26 CFR §1.475(g)-1
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- (a)-(b) [Reserved]
- (c)Section 1.475(a)-3 (concerning acquisition by a dealer of a security with a substituted basis) applies to securities acquired, originated, or entered into on or after January 4, 1995.
- (d)Section 1.475(a)-4 (concerning a safe harbor to use applicable financial statement values for purposes of section 475) applies to taxable years ending on or after June 12, 2007.
- (e)Except as provided elsewhere in this paragraph (d), § 1.475(b)-1 (concerning the scope of exemptions from the mark-to-market requirement) applies to taxable years ending on or after December 31, 1993.
- (1)Section 1.475(b)-1(b) applies as follows:
- (i)Section 1.475(b)-1(b)(1)(i) (concerning equity interests issued by a related person) applies beginning June 19, 1996. If, on June 18, 1996, a security is subject to mark-to-market accounting and, on June 19, 1996, § 1.475(b)-1(b)(1) begins to apply to the security solely because of the effective dates in this paragraph (d) (rather than because of a change in facts), then the rules of § 1.475(b)-1(b)(4)(i)(A) (concerning the prohibition against marking) apply, but § 1.475(b)-1(b)(4)(i)(B) (imposing a mark-to-market on the day before the onset of the prohibition) does not apply.
- (ii)Section 1.475(b)-1(b)(2) (concerning relevant relationships for purposes of determining whether equity interests in related persons are prohibited from being marked to market) applies beginning June 19, 1996.
- (iii)Section 1.475(b)-1(b)(3) (concerning certain actively traded securities) applies beginning June 19, 1996, to securities held on or after that date, except for securities described in § 1.475(b)-1(e)(1)(i) (concerning equity interests issued by controlled entities). If a security is described in § 1.475(b)-1(e)(1)(i), § 1.475(b)-1(b)(3) applies only on or after January 23, 1997 if the security is held on or after that date. If § 1.475(b)-1(b)(1) ceases to apply to a security by virtue of the operation of this paragraph (d)(1)(iii), the rules of § 1.475(b)-1(b)(4)(ii) apply to the cessation.
- (iv)Except to the extent provided in paragraph (d)(1) of this section, § 1.475(b)-1(b)(4) (concerning changes in status) applies beginning June 19, 1996.
- (2)Section 1.475(b)-1(c) (concerning securities deemed not held for investment by dealers in notional principal contracts and derivatives) applies to securities acquired on or after January 23, 1997.
- (3)Section 1.475(b)-1(d) (concerning the special rule for hedges of another member's risk) is effective for securities acquired, originated, or entered into on or after January 23, 1997.
- (1)Section 1.475(b)-1(b) applies as follows:
- (f)Section 1.475(b)-2 (concerning identification of securities that are exempt from mark-to-market treatment) applies as follows:
- (1)Section 1.475(b)-2(a) (concerning the general rules for identification of basis for exemption from mark to market treatment) applies to identifications made on or after July 1, 1997.
- (2)Section 1.475(b)-2(b) (concerning time for identifying a security with a substituted basis) applies to securities acquired, originated, or entered into on or after January 4, 1995.
- (3)Section 1.475(b)-2(c) (concerning identification in the context of integrated transactions under § 1.1275-6) applies on and after August 13, 1996 (the effective date of § 1.1275-6).
- (g)-(h) [Reserved]
- (i)Section 1.475(c)-1 applies as follows:
- (1)Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (h)(1), § 1.475(c)-1(a) (concerning the dealer-customer relationship) applies to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1995.
- (i)[Reserved]
- (ii)Section 1.475(c)-1(a)(2)(ii) (illustrating rules concerning the dealer-customer relationship) applies to taxable years beginning on or after June 20, 1996.
- (iii)
- (A)Section 1.475(c)-1(a)(3) applies to taxable years beginning on or after June 20, 1996, except for transactions between members of the same consolidated group.
- (B)For transactions between members of the same consolidated group, paragraph § 1.475(c)-1(a)(3) applies to taxable years beginning on or after December 24, 1996.
- (2)Section 1.475(c)-1(b) (concerning sellers of nonfinancial goods and services) applies to taxable years ending on or after December 31, 1993.
- (3)Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (h)(3), section 1.475(c)-1(c) (concerning taxpayers that purchase securities but engage in no more than negligible sales of the securities) applies to taxable years ending on or after December 31, 1993.
- (i)Section 1.475(c)-1(c)(3) (special rules for members of a consolidated group) is effective for taxable years beginning on or after December 24, 1996.
- (ii)A taxpayer may rely on the rules set out in § 1.475(c)-1T(b) (as contained in 26 CFR part 1 revised April 1, 1996) for taxable years beginning before January 23, 1997, provided the taxpayer applies that paragraph reasonably and consistently.
- (4)Section 1.475(c)-1(d) (concerning the issuance of life insurance products) applies to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1995.
- (1)Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (h)(1), § 1.475(c)-1(a) (concerning the dealer-customer relationship) applies to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1995.
- (j)Section 1.475(c)-2 (concerning the definition of security) applies to taxable years ending on or after December 31, 1993. By its terms, however, § 1.475(c)-2(a)(3) applies only to residual interests or to interests or arrangements that are acquired on or after January 4, 1995; and the integrated transactions that are referred to in §§ 1.475(c)-2(a)(2) and 1.475(c)-2(b) exist only after August 13, 1996 (the effective date of § 1.1275-6).
- (k)Section 1.475(d)-1 (concerning the character of gain or loss) applies to taxable years ending on or after December 31, 1993.