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IRC 501(C)(8) Fraternal Beneficiary Societies IRC 501(c)(8) Fraternal Beneficiary Societies and IRC 501(c)(10) Domestic Fraternal Societies by Sean M. Barnett and Ward L. Thomas Overview Purpose As of December 2002, the Service was aware of 100,800 fraternal organizations. Of those, 78,000 were recognized as exempt under IRC 501(c)(8) and 22,800 as exempt under IRC 501(c)(10). This article surveys the law, regulations, issues, and positions of the Service with respect to such organizations. In This Article This article contains the following topics: Topic Page Overview 1 IRC 501(c)(8) Fraternal Beneficiary Societies 2 Fraternal Purpose and Activities 3 Operating Under the Lodge System 6 Provision of Benefits 8 Separately Organized Insurance Branches 11 IRC 501(c)(10) Domestic Fraternal Societies 13 IRC 501(c)(10) In Comparison With 501(c)(8) and (c)(7) 14 Unrelated Business Taxable Income and Social Activities 16 Deductibility of Contributions 19 Procedural Issues 20 IRC 501(c)(8) Fraternal Beneficiary Societies and IRC 501(c)(10) Domestic Fraternal Societies Page 1 of 26 IRC 501(c)(8) Fraternal Beneficiary Societies History of Fraternal societies have existed in the U.S. at least since the 19th century. Fraternal They began providing insurance-type benefits to their members around the Societies mid-19th century. Many State laws exempted fraternal societies from insurance regulations, creating an incentive for mutual insurance companies to masquerade as fraternal beneficiary societies. See, GCM 38192 (Dec. 7, 1979); National Union v. Marlow, 74 F. 775 (8th Cir. 1896); B.H. Meyer, “Fraternal Beneficiary Societies in the United States,” American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 6 (March 1901): 646-651, excerpted at http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5048. History of the Fraternal beneficiary societies were first exempted from federal income Statute taxation under section 38 of the Tariff Act of August 5, 1909, 36 Stat. 113 (1909). The 1909 Act exempted “fraternal beneficiary societies, orders, or associations operating under the lodge system, and providing for the payment of life, sick, accident and other benefit to the members....” The Revenue Act of 1913, Pub. L. No. 63-6, section II(G)(a), 38 Stat. 172, extended the exemption to organizations operating “for the exclusive benefit of the members of a fraternity itself operating under the lodge system.” In its current form, IRC 501(c)(8) describes fraternal beneficiary societies, orders, or associations operating under the lodge system (or for the exclusive benefit of the members of a fraternity itself operating under the lodge system), and providing for the payment of life, sick, accident, or other benefits to the members of such society, order, or association, or their dependents. Basic To be described in IRC 501(c)(8), an organization must meet the following Requirements requirements: Under IRC 501(c)(8) • It must have a fraternal purpose; • It must operate under the lodge system; and • It must provide for the payment of life, sick, accident, or other benefits. An exception applies to separately organized insurance branches of fraternal societies. These need not operate under the lodge system, but must provide permissible benefits exclusively to members of a lodge system. IRC 501(c)(8) Fraternal Beneficiary Societies and IRC 501(c)(10) Domestic Fraternal Societies Page 2 of 26 Fraternal Purpose and Activities “Fraternal” Since the Code does not define a “fraternal beneficiary society,” we presume Means a that Congress used the term in the ordinary sense, and according to its legal Common Tie or significance, at the time the 1909 Act was passed. See U.S. v. Cambridge Goal Loan and Building Co., 278 U.S. 55 (1923); Commercial Travelers’ Life & Accident Ass’n v. Rodway, 235 F. 370 (N.D. Ohio 1913). The court in National Union v. Marlow, 74 F. 775, 778-79 (8th Cir. 1896) summed up the nature of a fraternal beneficiary society as follows: A fraternal beneficiary society … would be one whose members have adopted the same, or a very similar calling, avocation, or profession, or who are working in union to accomplish some worthy object, and who for that reason have banded themselves together as an association or society to aid and assist one another, and to promote the common cause. The term “fraternal” can properly be applied to such an association for the reason that the pursuit of a common object, calling, or profession usually has a tendency to create a brotherly feeling among those who are thus engaged. It is a well-known fact that there are at the present time many voluntary or incorporated societies which are made up exclusively of persons who are engaged in the same avocation. As a general rule, such associations have been formed for the purpose of promoting the social, moral, and intellectual welfare of the members of such associations and their families, as well as for advancing their interests in other ways and in other respects…. Many of these associations make a practice of assisting their sick and disabled members, and of extending substantial aid to the families of deceased members. Their work is at the same time of a beneficial and fraternal character because they aim to improve the condition of a class of persons who are engaged in a common pursuit, and to unite them by a stronger bond of sympathy and interest. In one case, the court found a common tie among members of an association based on their common ethnic background. It also found that members had a common goal to improve their social, moral, and intellectual welfare. See Hip Sing Ass’n, Inc. v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 1982-203. Likewise, persons who join together to promote a common interest, such as a particular method of fortune telling, can be said to have a common tie. See Rev. Rul. 77-258, 1977-2 C.B. 195. However, mere recitation of common ties in the governing instrument is not enough; there must be a common tie in fact among the members. Continued on next page IRC 501(c)(8) Fraternal Beneficiary Societies and IRC 501(c)(10) Domestic Fraternal Societies Page 3 of 26 Fraternal Purpose and Activities, Continued “Common Tie” While social activities often play a significant role in a fraternal society, the Requires More requirement of a common “calling, avocation, or profession,” or “pursuit of a Than Just common object” is not satisfied by the presence of social activities alone. Engaging in The court in Polish Army Veterans Post 147 v. Comm’r, 24 T.C. 891, rev’d Social Activities on other grounds, 236 F.2d 509 (3rd Cir. 1956) concluded that an organization had not established its exemption as a fraternal beneficiary society because members lacked a common tie: To qualify for the exemption an organization must be fraternal…. Here only the active members, comprising less than 10 per cent of the total membership of the Post, had a common tie. They, of course had the bond of having formerly served in the Polish Army. But approximately 90 per cent of the total membership of the Post were social members who were not ex-members of the Polish Armed Forces and who … had nothing in common with the active members or with each other. An organization cannot be classed as fraternal where the only common bond between the majority of the members is their membership in that organization. Fraternal Even if the members of an organization enjoy a common tie or goal, the Activities Must organization does not serve a fraternal purpose unless its members engage in Be Substantial fraternal activities. The court in Philadelphia and Reading Relief Ass’n v. Comm’r, 4 B.T.A. 713 (1926) cited “rituals, ceremonial, and regalia” as evidence of a fraternal purpose. Social activities are another common element of fraternal organizations. A lodge’s performance of civic, benevolent, or charitable functions may serve to establish a fraternal purpose in lieu of regular meetings and rituals. But an organization whose fraternal features are so insubstantial as to make it indistinguishable from an ordinary insurance company does not qualify under IRC 501(c)(8). See GCM 34607 (Sept. 13, 1971). Continued on next page IRC 501(c)(8) Fraternal Beneficiary Societies and IRC 501(c)(10) Domestic Fraternal Societies Page 4 of 26 Fraternal Purpose and Activities, Continued Fraternal A fraternal beneficiary society that is described in IRC 501(c)(8) by virtue of Activities and engaging in fraternal activities and providing for the payment of life, sick, or Benefits Must accident benefits to its members may not then engage in unlimited non- Be Primary fraternal activities or provide unlimited non-fraternal benefits and still maintain its exempt status. The non-fraternal activities and non-fraternal benefits of a fraternal beneficiary society will result in the organization’s loss of exempt status unless the organization remains primarily engaged in fraternal activities and its benefits are primarily fraternal benefits. See GCM 38312 (Mar. 20, 1980); compare Rev. Rul. 73-165, discussed below under “Provision of Benefits.” Such non-fraternal activities and benefits may be taxable as unrelated business. Political Political activity is not considered a fraternal activity. But engaging in Activity is Not political activity does not, in and of itself, give rise to revocation of Fraternal exemption. Therefore, a fraternal beneficiary society, so long as it is primarily engaged in fraternal activities and the provision of benefits to its members and their dependents within the meaning of IRC 501(c)(8), may engage in some political activities, including intervention in political campaigns on behalf of, or in opposition to, candidates for public office, without jeopardizing its exempt status. See GCM 34985 (Aug.
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