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56-4-305. Gross profits or income defined.
(a) Gross profits or income, as used in this part, means gross income from all sources, except as provided in subsection (b), including income on tax exempt securities, loans, dividends and interest on stocks, bonds or other investments, plus net rentals on real estate, less the net amount of tax paid by the investment company on its tangible assets wherever located; provided, that there shall not be included in gross profits or income any principal of loans, any premiums, service fees, or receipts from members, certificate holders or contract holders, other than interest on contract loans; and provided, further, that there shall not be included in gross profits or income interest earned but uncollected that is not more than ninety (90) days past due, and interest that is more than ninety (90) days past due shall likewise not be included in gross profits or income, unless the interest more than ninety (90) days past due has been capitalized.
(b) Nothing in this part shall be construed so as to include among the gross profits or income, exempt-interest dividends from a regulated investment company qualified under the Internal Revenue Code, subchapter M, chapter 1, subtitle A, compiled in 26 U.S.C. §§ 851-858; provided, that not less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the value of the investments of the regulated investment company shall be in bonds of the state, or any county or municipality or political subdivision thereof, including any agency, board, authority or commission of any of the above.
[Acts 1939, ch. 187, §§ 1, 3; 1943, ch. 127, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, §§ 1248.33, 1248.35 (Williams, §§ 1248.160, 1248.162); Acts 1977, ch. 347, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 67-4401, 67-4404, 67-4-1205.]