AGENCY:
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
ACTION:
Correcting amendment.
SUMMARY:
This document contains a correction to Treasury Decision 9888, which was published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, December 18, 2019. Treasury Decision 9888 contained final regulations providing guidance regarding the distribution by a distributing corporation of stock or securities of a controlled corporation without the recognition of income, gain, or loss.
DATES:
This correction is effective on March 17, 2020. For dates of applicability, see § 1.355-8(i).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
W. Reid Thompson, (202) 317-5024, or Richard K. Passales, (202) 317-5024 (not toll-free numbers).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The final regulations (TD 9888) that are the subject of this correction are issued under section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Need for Correction
As published December 18, 2019 (84 FR 69308), the final regulations (TD 9888; FR Doc. 2019-27110) contained an error that needs to be corrected.
List of Subjects in 26 CFR Part 1
- Income taxes
- Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Correction of Publication
Accordingly, 26 CFR part 1 is corrected by making the following correcting amendment:
PART 1—INCOME TAXES
Paragraph 1. The authority citation for part 1 continues to read in part as follows:
Par. 2. Section 1.355-8 is amended by revising the seventh sentence of paragraph (h)(8)(ii)(A) to read as follows:
(h) * * *
(8) * * *
(ii) * * *
(A) * * * The Reflection of Basis Requirement is satisfied because that C stock had a basis prior to the Distribution that was determined in whole or in part by reference to the basis of Separated Property (Asset 1 and Asset 2, respectively), and was neither distributed in a distribution to which section 355(e) applied nor transferred in a transaction in which the gain on that C stock was recognized in full during the Plan Period prior to the Distribution. * * *
Martin V. Franks,
Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Legal Processing Division, Associate Chief Counsel, (Procedure and Administration).
[FR Doc. 2020-05040 Filed 3-16-20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4830-01-P
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