§ 591 Deduction for dividends paid on deposits

OLRC 119-134 · eCFR 2026-10-19 · 1 regs · 2 amending Acts · cited by 8 sections

Enacted 1954 · Act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736 Amended · 2 Acts · From 1939 Code § 23(r)

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§ 1.591-1 Deduction for dividends paid on deposits.
Amended 1962, 1981
  • 1981 Pub. L. 97-34 Pub. L. 97–34 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading “In general”, and added subsec. (b).
  • 1962 Pub. L. 87-834 Pub. L. 87–834 included other savings institutions chartered and supervised as savings and loan or similar associations under Federal or State law, and authorized amounts paid as interest as a deduction.

Cases: Hudson City Sav. Bank v. Commissioner, 53 T.C. 70 (1969); Midwest Sav. Asso. v. Commissioner, 75 T.C. 262 (1980); Southern California Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. Commissioner, 95 T.C. 35 (1990)

(a) In general In the case of mutual savings banks, cooperative banks, domestic building and loan associations, and other savings institutions chartered and supervised as savings and loan or similar associations under Federal or State law, there shall be allowed as deductions in computing taxable income amounts paid to, or credited to the accounts of, depositors or holders of accounts as dividends or interest on their deposits or withdrawable accounts, if such amounts paid or credited are withdrawable on demand subject only to customary notice of intention to withdraw.

(b) Mutual savings bank to include certain banks with capital stock For purposes of this part, the term “mutual savings bank” includes any bank—

“any bank” Opening words
Textual readingALL OF= a mutual savings bank

(1) which has capital stock represented by shares, and

(2) which is subject to, and operates under, Federal or State laws relating to mutual savings bank.

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