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26 U.S.C. § 505 — Additional requirements for organizations described in paragraph (9) or (17) of section 501(c)
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**(a) Certain requirements must be met in the case of organizations described in section 501(c)(9)**
(1) **Voluntary employees’ beneficiary associations, etc.** — An organization described in section 501(c)(9) which is part of a plan shall not be exempt from tax under section 501(a) unless such plan meets the requirements of subsection (b) of this section.
(2) **Exception for collective bargaining agreements** — Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any organization which is part of a plan maintained pursuant to an agreement between employee representatives and 1 or more employers if the Secretary finds that such agreement is a collective bargaining agreement and that such plan was the subject of good faith bargaining between such employee representatives and such employer or employers.
**(b) Nondiscrimination requirements**
(1) **In general** — Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a plan meets the requirements of this subsection only if—
(A) each class of benefits under the plan is provided under a classification of employees 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 individuals, and
(B) in the case of each class of benefits, such benefits do not discriminate in favor of employees who are highly compensated individuals.
A life insurance, disability, severance pay, or supplemental unemployment compensation benefit shall not be considered to fail to meet the requirements of subparagraph (B) merely because the benefits available bear a uniform relationship to the total compensation, or the basic or regular rate of compensation, of employees covered by the plan.
(2) **Exclusion of certain employees** — For purposes of paragraph (1), there may be excluded f
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**(a) Certain requirements must be met in the case of organizations described in section 501(c)(9)**
(1) **Voluntary employees’ beneficiary associations, etc.** — An organization described in section 501(c)(9) which is part of a plan shall not be exempt from tax under section 501(a) unless such plan meets the requirements of subsection (b) of this section.
(2) **Exception for collective bargaining agreements** — Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any organization which is part of a plan maintained pursuant to an agreement between employee representatives and 1 or more employers if the Secretary finds that such agreement is a collective bargaining agreement and that such plan was the subject of good faith bargaining between such employee representatives and such employer or employers.
**(b) Nondiscrimination requirements**
(1) **In general** — Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a plan meets the requirements of this subsection only if—
(A) each class of benefits under the plan is provided under a classification of employees 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 individuals, and
(B) in the case of each class of benefits, such benefits do not discriminate in favor of employees who are highly compensated individuals.
A life insurance, disability, severance pay, or supplemental unemployment compensation benefit shall not be considered to fail to meet the requirements of subparagraph (B) merely because the benefits available bear a uniform relationship to the total compensation, or the basic or regular rate of compensation, of employees covered by the plan.
(2) **Exclusion of certain employees** — For purposes of paragraph (1), there may be excluded from consideration—
(A) employees who have not completed 3 years of service,
(B) employees who have not attained age 21,
(C) seasonal employees or less than half-time employees,
(D) employees not included in the plan who are included in a unit of employees covered by an agreement between employee representatives and 1 or more employers which the Secretary finds to be a collective bargaining agreement if the class of benefits involved was the subject of good faith bargaining between such employee representatives and such employer or employers, and
(E) employees who are nonresident aliens and who receive no earned income (within the meaning of section 911(d)(2)) from the employer which constitutes income from sources within the United States (within the meaning of section 861(a)(3)).
(3) **Application of subsection where other nondiscrimination rules provided** — In the case of any benefit for which a provision of this chapter other than this subsection provides nondiscrimination rules, paragraph (1) shall not apply but the requirements of this subsection shall be met only if the nondiscrimination rules so provided are satisfied with respect to such benefit.
(4) **Aggregation rules** — At the election of the employer, 2 or more plans of such employer may be treated as 1 plan for purposes of this subsection.
(5) **Highly compensated individual** — For purposes of this subsection, the determination as to whether an individual is a highly compensated individual shall be made under rules similar to the rules for determining whether an individual is a highly compensated employee (within the meaning of section 414(q)).
(6) **Compensation** — For purposes of this subsection, the term “compensation” has the meaning given such term by section 414(s).
(7) **Compensation limit** — A plan shall not be treated as meeting the requirements of this subsection unless under the plan the annual compensation of each employee taken into account for any year does not exceed $200,000. The Secretary shall adjust the $200,000 amount at the same time, and by the same amount, as any adjustment under section 401(a)(17)(B). This paragraph shall not apply in determining whether the requirements of section 79(d) are met.
**(c) Requirement that organization notify Secretary that it is applying for tax-exempt status**
(1) **In general** — An organization shall not be treated as an organization described in paragraph (9) or (17) of section 501(c)—
(A) unless it has given notice to the Secretary, in such manner as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe, that it is applying for recognition of such status, or
(B) for any period before the giving of such notice, if such notice is given after the time prescribed by the Secretary by regulations for giving notice under this subsection.
(2) **Special rule for existing organizations** — In the case of any organization in existence on July 18, 1984, the time for giving notice under paragraph (1) shall not expire before the date 1 year after such date of the enactment.
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**(a) Allowance of credit**
(1) **In general** — In the case of an individual, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter the amount of the qualified adoption expenses paid or incurred by the taxpayer.
(2) **Year credit allowed** — The credit under paragraph (1) with respect to any expense shall be allowed—
(A) in the case of any expense paid or incurred before the taxable year in which such adoption becomes final, for the taxable year following the taxable year during which such expense is paid or incurred, and
(B) in the case of an expense paid or incurred during or after the taxable year in which such adoption becomes final, for the taxable year in which such expense is paid or incurred.
(3) **$10,000 credit for adoption of child with special needs regardless of expenses** — In the case of an adoption of a child with special needs which becomes final during a taxable year, the taxpayer shall be treated as having paid during such year qualified adoption expenses with respect to such adoption in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of $10,000 over the aggregate qualified adoption expenses actually paid or incurred by the taxpayer with respect to such adoption during such taxable year and all prior taxable years.
(4) **Portion of credit refundable** — So much of the credit allowed under paragraph (1) as does not exceed $5,000 shall be treated as a credit allowed under subpart C and not as a credit allowed under this subpart.
**(b) Limitations**
(1) **Dollar limitation** — The aggregate amount of qualified adoption expenses which may be taken into account under subsection (a) for all taxable years with respect to the adoption of a child by the taxpayer shall not exceed $10,000.
(2) **Income limitation**
(A) *In general* —
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**(a) Married individuals filing joint returns and surviving spouses** There is hereby imposed on the taxable income of—
(1) every married individual (as defined in section 7703) who makes a single return jointly with his spouse under section 6013, and
(2) every surviving spouse (as defined in section 2(a)),
a tax determined in accordance with the following table: If taxable income is:The tax is: Not over $36,90015% of taxable income. Over $36,900 but not over $89,150$5,535, plus 28% of the excess over $36,900. Over $89,150 but not over $140,000$20,165, plus 31% of the excess over $89,150. Over $140,000 but not over $250,000$35,928.50, plus 36% of the excess over $140,000. Over $250,000$75,528.50, plus 39.6% of the excess over $250,000.
**(b) Heads of households** There is hereby imposed on the taxable income of every head of a household (as defined in section 2(b)) a tax determined in accordance with the following table: If taxable income is:The tax is: Not over $29,60015% of taxable income. Over $29,600 but not over $76,400$4,440, plus 28% of the excess over $29,600. Over $76,400 but not over $127,500$17,544, plus 31% of the excess over $76,400. Over $127,500 but not over $250,000$33,385, plus 36% of the excess over $127,500. Over $250,000$77,485, plus 39.6% of the excess over $250,000.
**(c) Unmarried individuals (other than surviving spouses and heads of households)** There is hereby imposed on the taxable income of every individual (other than a surviving spouse as defined in section 2(a) or the head of a household as defined in section 2(b)) who is not a married individual (as defined in section 7703) a tax determined in accordance with the following table: If taxable income is:The tax is: Not over $22,10015% of taxable income. Over $22,100 but not over $53,50
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**(a) Energy credit**
(1) **In general** — For purposes of section 46, except as provided in paragraphs (1)(B), (2)(B), and (3)(B) of subsection (c), the energy credit for any taxable year is the energy percentage of the basis of each energy property placed in service during such taxable year.
(2) **Energy percentage**
(A) *In general* — Except as provided in paragraphs (6) and (7), the energy percentage is—
(i) 6 percent in the case of—
(I) qualified fuel cell property,
(II) energy property described in clause (i) or (iii) of paragraph (3)(A) but only with respect to property the construction of which begins before January 1, 2025,
(III) energy property described in paragraph (3)(A)(ii),
(IV) qualified small wind energy property,
(V) waste energy recovery property,
(VI) energy storage technology,
(VII) qualified biogas property,
(VIII) microgrid controllers, and
(IX) energy property described in clauses (v) and (vii) of paragraph (3)(A), and
(ii) in the case of any energy property to which clause (i) does not apply, 0 percent.
(B) *Coordination with rehabilitation credit* — The energy percentage shall not apply to that portion of the basis of any property which is attributable to qualified rehabilitation expenditures.
(C) *Nonapplication of increases to energy percentage* — For purposes of energy property described in subparagraph (A)(ii), the energy percentage applicable to such property pursuant to such subparagraph shall not be increased or otherwise adjusted by any provision of this section.
(3) **Energy property** — For purposes of this subpart, the term “energy property” means any property—
(A) which is—
(i) equipment which uses solar energy to generate electricity, to he
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**(a) General rule**
(1) **Trusts** — A trust which is a part of a pension, profitsharing, or stock bonus plan shall not constitute a qualified trust under section 401(a) if—
(A) in the case of a defined benefit plan, the plan provides for the payment of benefits with respect to a participant which exceed the limitation of subsection (b), or
(B) in the case of a defined contribution plan, contributions and other additions under the plan with respect to any participant for any taxable year exceed the limitation of subsection (c).
(2) **Section applies to certain annuities and accounts** — In the case of—
(A) an employee annuity plan described in section 403(a),
(B) an annuity contract described in section 403(b), or
(C) a simplified employee pension described in section 408(k),
such a contract, plan, or pension shall not be considered to be described in section 403(a), 403(b), or 408(k), as the case may be, unless it satisfies the requirements of subparagraph (A) or subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1), whichever is appropriate, and has not been disqualified under subsection (g). In the case of an annuity contract described in section 403(b), the preceding sentence shall apply only to the portion of the annuity contract which exceeds the limitation of subsection (b) or the limitation of subsection (c), whichever is appropriate.
**(b) Limitation for defined benefit plans**
(1) **In general** — Benefits with respect to a participant exceed the limitation of this subsection if, when expressed as an annual benefit (within the meaning of paragraph (2)), such annual benefit is greater than the lesser of—
(A) $160,000, or
(B) 100 percent of the participant’s average compensation for his high 3 years.
(2) **Annual benefit**
(A) *In general* — For purp
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### Statutory Notes
Section, added Pub. L. 99–514, title XI, § 1151(a), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2494; amended Pub. L. 100–647, title I, § 1011B(a)(1)–(9), (21), (28), (29), (34), title III, § 3021(a)(1)(A), (B), (2)(A), (3)–(9), (11)–(13)(A), (b)(2)(B), (3), title VI, § 6051(a), Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3483–3485, 3487, 3488, 3625–3632, 3695, related to nondiscrimination rules regarding benefits provided under employee benefit plans.
#### Effective Date of Repeal
Pub. L. 101–140, title II, § 202(c), Nov. 8, 1989, 103 Stat. 830, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [repealing this section] shall take effect as if included in section 1151 of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 [Pub. L. 99–514, see section 1151(k) set out as a note under [section 79 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section79&num=0&edition=prelim)].”
#### Nonenforcement of Section for Fiscal Year 1990
Pub. L. 101–136, title V, § 528, Nov. 3, 1989, 103 Stat. 816, provided that: “No monies appropriated by this Act [see Tables for classification] may be used to implement or enforce section 1151 of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 or the amendments made by such section [section 1151 of Pub. L. 99–514, which enacted [section 89 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section89&num=0&edition=prelim), amended sections 79, 105, 106, 117, 120, 125, 127, 129, 132, 414, 505, 3121, 3306, 6039D, and 6652 of this title and [section 409 of Title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section409&num=0&edition=prelim), The Public Health and Welfare, and enacted provisions set out as a note under [section 89 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-sec
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**(a) Requirements for qualification** A trust created or organized in the United States and forming part of a stock bonus, pension, or profit-sharing plan of an employer for the exclusive benefit of his employees or their beneficiaries shall constitute a qualified trust under this section—
(1) if contributions are made to the trust by such employer, or employees, or both, or by another employer who is entitled to deduct his contributions under section 404(a)(3)(B) (relating to deduction for contributions to profit-sharing and stock bonus plans), or by a charitable remainder trust pursuant to a qualified gratuitous transfer (as defined in section 664(g)(1)), for the purpose of distributing to such employees or their beneficiaries the corpus and income of the fund accumulated by the trust in accordance with such plan;
(2) if under the trust instrument it is impossible, at any time prior to the satisfaction of all liabilities with respect to employees and their beneficiaries under the trust, for any part of the corpus or income to be (within the taxable year or thereafter) used for, or diverted to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of his employees or their beneficiaries (but this paragraph shall not be construed, in the case of a multiemployer plan, to prohibit the return of a contribution within 6 months after the plan administrator determines that the contribution was made by a mistake of fact or law (other than a mistake relating to whether the plan is described in section 401(a) or the trust which is part of such plan is exempt from taxation under section 501(a), or the return of any withdrawal liability payment determined to be an overpayment within 6 months of such determination));
(3) if the plan of which such trust is a part satisfies the requireme
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**(a) Service for predecessor employer** For purposes of this part—
(1) in any case in which the employer maintains a plan of a predecessor employer, service for such predecessor shall be treated as service for the employer, and
(2) in any case in which the employer maintains a plan which is not the plan maintained by a predecessor employer, service for such predecessor shall, to the extent provided in regulations prescribed by the Secretary, be treated as service for the employer.
**(b) Employees of controlled group of corporations**
(1) **In general** — For purposes of sections 401, 408(k), 408(p), 410, 411, 415, and 416, all employees of all corporations which are members of a controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of section 1563(a), determined without regard to section 1563(a)(4) and (e)(3)(C)) shall be treated as employed by a single employer. With respect to a plan adopted by more than one such corporation, the applicable limitations provided by section 404(a) shall be determined as if all such employers were a single employer, and allocated to each employer in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary.
(2) **Special rules for applying family attribution** — For purposes of applying the attribution rules under section 1563 with respect to paragraph (1), the following rules apply:
(A) Community property laws shall be disregarded for purposes of determining ownership.
(B) Except as provided by the Secretary, stock of an individual not attributed under section 1563(e)(5) to such individual’s spouse shall not be attributed to such spouse by reason of the combined application of paragraphs (1) and (6)(A) of section 1563(e).
(C) Except as provided by the Secretary, in the case of stock in different corporations that is attribut
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**(a) General rule** There shall be included in the gross income of an employee for the taxable year an amount equal to the cost of group-term life insurance on his life provided for part or all of such year under a policy (or policies) carried directly or indirectly by his employer (or employers); but only to the extent that such cost exceeds the sum of—
(1) the cost of $50,000 of such insurance, and
(2) the amount (if any) paid by the employee toward the purchase of such insurance.
**(b) Exceptions** Subsection (a) shall not apply to—
(1) the cost of group-term life insurance on the life of an individual which is provided under a policy carried directly or indirectly by an employer after such individual has terminated his employment with such employer and is disabled (within the meaning of section 72(m)(7)),
(2) the cost of any portion of the group-term life insurance on the life of an employee provided during part or all of the taxable year of the employee under which—
(A) the employer is directly or indirectly the beneficiary, or
(B) a person described in section 170(c) is the sole beneficiary,
for the entire period during such taxable year for which the employee receives such insurance, and
(3) the cost of any group-term life insurance which is provided under a contract to which section 72(m)(3) applies.
**(c) Determination of cost of insurance** For purposes of this section and section 6052, the cost of group-term insurance on the life of an employee provided during any period shall be determined on the basis of uniform premiums (computed on the basis of 5-year age brackets) prescribed by regulations by the Secretary.
**(d) Nondiscrimination requirements**
(1) **In general** — In the case of a discriminatory group-term life insurance plan—
(A)
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For purposes of the taxes imposed by this subtitle upon a DISC (as defined in section 992(a)), a DISC shall not be subject to the taxes imposed by this subtitle.
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TITLE 26—INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
§ 504
86–667 are applicable only to loans made, renewed, or
continued after Dec. 31, 1959, see section 6 of Pub. L.
86–667, set out as a note under section 501 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1958 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 85–866, title I, § 30(c), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat.
1631, as amended by Pub. L. 99–514, § 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100
Stat. 2095, provided that:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2),
the amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this
section] shall apply with respect to taxable years end-
ing after March 15, 1956. The amendment made by sub-
section (b) [amending this section] shall apply with re-
spect to taxable years ending after the date of the en-
actment of this Act [Sept. 2, 1958], but only with re-
spect to periods after such date.
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Nothing in subsection (a) [amend-
ing this section] shall be construed to make any trans-
action a prohibited transaction which, under announce-
ments of the Internal Revenue Service made with re-
spect to section 503(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 [formerly I.R.C. 1954] before the date of the en-
actment of this Act [Sept. 2, 1958], would not constitute
a prohibited transaction. In the case of any bond, de-
benture, note, or certificate or other evidence of in-
debtedness acquired before the date of the enactment of
this Act [Sept. 2, 1958], by a trust described in section
401(a) of such Code which is held on such date, para-
graphs (2) and (3) of section 503(h) of such Code shall be
treated as satisfied if such requirements would have
been satisfied if such obligation had been acquired on
such date of enactment [Sept. 2, 1958].’’
SAVINGS PROVISION
For provisions that nothing in amendment by Pub. L.
101–508 be construed to a
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