Income taxes: Installment obligations and contributed contracts Correction,

[Federal Register: August 8, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 151)]

[Rules and Regulations]

[Page 45530-45531]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

26 CFR Part 1

[TD 9193]

RIN 1545-BB65

Section 704(c) Installment Obligations and Contributed Contracts; Correction

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: This document adds the text that was inadvertently omitted from the Code of Federal Regulations. The text was originally published in TD 9193, which was published in the Federal Register on Friday, March 22, 2005 (70 FR 14394). The final regulations relate to the tax treatment of installment obligations and property acquired pursuant to a contract.

DATES: This correction is effective on March 22, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher L. Trump, (202) 622-3070 (not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

This document adds Sec. Sec. 1.704-3(a)(8)(ii) and (iii) and 1.737-2(d)(3)(ii) and (iii) to the Code of Federal Regulations. The final regulations that are the subject of this correction are under sections 704 and 737 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Need for Correction

As published, Sec. Sec. 1.704-3(a)(8)(ii) and (iii) and 1.737- 2(d)(3)(ii) and (iii) were omitted from the Code of Federal Regulations as published in TD 9193.

List of Subjects in 26 CFR Part 1

Income taxes, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

Correction of Publication

0 Accordingly, 26 CFR part 1 is corrected by making the following correcting amendments:

PART 1--INCOME TAXES

0 Paragraph 1. The authority citation for part 1 continues to read in part as follows:

Authority: 26 U.S.C. 7805 * * *

0 Par. 2. Section 1.704-3 is amended by adding paragraphs (a)(8)(ii) and (a)(8)(iii) to read as follows:

Sec. 1.704-3 Contributed property.

(a) * * *

(8) * * * (i) * * *

(ii) Disposition in an installment sale. If a partnership disposes of section 704(c) property in an installment sale as defined in section 453(b), the installment obligation received by the partnership is treated as the section 704(c) property with the same amount of built-in gain as the section 704(c) property disposed of by the partnership (with appropriate adjustments for any gain recognized on the installment sale). The allocation method for the installment obligation must be consistent with the allocation method chosen for the original property.

(iii) Contributed contracts. If a partner contributes to a partnership a contract that is section 704(c) property, and the partnership subsequently acquires property pursuant to the contract in a transaction in which less than all of the gain or loss is recognized, then the acquired property is treated as the section 704(c) property with the same amount of built-in gain or loss as the contract (with appropriate adjustments for any gain or loss recognized on the acquisition). For this purpose, the term contract includes, but is not limited to, options, forward contracts, and futures contracts. The allocation method for the acquired property must be consistent with the allocation method chosen for the contributed contract. * * * * *

0 Par. 3. Section 1.737-2 is amended by adding paragraphs (d)(3)(ii) and (d)(3)(iii) to read as follows:

Sec. 1.737-2 Exceptions and special rules.

(d) * * *

(3) * * * (i) * * *

(ii) Installment sales. An installment obligation received by the partnership in an installment sale (as defined in section 453(b)) of section 704(c) property is treated as the contributed property with regard to the contributing partner for purposes of section 737 to the extent that the installment obligation received is treated as section 704(c) property under Sec. 1.704-3(a)(8). See Sec. 1.704-4(d)(1) for a similar rule in the context of section 704(c)(1)(B).

(iii) Contributed contracts. Property acquired by a partnership pursuant to a contract that is section 704(c) property is treated as the contributed property with regard to the contributing partner for purposes of section 737 to the extent that the acquired property is treated as section 704(c) property under Sec. 1.704-3(a)(8). See Sec. 1.704-4(d)(1) for a similar rule in the context of section 704(c)(1)(B). * * * * *

Guy Traynor, Acting Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Legal Processing Division, Associate Chief Counsel (Procedure and Administration).

[FR Doc. 05-15533 Filed 8-5-05; 8:45 am]

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