Treasury Regulations · 26 CFR
§ 1.1254-0. Table of contents for section 1254 recapture rules.
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Regulation under 26 U.S.C. § 1254
Cite as 26 CFR § 1.1254-0
At a glance
Read from the text and its source citation. Not part of the regulation.
- Status
- In the current eCFR
- Issued
- January 10, 1995 by T.D. 8586
- Last amended
- October 10, 1996 by T.D. 8684
- Issued under
- 26 U.S.C. § 1254
- Length
- 625 words · about 3 min to read
- Cross-references
- cites 7 Code sections and 6 regulations; cited by 0
This section lists the major captions contained in §§ 1.1254-1 through 1.1254-6.
(a) In general.
(b) Definitions.
(1) Section 1254 costs.
(2) Natural resource recapture property.
(3) Disposition.
(c) Disposition of a portion of natural resource recapture property.
(1) Disposition of a portion (other than an undivided interest) of natural resource recapture property.
(2) Disposition of an undivided interest.
(3) Alternative allocation rule.
(d) Installment method.
§ 1.1254-2 Exceptions and limitations.(a) Exception for gifts and section 1041 transfers.
(1) General rule.
(2) Part gift transactions.
(b) Exception for transfers at death.
(c) Limitation for certain tax-free transactions.
(1) General rule.
(2) Special rule for dispositions to certain tax exempt organizations.
(3) Transfers described.
(4) Special rules for section 332 transfers.
(d) Limitation for like kind exchanges and involuntary conversions.
(1) General rule.
(2) Disposition and acquisition of both natural resource recapture property and other property.
§ 1.1254-3 Section 1254 costs immediately after certain acquisitions.(a) Transactions in which basis is determined by reference to cost or fair market value of property transferred.
(1) Basis determined under section 1012.
(2) Basis determined under section 301(d), 334(a), or 358(a)(2).
(3) Basis determined solely under former section 334(b)(2) or former section 334(c).
(4) Basis determined by reason of the application of section 1014(a).
(b) Gifts and certain tax-free transactions.
(1) General rule.
(2) Transactions covered.
(c) Certain transfers at death.
(d) Property received in a like kind exchange or involuntary conversion.
(1) General rule.
(2) Allocation of section 1254 costs among multiple natural resource recapture property acquired.
(e) Property transferred in cases to which section 1071 or 1081(b) applies.
§ 1.1254-4 Special rules for S corporations and their shareholders.(a) In general.
(b) Determination of gain treated as ordinary income under section 1254 upon a disposition of natural resource recapture property by an S corporation.
(1) General rule.
(2) Examples.
(c) Character of gain recognized by a shareholder upon a sale or exchange of S corporation stock.
(1) General rule.
(2) Exceptions.
(3) Examples.
(d) Section 1254 costs of a shareholder.
(e) Section 1254 costs of an acquiring shareholder after certain acquisitions.
(1) Basis determined under section 1012.
(2) Basis determined under section 1014(a).
(3) Basis determined under section 1014(b)(9).
(4) Gifts and section 1041 transfers.
(f) Special rules for a corporation that was formerly an S corporation or formerly a C corporation.
(1) Section 1254 costs of an S corporation that was formerly a C corporation.
(2) Examples.
(3) Section 1254 costs of a C corporation that was formerly an S corporation.
(g) Determination of a shareholder's section 1254 costs upon certain stock transactions
(1) Issuance of stock.
(2) Natural resource recapture property acquired in exchange for stock.
(3) Treatment of nonvested stock.
(4) Exception.
(5) Aggregate of S corporation shareholders' section 1254 costs with respect to natural resource recapture property held by the S corporation
(6) Examples.
§ 1.1254-5 Special rules for partnerships and their partners.(a) In general.
(b) Determination of gain treated as ordinary income under section 1254 upon the disposition of natural resource recapture property by a partnership.
(1) General rule.
(2) Exception to partner level recapture in the case of abusive allocations.
(3) Examples.
(c) Section 1254 costs of a partner.
(1) General rule.
(2) Section 1254 costs of a transferee partner after certain acquisitions.
(d) Property distributed to a partner.
(1) In general.
(2) Aggregate of partners' section 1254 costs with respect to natural resource recapture property held by a partnership.
§ 1.1254-6 Effective date of regulations.[T.D. 8586, 60 FR 2501, Jan. 10, 1995, as amended by T.D. 8684, 61 FR 53063, Oct. 10, 1996]
Cross-references
Computed from the citations in the text of 26 CFR.
Code sections it cites
- § 1254 Gain from disposition of interest in oil, gas, geothermal, or other mineral properties
- § 1041 Transfers of property between spouses or incident to divorce
- § 332 Complete liquidations of subsidiaries
- § 301 Distributions of property
- § 334 Basis of property received in liquidations
- § 1014 Basis of property acquired from a decedent
- § 1071 Repealed
Regulations it cites
- § 1.1254-1 Treatment of gain from disposition of natural resource recapture property.
- § 1.1254-2 Exceptions and limitations.
- § 1.1254-3 Section 1254 costs immediately after certain acquisitions.
- § 1.1254-4 Special rules for S corporations and their shareholders.
- § 1.1254-5 Special rules for partnerships and their partners.
- § 1.1254-6 Effective/applicability date.
Amendment history
From the source citation at the end of the section, newest first. T.D. is a Treasury decision; FR is the Federal Register.
- Amended by T.D. 8684 (61 FR 53063)
- Issued by T.D. 8586 (60 FR 2501)
Where it sits in 26 CFR
- Subchapter A Income tax
- Part 1 Income taxes
- Special Rules for Determining Capital Gains and Losses
Nearby sections
- § 1.1251-3 Definitions relating to section 1251.
- § 1.1251-4 Exceptions and limitations.
- § 1.1252-1 General rule for treatment of gain from disposition of farm land.
- § 1.1252-2 Special rules.
- § 1.1254-0 Table of contents for section 1254 recapture rules.
- § 1.1254-1 Treatment of gain from disposition of natural resource recapture property.
- § 1.1254-2 Exceptions and limitations.
- § 1.1254-3 Section 1254 costs immediately after certain acquisitions.
- § 1.1254-4 Special rules for S corporations and their shareholders.