---
kind: "section"
citation: "26 U.S.C. § 1352"
title: "26"
title_heading: "Internal Revenue Code"
number: "1352"
heading: "Alternative tax on qualifying shipping activities"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/26/1352"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — Income Taxes"
  - "Chapter 1 — Normal Taxes and Surtaxes"
  - "Subchapter R — Election To Determine Corporate Tax on Certain International Shipping Activities Using Per Ton Rate"
---

# §1352. Alternative tax on qualifying shipping activities


In the case of an [electing corporation](/usc/26/1355.md?p=a-1), the tax imposed by [section 11](/usc/26/11.md) shall be the amount equal to the sum of—

- (1) the tax imposed by [section 11](/usc/26/11.md) determined after the application of this subchapter, and
- (2) a tax equal to—
  - (A) the highest rate of tax specified in [section 11](/usc/26/11.md), multiplied by
  - (B) the notional shipping income for the taxable year.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 108–357, title II, § 248(a), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1450.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section applicable to taxable years beginning after Oct. 22, 2004, see section 248(c) of Pub. L. 108–357, set out as an Effective Date of 2004 Amendments note under section 56 of this title.