26 U.S. Code § 1201 - Repealed. Pub. L. 115–97, title I, § 13001(b)(2)(A), Dec. 22, 2017, 131 Stat. 2096]

Section, Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 320; Mar. 13, 1956, ch. 83, § 5(7), 70 Stat. 49; Pub. L. 86–69, § 3(f)(2), June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 140; Pub. L. 87–834, § 8(g)(3), Oct. 16, 1962, 76 Stat. 999; Pub. L. 91–172, title V, § 511(b), Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 635; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1901(a)(135), (b)(33)(L), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1786, 1801; Pub. L. 95–600, title IV, §§ 401(a), 403(a), (b), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2866, 2868; Pub. L. 96–222, title I, § 104(a)(2)(B), (3)(A), Apr. 1, 1980, 94 Stat. 214, 215; Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title II, § 211(b)(16), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 756; Pub. L. 99–514, title III, § 311(a), title X, § 1024(c)(14), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2219, 2408; Pub. L. 100–647, title I, § 1003(c)(1), title II, § 2004(l), Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3384, 3606; Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13221(c)(2), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 477; Pub. L. 104–188, title I, § 1703(f), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1876; Pub. L. 105–34, title III, § 314(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 842; Pub. L. 110–234, title XV, § 15311(a), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1502; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XV, § 15311(a), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2264; Pub. L. 114–113, div. Q, title III, § 334(a), Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 3108, related to alternative tax for corporations.

Subsection (b) of this Section Prior to Repeal

Prior to repeal by section 13001(b)(2)(A) of Pub. L. 115–97, subsection (b) of this section read as follows:

(b) Special rate for qualified timber gains

(1) In general

If, for any taxable year beginning in 2016, a corporation has both a net capital gain and qualified timber gain—

(A) subsection (a) shall apply to such corporation for the taxable year without regard to whether the applicable tax rate exceeds 35 percent, and

(B) the tax computed under subsection (a)(2) shall be equal to the sum of—

(i) 23.8 percent of the least of—

(I) qualified timber gain,

(II) net capital gain, or

(III) taxable income, plus

(ii) 35 percent of the excess (if any) of taxable income over the sum of the amounts for which a tax was determined under subsection (a)(1) and clause (i).

(2) Qualified timber gain

For purposes of this section, the term “qualified timber gain” means, with respect to any taxpayer for any taxable year, the excess (if any) of—

(A) the sum of the taxpayer’s gains described in subsections (a) and (b) of section 631 for such year, over

(B) the sum of the taxpayer’s losses described in such subsections for such year.

For purposes of subparagraphs (A) and (B), only timber held more than 15 years shall be taken into account.

See Extension of Special Rule Relating to Qualified Timber Gain note set out below.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of Repeal

Repeal applicable to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 2017, see section 13001(c)(1) of Pub. L. 115–97, set out as an Effective Date of 2017 Amendment note under section 11 of this title.

Extension of Special Rule Relating to Qualified Timber Gain

Pub. L. 115–123, div. D, title I, § 40310, Feb. 9, 2018, 132 Stat. 147, provided that:

“For purposes of applying section 1201(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to taxable years beginning during 2017, such section shall be applied by substituting ‘2016 or 2017’ for ‘2016’.”