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C corporation

United States federal tax status of a corporation
Class type of: corporation Q5015128

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
type of legal entity in the United States, tax status[2]
Subclass of
corporation[5]
Applies to jurisdiction
United States[6]
Different from
S corporation[7]
Main regulatory text
stock corporation law, Internal Revenue Code[3][4]
🏷️ Also known as
en C corporation ja C法人 zh C型公司 zh 普通股份公司
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/08q2qf
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
c-corporations
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2780894974
Quora topic ID
C-Corporation

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Summary

C corporation is a type of legal entity in the United States[1].

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Applies to jurisdiction → United States
    Imported from → —
    Quora topic ID → C-Corporation
    Freebase ID → /m/08q2qf
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: tax status"
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