Instrumentalities
Meaning
of Instrumentality
Source: Webster's dictionaryExamples
Just what instrumentalities of either a state or the federal government are exempt from taxation by the other cannot be stated in terms of universal application.
The United States has an interest in the Federal Reserve Banks as tax-exempt federally created instrumentalities whose profits belong to the federal government, but this interest is not proprietary.
Department of Defense Non-Appropriated Fund (NAF) Instrumentalities are equal opportunity employers.
With few exceptions, one level of government does not impose tax on another level of government or its instrumentalities.