Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 26 : Section 511


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 511. Imposition of tax on unrelated business income of charitable, etc., organizations

    (a) Charitable, etc., organizations taxable at corporation rates
      (1) Imposition of tax
        There is hereby imposed for each taxable year on the unrelated
      business taxable income (as defined in section 512) of every
      organization described in paragraph (2) a tax computed as
      provided in section 11. In making such computation for purposes
      of this section, the term "taxable income" as used in section 11
      shall be read as "unrelated business taxable income".
      (2) Organizations subject to tax
        (A) Organizations described in sections 401(a) and 501(c)
          The tax imposed by paragraph (1) shall apply in the case of
        any organization (other than a trust described in subsection
        (b) or an organization described in section 501(c)(1)) which is
        exempt, except as provided in this part or part II (relating to
        private foundations), from taxation under this subtitle by
        reason of section 501(a).
        (B) State colleges and universities
          The tax imposed by paragraph (1) shall apply in the case of
        any college or university which is an agency or instrumentality
        of any government or any political subdivision thereof, or
        which is owned or operated by a government or any political
        subdivision thereof, or by any agency or instrumentality of one
        or more governments or political subdivisions. Such tax shall
        also apply in the case of any corporation wholly owned by one
        or more such colleges or universities.
    (b) Tax on charitable, etc., trusts
      (1) Imposition of tax
        There is hereby imposed for each taxable year on the unrelated
      business taxable income of every trust described in paragraph (2)
      a tax computed as provided in section 1(e). In making such
      computation for purposes of this section, the term "taxable
      income" as used in section 1 shall be read as "unrelated business
      taxable income" as defined in section 512.
      (2) Charitable, etc., trusts subject to tax
        The tax imposed by paragraph (1) shall apply in the case of any
      trust which is exempt, except as provided in this part or part II
      (relating to private foundations), from taxation under this
      subtitle by reason of section 501(a) and which, if it were not
      for such exemption, would be subject to subchapter J (sec. 641
      and following, relating to estates, trusts, beneficiaries, and
      decedents).
    (c) Special rule for section 501(c)(2) corporations
      If a corporation described in section 501(c)(2) - 
        (1) pays any amount of its net income for a taxable year to an
      organization exempt from taxation under section 501(a) (or which
      would pay such an amount but for the fact that the expenses of
      collecting its income exceed its income), and
        (2) such corporation and such organization file a consolidated
      return for the taxable year,

    such corporation shall be treated, for purposes of the tax imposed
    by subsection (a), as being organized and operated for the same
    purposes as such organization, in addition to the purposes
    described in section 501(c)(2).



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