Internal Revenue Code (Title 26 U.S.C.)

26 U.S.C. § 531

Imposition of accumulated earnings tax

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In addition to other taxes imposed by this chapter, there is hereby imposed for each taxable year on the accumulated taxable income (as defined in section 535) of each corporation described in section 532, an accumulated earnings tax equal to 20 percent of the accumulated taxable income.

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  1. 512 · Unrelated business taxable income
  2. 513 · Unrelated trade or business
  3. 514 · Unrelated debt-financed income
  4. 515 · Taxes of foreign countries and possessions of the United States
  5. 521 · Exemption of farmers' cooperatives from tax
  6. 522 · [§522. Repealed. Pub. L. 87–834, §17(b)(2), Oct. 16, 1962, 76…
  7. 526 · Shipowners' protection and indemnity associations
  8. 527 · Political organizations
  9. 528 · Certain homeowners associations
  10. 529 · Qualified tuition programs
  11. 529A · Qualified ABLE programs
  12. 530 · Coverdell education savings accounts
  13. 531 · Imposition of accumulated earnings tax
  14. 532 · Corporations subject to accumulated earnings tax
  15. 533 · Evidence of purpose to avoid income tax
  16. 534 · Burden of proof
  17. 535 · Accumulated taxable income
  18. 536 · Income not placed on annual basis
  19. 537 · Reasonable needs of the business
  20. 541 · Imposition of personal holding company tax
  21. 542 · Definition of personal holding company
  22. 543 · Personal holding company income
  23. 544 · Rules for determining stock ownership
  24. 545 · Undistributed personal holding company income
  25. 546 · Income not placed on annual basis
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