### Question
How does Income Taxes define applicable excess reserves?


### Answer
Under *26 U.S.C. § 593*, **applicable excess reserves** is defined as:

> the excess (if any) of—


(i) the balance of the reserves described in subsection (c)(1) (other than the supplemental reserve) as of the close of the taxpayer's last taxable year beginning before January 1, 1996, over


(ii) the lesser of—


(I) the balance of such reserves as of the close of the taxpayer's last taxable year beginning before January 1, 1988, or


(II) the balance of the reserves described in subclause (I), reduced in the same manner as under section 585(b)(2)(B)(ii) on the basis of the taxable years described in clause (i) and this clause

#### Citation:
  - *26 U.S.C. § 593*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-Income Taxes > CHAPTER 1-NORMAL TAXES AND SURTAXES > Subchapter H-Banking Institutions > PART II-MUTUAL SAVINGS BANKS, ETC.**

