HR 7520 · 96th Congress · Taxation
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the treatment of mutual or cooperative electric and telephone companies.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.(1980-06-05)
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Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that any income received or accrued by a tax-exempt mutual or cooperative electric or telephone company from qualified pole rentals, or by a cooperative telephone company from the sale of display listings in a directory furnished to company members, shall not be treated as unrelated business income subject to tax. Defines qualified pole rental as any rental of a pole (or other structure used to support wires) if: (1) such pole or structure is used by the telephone or electric company in providing telephone or electric services to its members; and (2) the use of such pole or structure pursuant to the rental is in connection with the transmission by wire of electricity or of telephone or other communications.…
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11 Democrats8 Republicans