Title 26 — Internal Revenue CodeRelease 119-73
§526 Shipowners’ protection and indemnity associations
Title 26 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - Income Taxes › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NORMAL TAXES AND SURTAXES › Subchapter Subchapter F— - Exempt Organizations › Part PART V— - SHIPOWNERS’ PROTECTION AND INDEMNITY ASSOCIATIONS › § 526
Summary
Do not count as taxable income the money received by nonprofit shipowners’ mutual protection and indemnity associations that do not give any net earnings to private shareholders. They still must pay tax, like other taxpayers, on income they get from interest, dividends, and rents.
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Title 26, §526
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There shall not be included in gross income the receipts of shipowners’ mutual protection and indemnity associations not organized for profit, and no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder; but such corporations shall be subject as other persons to the tax on their taxable income from interest, dividends, and rents.
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26 U.S.C. § 526
Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73