### Question
How is the term parent corporation defined?


### Answer
The term **parent corporation** is defined in *26 U.S.C. § 424* as the following:

> any corporation (other than the employer corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the employer corporation if, at the time of the granting of the option, each of the corporations other than the employer corporation owns stock possessing 50 percent or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain

#### Citation:
  - *26 U.S.C. § 424*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-Income Taxes > CHAPTER 1-NORMAL TAXES AND SURTAXES > Subchapter D-Deferred Compensation, Etc. > PART II-CERTAIN STOCK OPTIONS**

