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Title 12 — Banks and Banking

Part A · Chapter 23 — Farm Credit System

§ 2077. Taxation

Statutory text

Each production credit association and its obligations are instrumentalities of the United States and as such any and all notes, debentures, and other obligations issued by such associations shall be exempt, both as to principal and interest, from all taxation (except surtaxes, estate, inheritance, and gift taxes) now or hereafter imposed by the United States or any State, territorial, or local taxing authority, except that interest on such obligations shall be subject to Federal income taxation in the hands of the holder.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Farm Credit Act of 1971

    Pub. L. 92–181 title II § 2 · 85 Stat. 583

    Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 2077

    Pub. L. 92–181, title II, § 2.7, formerly § 2.6, as added Pub. L. 100–233, title IV, § 401, Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1633

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 92–181, title II, § 2.7, formerly § 2.6, as added Pub. L. 100–233, title IV, § 401, Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1633

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) Have succession until dissolved under the provisions of this Act or other Act of Congress.

  2. Agricultural Credit Technical Corrections Act of 1988

    Pub. L. 100–399 title IV § 401(r) · 102 Stat. 989

    1. Substituted · 12 U.S.C. § 2077

      Pub. L. 100–399 substituted “interest,” for “interest”

    2. Inserted · 12 U.S.C. § 2077

      Pub. L. 100–399 inserted “, except that interest on such obligations shall be subject to Federal income taxation in the hands of the holder”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 100–399 substituted “interest,” for “interest” and inserted “, except that interest on such obligations shall be subject to Federal income taxation in the hands of the holder”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (r) Section 2.6 is amended— (1) by inserting a comma after “interest”; and (2) by inserting “, except that interest on such obligations shall be subject to Federal income taxation in the hands of the holder” before the period.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 100–399 effective immediately after amendment made by section 401 of Pub. L. 100–233, which was effective 6 months after Jan. 6, 1988, see section 1001(b) of Pub. L. 100–399, set out as a note under section 2002 of this title.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 2077, Pub. L. 92–181, title II, § 2.6, , 85 Stat. 595; Pub. L. 96–592, title II, § 206, , 94 Stat. 3442; Pub. L. 99–205, title II, § 205(e)(7), (8), , 99 Stat. 1704; Pub. L. 100–233, title VIII, §§ 802(k), 805(f), , 101 Stat. 1711, 1715, related to net earnings, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 100–233, § 401.

A prior section 2078, Pub. L. 92–181, title II, § 2.7, , 85 Stat. 597; Pub. L. 99–205, title II, § 205(e)(9), , 99 Stat. 1704, related to distribution of assets on liquidation, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 100–233, § 401.

A prior section 2079, Pub. L. 92–181, title II, § 2.8, , 85 Stat. 597; Pub. L. 100–399, title IX, § 901(a), , 102 Stat. 1007, related to taxation, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 100–233, § 401.

Amendments

1988—Pub. L. 100–399 substituted “interest,” for “interest” and inserted “, except that interest on such obligations shall be subject to Federal income taxation in the hands of the holder”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 100–399 effective immediately after amendment made by section 401 of Pub. L. 100–233, which was effective 6 months after , see section 1001(b) of Pub. L. 100–399, set out as a note under section 2002 of this title.

Effective Date

Pub. L. 100–233, title IV, § 401, , 101 Stat. 1622, provided that this section is effective 6 months after .

Credits

1988–1990 · 3 acts
  1. 1988Pub. L. 92–181, title II, § 2.7, formerly § 2.6, as added Pub. L. 100–233, title IV, § 401, , 101 Stat. 1633
  2. 1988amended Pub. L. 100–399, title IV, § 401(r), , 102 Stat. 998
  3. 1990renumbered § 2.7, Pub. L. 101–624, title XVIII, § 1833(1), , 104 Stat. 3832.
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(Pub. L. 92–181, title II, § 2.7, formerly § 2.6, as added Pub. L. 100–233, title IV, § 401, , 101 Stat. 1633; amended Pub. L. 100–399, title IV, § 401(r), , 102 Stat. 998; renumbered § 2.7, Pub. L. 101–624, title XVIII, § 1833(1), , 104 Stat. 3832.)

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