Publication 542 |
2001 Tax Year |
Business Taxed as a Corporation
The rules you must use to determine whether a business is taxed as
a corporation changed for businesses formed after 1996.
Business formed before 1997.
A business formed before 1997 and taxed as a corporation under the
old rules will generally continue to be taxed as a corporation.
Business formed after 1996.
The following businesses formed after 1996 are taxed as
corporations.
- A business entity formed under a federal or state law that
refers to it as a corporation, body corporate, or body politic.
- An association.
- A business formed under a state law that refers to it as a
joint-stock company or joint-stock association.
- An insurance company.
- Certain banks.
- A business wholly owned by a state or local
government.
- A business specifically required to be taxed as a
corporation by the Internal Revenue Code (for example, certain
publicly traded partnerships).
- Certain foreign businesses.
- Any other business that elects to be taxed as a corporation
by filing Form 8832.
For more information, see the instructions for Form 8832.
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