26 U.S.C. § 1375
Tax imposed when passive investment income of corporation having accumulated earnings and profits exceeds 25 percent of gross receipts
United States · Title 26 — INTERNAL REVENUE CODE · Status: effective
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- 26 U.S.C. § 1375, Tax imposed when passive investment income of corporation having accumulated earnings and profits exceeds 25 percent of gross receipts, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/463052
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If for the taxable year an S corporation has—
For purposes of this section—
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term “excess net passive income” means an amount which bears the same ratio to the net passive income for the taxable year as—
The amount of the excess net passive income for any taxable year shall not exceed the amount of the corporation’s taxable income for such taxable year as determined under section 63(a)—
The term “net passive income” means—
The terms “passive investment income” and “gross receipts” have the same respective meanings as when used in paragraph (3) of section 1362(d).
Notwithstanding paragraph (3), the amount of passive investment income shall be determined by not taking into account any recognized built-in gain or loss of the S corporation for any taxable year in the recognition period. Terms used in the preceding sentence shall have the same respective meanings as when used in section 1374.
No credit shall be allowed under part IV of subchapter A of this chapter (other than section 34) against the tax imposed by subsection (a).
If the S corporation establishes to the satisfaction of the Secretary that—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Subchapter S Revision Act of 1982House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Deficit Reduction Act of 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Tax Reform Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996
- Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005House: 415–4Senate: no recorded tally