The application of section 826 may be illustrated by the following examples:
For the taxable year 1963, R, a reciprocal underwriter subject to the taxes imposed by section 821(a), has the following items (determined before applying any election under section 826):
Gross income under sec. 832 | $578 | |
Gross investment income | 50 | |
Deductions under sec. 832 (as modified by sec. 823(b)): | ||
Deduction for amounts paid by R to attorney-in-fact A | $100 | |
All other deductions | 500 | |
Total deductions under sec. 832 | 600 | |
Deductions under sec. 822(c) | 40 | |
Incurred losses | 400 | |
Protection against loss deduction | 4 | |
Underwriting gain | 0 | |
Mutual insurance company taxable income | 0 | |
Unused loss | 22 | |
Credit or refund for taxes paid | 0 |
Gross income under sec. 832 | $578 | |
Gross investment income | 50 | |
Deductions under sec. 832 (as modified by sec. 823(b)): | ||
Deduction for amounts paid by R to attorney-in-fact A | $60 | |
All other deductions | 500 | |
Total deduction under sec. 832 | 560 | |
Deductions under sec. 822(c) | 40 | |
Incurred losses | 400 | |
Underwriting gain | 8 | |
Protection against loss deduction | 6 | |
Mutual insurance company taxable income | 12 | |
Unused loss | 0 | |
Credit or refund for taxes paid | 16 |
Under the provisions of section 826(b), R's deduction for amounts paid or incurred to the attorney-in-fact in the taxable year 1963 would be limited to the deductions of A allocable to the income received by A from R. Thus, R's deductions under section 832 (as modified by section 823(b)) for 1963 would be 60 (the deductions of A which are allocable to the income received by A from R). As a result of making the election under section 826(a) for the taxable year 1963, R's underwriting gain would be 8, and its statutory underwriting income would be 2 (the underwriting gain of 8 minus the protection against loss deduction of 6—of which 4 represents the amount determined under section 824(a)(1)(A)—and 2 represents the amount determined under section 824(a)(1)(B)—or 8 minus 6). R's mutual insurance company taxable income for 1963 would be 12, consisting of taxable investment income of 10 (gross investment income minus deductions under section 822(c), or 50 minus 40) plus statutory underwriting income of 2. Since all of R's mutual insurance company taxable income of 12 is attributable to the limitation under section 826(b), the entire amount is subject to the surtax under section 821(a)(2) without regard to the $25,000 surtax exemption. The credit of 16, representing that part of the tax paid by A which is allocable to the income received by A from R, may be applied by R against its taxes with respect to its mutual insurance company taxable income of 12 for 1963, and R would be entitled to a refund of any excess of the amount of such credit over its tax liability for 1963.
Under the provisions of section 826(d), no portion of the amount added to the protection against loss account in 1963 by reason of the election under section 826(a), 2 (25 percent of the amount by which the consolidated underwriting gain exceeds 25 percent of the underwriting gain determined without regard to the election under section 826(a), or the amount by which 25 percent of 8 exceeds 25 percent of 0), may remain in such account beyond the taxable year 1968.
For the taxable year 1963, F is a corporate attorney-in-fact subject to the taxes imposed by section 11(b) and (c) of the Code. F files its return on the calendar year basis and reports income received from its reciprocal and the deductions allocable thereto under the same method of accounting used by its reciprocal in reporting its deductions for amounts paid to R. F properly consents to provide the information required by paragraph (b) of § 1.826-3. In addition to its attorney-in-fact business, F owns real estate for investment purposes, and operates a real estate management service. For the taxable year 1963, F has gross income from these various sources as follows:
Attorney-in-fact fees | Real estate management | Rental income | Total | |
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Gross income | $85,000 | $18,000 | $25,000 | $128,000 |
Allocable expenses | 25,000 | 3,000 | 35,000 | 63,000 |
Taxable income (loss) | 60,000 | 15,000 | (10,000) | 65,000 |
Normal tax (30 percent) | 18,000 | 4,500 | 0 | 19,500 |
Surtax exemption | 20,000 | 5,000 | 0 | 25,000 |
Income subject to surtax | 40,000 | 10,000 | 0 | 40,000 |
Surtax (22 percent) | 8,800 | 2,200 | 0 | 8,800 |
Total tax | 26,800 | 6,700 | 0 | 28,300 |
Investment credit | 800 | 0 | 0 | 800 |
1963 tax liability | 26,000 | 6,700 | 0 | 27,500 |
1963 tax paid | 27,500 | |||
Allocation of tax paid | 21,863 | 5,637 | 0 | 27,500 |
Assume the same facts as in example 2, and assume further that in 1966 F sustains a net operating loss on its overall operations of $5,000. In carrying the loss back to 1963 as a net operating loss deduction under section 172, F must allocate the deduction under the same method it used in allocating its 1963 deductions. Thus, if the loss was entirely attributable to F's rental operations for the taxable year 1966, F would reduce its taxable income attributable to those operations by the entire amount of the loss and would recompute the tax attributable to those operations under paragraph (b) of § 1.826-5. As recomputed in the table below, F's 1963 tax liability from attorney-in-fact fees would be $19,800 and F's total tax liability would be $24,900.
Attorney-in-fact fees | Real estate management | Rental income | Total | |
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Gross income | $85,000 | $18,000 | $25,000 | $128,000 |
Allocable expenses | 25,000 | 3,000 | 35,000 | 63,000 |
Net operating loss deduction | 0 | 0 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
Taxable income (loss) | 60,000 | 15,000 | (15,000) | 60,000 |
Normal tax (30 percent) | 18,000 | 4,500 | 0 | 18,000 |
Surtax exemption | 20,000 | 5,000 | 0 | 25,000 |
Income subject to surtax | 40,000 | 10,000 | 0 | 35,000 |
Surtax (22 percent) | 8,800 | 2,200 | 0 | 7,700 |
Total tax | 26,800 | 6,700 | 0 | 25,700 |
Investment credit | 800 | 0 | 0 | 800 |
1963 tax liability | 26,000 | 6,700 | 0 | 24,900 |
1963 tax paid | 24,900 | |||
Allocation of tax paid | 19,800 | 5,100 | 0 | 24,900 |
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