation Regarding Wages Paid Employees
Subpart DInformation Regarding Health Insurance Coverage
Subpart ERegistration of and Information Concerning Pension, Etc., Plans
Subpart FInformation Concerning Tax Return Preparers
PART IVSIGNING AND VERIFYING OF RETURNS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
PART VTIME FOR FILING RETURNS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
PART VIEXTENSION OF TIME FOR FILING RETURNS
PART VIIPLACE FOR FILING RETURNS OR OTHER DOCUMENTS
PART VIIIDESIGNATION OF INCOME TAX PAYMENTS TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN FUND
Subchapter BMiscellaneous Provisions
CHAPTER 62TIME AND PLACE FOR PAYING TAX
Subchapter APlace and Due Date for Payment of Tax
Subchapter BExtensions of Time for Payment
CHAPTER 63ASSESSMENT
CHAPTER 64COLLECTION
Subchapter AGeneral Provisions
Subchapter BReceipt of Payment
Subchapter CLien for Taxes
Subchapter DSeizure of Property for Collection of Taxes
[Subchapter ERepealed]
CHAPTER 65ABATEMENTS, CREDITS, AND REFUNDS
Subchapter AProcedure in General
Subchapter BRules of Special Application
CHAPTER 66LIMITATIONS
CHAPTER 67INTEREST
CHAPTER 68ADDITIONS TO THE TAX, ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS, AND ASSESSABLE PENALTIES
Subchapter AAdditions to the Tax and Additional Amounts
Subchapter BAssessable Penalties
PART IGENERAL PROVISIONS
PART IIFAILURE TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN INFORMATION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Subchapter CProcedural Requirements
CHAPTER 69GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO STAMPS
CHAPTER 70JEOPARDY, RECEIVERSHIPS, ETC.
CHAPTER 71TRANSFEREES AND FIDUCIARIES
CHAPTER 72LICENSING AND REGISTRATION
CHAPTER 73BONDS
CHAPTER 74CLOSING AGREEMENTS AND COMPROMISES
CHAPTER 75CRIMES, OTHER OFFENSES, AND FORFEITURES
Subchapter ACrimes
PART IGENERAL PROVISIONS
PART IIPENALTIES APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN TAXES
Subchapter BOther Offenses
Subchapter CForfeitures
Subchapter DMiscellaneous Penalty and Forfeiture Provisions
CHAPTER 76JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Subchapter ACivil Actions by the United States
Subchapter BProceedings by Taxpayers and Third Parties
Subchapter CThe Tax Court
PART IORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION
PART IIPROCEDURE
PART IIIMISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
PART IVDECLARATORY JUDGMENTS
Subchapter DCourt Review of Tax Court Decisions
Subchapter EBurden of Proof
CHAPTER 77MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 78DISCOVERY OF LIABILITY AND ENFORCEMENT OF TITLE
CHAPTER 79DEFINITIONS
CHAPTER 80GENERAL RULES
Subtitle GThe Joint Committee on Taxation
Subtitle HFinancing of Presidential Election Campaigns
Subtitle ITrust Fund Code
Subtitle JCoal Industry Health Benefits
Subtitle KGroup Health Plan Requirements
CHAPTER 100GROUP HEALTH PLAN REQUIREMENTS