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Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code

Part II · Chapter 1 — Normal Taxes and Surtaxes

§ 878. Foreign educational, charitable, and certain other exempt organizations

Statutory text

For special provisions relating to foreign educational, charitable, and other exempt organizations, see sections 512(a) and 4948.

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. Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 282, § 877 · 68A Stat. 282

    Enacted · 26 U.S.C. § 878

    Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 282, § 877

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 282, § 877

  2. Tax Reform Act of 1969

    Pub. L. 91–172 title I § 101(j)(20) · 83 Stat. 487

    1. Substituted · 26 U.S.C. § 878

      Pub. L. 91–172 substituted provisions requiring reference to organizations in sections 512(a) and 4948 for provisions requiring reference to trusts in section 512(a)

    2. Struck · 26 U.S.C. § 878

      Pub. L. 91–172 struck out reference to unrelated business income

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 91–172 substituted provisions requiring reference to organizations in sections 512(a) and 4948 for provisions requiring reference to trusts in section 512(a), and struck out reference to unrelated business income.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (20) Section 878 (relating to foreign educational, charitable, and certain other exempt organizations) is amended by— (A) striking out “unrelated business income of”, and (B) striking out “trusts, see section 512(a)” and inserting in lieu thereof “organizations, see sections 512(a) and 4948”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 91–172 applicable to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 1969, see section 101(k)(2)(B) of Pub. L. 91–172, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4940 of this title.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1969—Pub. L. 91–172 substituted provisions requiring reference to organizations in sections 512(a) and 4948 for provisions requiring reference to trusts in section 512(a), and struck out reference to unrelated business income.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1969 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 91–172 applicable to taxable years beginning after , see section 101(k)(2)(B) of Pub. L. 91–172, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4940 of this title.

Credits

1954–1969 · 3 acts
  1. 1954Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 282, § 877
  2. 1966renumbered § 878, Pub. L. 89–809, title I, § 103(f)(1), , 80 Stat. 1551
  3. 1969amended Pub. L. 91–172, title I, § 101(j)(20), , 83 Stat. 528.
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(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 282, § 877; renumbered § 878, Pub. L. 89–809, title I, § 103(f)(1), , 80 Stat. 1551; amended Pub. L. 91–172, title I, § 101(j)(20), , 83 Stat. 528.)

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