CHAPTER EIGHTEducational Organizations
- § 8.1 Federal Tax Law Definition of Educational
- § 8.2 Education Contrasted with Propaganda
- § 8.3 Educational Institutions
- § 8.4 Instruction of Individuals
- § 8.5 Instruction of Public
- § 8.6 Educational Activity as Commercial Business
- § 8.7 Educational Activity as Private Benefit Function
- § 8.8 Child Care Organizations
Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code provides federal income tax exemption for organizations described in IRC § 501(c)(3), including entities that are organized and operated exclusively for educational purposes.1 There is overlap in this area with the classification of organizations as being charitable entities, inasmuch as the term charitable includes the advancement of education.2
§ 8.1 FEDERAL TAX LAW DEFINITION OF EDUCATIONAL
Federal tax law defines the term educational as encompassing far more than formal schooling. Basically, the concept of educational as used for federal tax law purposes is defined as relating to the “instruction or training of the individual for the purpose of improving or developing his capabilities” or the “instruction of the public on subjects useful to the individual and beneficial to the community.”3
For many years, the definition accorded the term educational by the Department of the Treasury and the IRS was routinely followed. In 1980, however, a federal court of appeals ...
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