§ 581 Definition of bank

OLRC 119-134 · eCFR 2026-10-19 · 3 regs · 2 amending Acts · cited by 30 sections

Enacted 1954 · Act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736 Amended · 2 Acts · From 1939 Code § 104(a)

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§ 581 Definition of bank
    § 1.581-1 Banks.§ 1.581-2 Mutual savings banks, building and loan associations, and cooperative banks.§ 1.581-3 Definition of bank prior to September 28, 1962.
    Amended 1962, 1976
    • 1976 Pub. L. 94-455 Pub. L. 94–455 substituted “or of any State” for “of any State, or of any Territory” after “District of Columbia)” and struck out “, Territorial,” after “examination by State”.
    • 1962 Pub. L. 87-722 Pub. L. 87–722 substituted “authority of the Comptroller of the Currency” for “section 11(k) of the Federal Reserve Act (38 Stat. 262; 12 U.S.C. 248(k))”.

    Cases: The Limited, Inc. v. Commissioner, 286 F.3d 324 (6th Cir. 2002); Aston v. Commissioner, 109 T.C. 400 (1997); Austin State Bank v. Commissioner, 57 T.C. 180 (1971)

    Final rules 1

      For purposes of sections 582 and 584, the term “bank” means a bank or trust company incorporated and doing business under the laws of the United States (including laws relating to the District of Columbia) or of any State, a substantial part of the business of which consists of receiving deposits and making loans and discounts, or of exercising fiduciary powers similar to those permitted to national banks under authority of the Comptroller of the Currency, and which is subject by law to supervision and examination by State or Federal authority having supervision over banking institutions. Such term also means a domestic building and loan association.