### Question
How is the "qualified refiner or processor" defined?


### Answer
The term **qualified refiner or processor** is defined in *26 U.S.C. § 1042* as follows -

> a domestic corporation—


(A) substantially all of the activities of which consist of the active conduct of the trade or business of refining or processing agricultural or horticultural products, and


(B) which, during the 1-year period ending on the date of the sale, purchases more than one-half of such products to be refined or processed from—


(i) farmers who make up the eligible farmers' cooperative which is purchasing stock in the corporation in a transaction to which this subsection is to apply, or


(ii) such cooperative

#### Citation:
  - *26 U.S.C. § 1042*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-Income Taxes > CHAPTER 1-NORMAL TAXES AND SURTAXES > Subchapter O-Gain or Loss on Disposition of Property > PART III-COMMON NONTAXABLE EXCHANGES**

