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Interaction of Loss Disallowance Rules of §707 and Substantial Built in Loss Rules of §743(d) Discussed in Three IRS Private Letter Rulings

March 28, 2016 by Ed Zollars, CPA

In a series of private letter rulings (PLRs 201613001, 201613002 and 201613003) the IRS issued a ruling on how to handle a situation where both the related party loss rules of IRC §707(b)(1)(a) and the substantial built-in loss rules of §743(d) applied to a transaction.

The cases involved the sale of a partnership interest to a grantor trust by a partnership in a transaction that triggered a disallowed loss to the seller under the related party rules of IRC §707(b)(1)(a).

Existence of §754 Election Does Not Impact Whether Change in Treatment of an Item is an Accounting Method Change

May 23, 2015 by Ed Zollars, CPA

In Chief Counsel Advice 201521012 the IRS concluded that an adjustment of the treatment of an item will not cease to be required to be treated as a change in a method of accounting merely because the taxpayer was a partnership with an election under §754 in place that would have caused a change in the §743(b) adjustment had the new method of accounting been used in the past.