Capital Absorption Opportunity · Tax-exempt organizations (26 U.S.C. § 501)

501(c) Organizations

Definition

Organizations listed in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, which section 501(a) exempts from federal income tax, while section 501(b) still taxes their unrelated business income.[1] The list first appeared in the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, which the Tax Reform Act of 1986 redesignated as the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.[2]

Subsections

Federal law

  1. Internal Revenue Code of 1954, Pub. L. 83-591, ch. 736, § 501, 68A Stat. 163. Enacted section 501 (exemption under subsection (a), list of exempt organizations in subsection (c)) as part of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Official text: govinfo.gov, U.S. Government Publishing Office.
  2. Tax Reform Act of 1986, Pub. L. 99-514, § 2, 100 Stat. 2095. Redesignated the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Official text: govinfo.gov, U.S. Government Publishing Office.