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§ 502.
Feeder organizations
(a)
General rule
(b)
Special rule
For purposes of this section, the term “trade or business” shall not include—
(1)
the deriving of rents which would be excluded under section 512(b)(3), if section 512 applied to the organization,
(2)
any trade or business in which substantially all the work in carrying on such trade or business is performed for the organization without compensation, or
(3)
any trade or business which is the selling of merchandise, substantially all of which has been received by the organization as gifts or contributions.
(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 166; Pub. L. 91–172, title I, § 121(b)(7), Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 542.)
cite as: 26 USC 502