Business Taxed as a Corporation

Business formed before 1997.

Business formed after 1996.

• A business entity formed under a federal or state law that refers to it as a corporation, body corporate, or body politic.
• An association.
• A business formed under a state law that refers to it as a joint-stock company or joint-stock association.
• An insurance company.
• Certain banks.
• A business wholly owned by a state or local government.
• A business specifically required to be taxed as a corporation by the Internal Revenue Code (for example, certain publicly traded partnerships).
• Certain foreign businesses.
• Any other business that elects to be taxed as a corporation by filing Form 8832.