Title 39Postal ServiceRelease 119-73

§3634 Assumed Federal income tax on competitive products income

Title 39 › Part PART IV— - MAIL MATTER › Chapter CHAPTER 36— - POSTAL RATES, CLASSES, AND SERVICES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS › § 3634

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Postal Service must each year calculate a federal income tax amount for its competitive products and move that money from the Competitive Products Fund to the Postal Service Fund. This starts with the year that contains the deadline for the Postal Service’s first report to the Postal Regulatory Commission under section 3652(a). Defined terms: "assumed Federal income tax on competitive products income" — the net tax that chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 would impose on the Postal Service’s competitive-products income for the year. "assumed taxable income from competitive products" — the taxable income a corporation would have if its only activities and assets were those Postal Service activities and assets allocated to competitive products under section 2011(h). Each required transfer must be paid by January 15th after the end of the year.

Full Legal Text

Title 39, §3634

Postal Service — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)For purposes of this section—
(1)the term “assumed Federal income tax on competitive products income” means the net income tax that would be imposed by chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 on the Postal Service’s assumed taxable income from competitive products for the year; and
(2)the term “assumed taxable income from competitive products”, with respect to a year, refers to the amount representing what would be the taxable income of a corporation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for the year, if—
(A)the only activities of such corporation were the activities of the Postal Service allocable under section 2011(h) to competitive products; and
(B)the only assets held by such corporation were the assets of the Postal Service allocable under section 2011(h) to such activities.
(b)The Postal Service shall, for each year beginning with the year in which occurs the deadline for the Postal Service’s first report to the Postal Regulatory Commission under section 3652(a)—
(1)compute its assumed Federal income tax on competitive products income for such year; and
(2)transfer from the Competitive Products Fund to the Postal Service Fund the amount of that assumed tax.
(c)Any transfer required to be made under this section for a year shall be due on or before the January 15th next occurring after the close of such year.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, referred to in subsec. (a), is classified to Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

39 U.S.C. § 3634

Title 39Postal Service

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73