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United States IRC sections

Statute section

IRC section 11

Tax imposed

Country

United States

Section

11

Updated

2026-05-01

Operative text

A tax is hereby imposed for each taxable year on the taxable income of every corporation. In the current text of subsection (b), the amount of the tax is 21 percent of taxable income.

Amendment history

2017-12-22

Pub. L. 115-97

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act replaced the prior graduated corporate rate structure with the current 21 percent rate for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.

Cross-references

26 U.S.C. 6126 U.S.C. 882

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