| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
§61 | Defines gross income broadly; includes income from many sources. |
§1202 | Provides potential gain exclusion for qualifying Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS). |
§1221 | Defines capital assets for federal income tax purposes. |
§1244 | Provides special ordinary-loss treatment for certain qualifying small-business stock. |
§1361 | Defines S corporations and contains basic eligibility and shareholder rules. |
§1362 | Governs S-corporation elections, revocations, and terminations. |
§1363 | Provides rules for how S corporations are taxed. |
§1366 | Determines how S-corporation income, deductions, gains, and losses pass through to shareholders. |
§1367 | Governs adjustments to a shareholder's basis in S-corporation stock. |
§1368 | Governs S-corporation distributions to shareholders. |
§1369 | Contains special rules relating to S corporations. |
§1374 | Imposes a corporate-level tax on certain built-in gains of S corporations. |
§1375 | Imposes a corporate-level tax on certain excess net passive income of S corporations. |
§1501 | Allows eligible corporations to file consolidated federal income tax returns. |
§197 | Provides rules for amortizing certain acquired intangible assets. |
§199A | Provides a potential deduction for qualified business income from certain pass-through businesses. |
§243 | Provides the dividends-received deduction for certain dividends received by corporations. |
§269 | Limits tax benefits from certain acquisitions or reorganizations made primarily to obtain tax benefits. |
§301 | Governs the general federal income tax treatment of corporate distributions to shareholders. |
§302 | Governs the tax treatment of corporate stock redemptions. |
§303 | Provides special rules for certain stock redemptions used to pay death taxes and related estate expenses. |
§304 | Governs certain redemptions involving related corporations. |
§305 | Governs distributions of a corporation's own stock and determines when stock distributions are taxable. |
§306 | Contains special rules for certain preferred stock received in stock distributions. |
§307 | Determines shareholder basis in stock received through certain stock distributions. |
§318 | Provides stock ownership attribution rules. |
§336 | Governs the corporation's recognition of gain or loss when it distributes property in a complete liquidation. |
§338 | Allows certain qualifying stock acquisitions to be treated for tax purposes as asset acquisitions. |
§351 | Generally provides nonrecognition when property is transferred to a corporation solely in exchange for stock and the transferors have the required control immediately afterward. |
§354 | Generally provides nonrecognition for shareholders exchanging stock or securities in certain qualifying reorganizations. |
§355 | Provides rules for tax-free corporate divisions and certain spin-offs. |
§356 | Governs the treatment of cash or other property (boot) received in certain reorganizations. |
§358 | Determines a shareholder's basis in stock received in certain reorganizations. |
§362 | Determines the corporation's basis in property received in certain §351 transactions and reorganizations. |
§362(e)(2) | Contains special rules limiting built-in losses when property with a built-in loss is transferred to a corporation. |
§382 | Limits a corporation's use of certain tax attributes, especially NOLs, after an ownership change. |
§383 | Limits the use of certain other tax attributes after an ownership change. |
§384 | Limits the use of certain built-in gains and losses following certain acquisitions. |
§7701(o) | Codifies the federal economic substance doctrine and provides rules for determining when it applies. |
§7704 | Generally treats publicly traded partnerships as corporations for federal tax purposes unless an exception applies. |
§1501 | Provides the general rule allowing affiliated corporations to make a consolidated return election. |