Treasury Regulations · 26 CFR
§ 1.1400Z2(a)-1. Deferring tax on capital gains by investing in opportunity zones.
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Cite as 26 CFR § 1.1400Z2(a)-1
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- Status
- In the current eCFR
- Issued
- January 13, 2020 by T.D. 9889
- Last amended
- April 6, 2020
- Length
- 13,870 words · about 60 min to read
- Defines
- 40 terms
- Cross-references
- cites 27 Code sections and 14 regulations; cited by 0
(A) Example 1. Regular-way trades of stock. Individual A sells stock at a gain in a regular-way trade on an exchange (that is, in a transaction in which a trade order is placed on the trade date, and settlement of the transaction, including payment and delivery of the stock, occurs a standardized number of days after the trade date). The 180-day period with respect to A's gain on the stock begins on the trade date.
(B) Example 2. Capital gain dividends received by a REIT shareholder. REIT and Shareholder are calendar year taxpayers. REIT distributes a dividend to Shareholder on March 1, Year 1. REIT designates the March 1 dividend as a capital gain dividend before 30 days after the close of Year 1. Shareholder's 180-day period with respect to that capital gain dividend begins on December 31, Year 1. However, Shareholder may choose to begin the 180-day period on March 1, Year 1. If so, an equity interest in a QOF received by Shareholder in exchange for an investment of an amount corresponding to that capital gain dividend may be a qualifying investment to the extent that Shareholder's aggregate elected deferrals of dividends from REIT for Year 1 do not exceed Shareholder's aggregate capital gain dividends from REIT for the taxable year.
(C) Example 3. Multiple capital gain dividends received by a RIC shareholder. RIC is a calendar year taxpayer. RIC distributes a dividend of $100 to Shareholder, a calendar year taxpayer, on March 1, Year 1 and distributes another dividend of $50 to Shareholder on June 1, Year 1. RIC reports both the March 1 and June 1 dividends as capital gain dividends on Shareholder's Form 1099-DIV for Year 1. Shareholder's 180-day period with respect to both capital gain dividends begins on December 31, Year 1. However, Shareholder may choose to begin the 180-day period for the $100 RIC capital gain dividend on March 1, Year 1, and may choose to begin the 180-day period for the $50 RIC capital gain dividend on June 1, Year 1. Thus, if Shareholder makes a single investment of $200 in a QOF in exchange for an eligible interest (as defined in paragraph (b)(12) of this section) on July 1, Year 1, absent any other eligible gain, Shareholder may treat $150 of the eligible interest as a qualifying investment in the QOF (that is, the amount that corresponds to the aggregate amount of the RIC capital gain dividends in Year 1) and $50 of the eligible interest as a non-qualifying investment therein.
(D) Example 4. Additional deferral of previously deferred gains—(1) Facts. Taxpayer A invested in a QOF and properly elected to defer realized gain. On March 15, 2025, A disposes of its entire investment in the QOF in a transaction that, under sections 1400Z-2(a)(1)(B) and (b), triggers an inclusion of gain in A's gross income. Section 1400Z-2(b) determines the date and amount of the gain included in A's income. That date is March 15, 2025, the date on which A disposed of its entire interest in the QOF. A wants to make a deferral election with respect to A's gain from the disposal of the QOF investment.
(2) Analysis. Under paragraph (b)(7)(i) of this section, the 180-day period for making another investment in a QOF begins on the day on which section 1400Z-2(b) requires the prior gain to be included. As prescribed by section 1400Z-2(b)(1)(A), that is March 15, 2025, the date of the inclusion-triggering disposition. Thus, in order to make a deferral election under section 1400Z-2, A must invest the amount of the inclusion in the original QOF or in another QOF during the 180-day period beginning on March 15, 2025, the date when A disposed of its entire investment in the QOF.
(F) Example 6. Property contributed has built-in gain and is subject to debt. The facts are the same as in paragraph (c)(6)(v)(E) of this section (Example 5), except that the property contributed by A has a gross value of $130 and is subject to debt of $30. Under paragraph (c)(6)(iii)(B)(1) of this section, the amount of A's qualifying investment is zero, the lesser of the property's $100 net value ($130 minus $30) or $0 net basis ($20 minus $30, but limited to zero). The entire contribution constitutes a non-qualifying investment.
[T.D. 9889, 85 FR 1954, Jan. 13, 2020; 85 FR 19083, Apr. 6, 2020]
Terms defined here
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- 180-day period § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(7)(i)
- 30-month substantial improvement period § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(1)
- 70-percent tangible property standard § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(2)
- 70-percent use test § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(3)
- 90-percent investment standard § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(4)
- 90-percent qualified opportunity zone business property holding period § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(6)
- 90-percent qualified opportunity zone property holding period § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(5)
- boot § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(8)
- consolidated group § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(9)
- deferral election § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(10)
- eligible gain § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(11)(viii)(A)
- inclusion event § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(14)
- mixed-funds investment § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(15)
- non-qualifying investment § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(16)
- property § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(17)(i)
- property § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(17)(ii)
- QOF § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(18)
- QOF C corporation § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(19)
- QOF corporation § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(20)
- QOF owner § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(23)
- QOF partner § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(24)
- QOF partnership § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(25)
- QOF REIT § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(22)
- QOF RIC § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(21)
- QOF S corporation § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(26)
- QOF shareholder § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(27)
- QOZ designation notice § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(28)
- qualified opportunity zone business § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(29)
- qualified opportunity zone business property § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(30)
- qualified opportunity zone partnership interest § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(31)
- qualified opportunity zone property § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(32)
- qualified opportunity zone stock § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(33)
- qualifying investment § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(34)
- qualifying QOF partnership interest § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(35)
- qualifying QOF stock § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(36)
- qualifying section 355 transaction § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(37)
- qualifying section 381 transaction § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(38)
- related persons § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(39)
- remaining deferred gain § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(40)
- section 1400Z-2 regulations § 1.1400Z2(a)-1(b)(41)
Cross-references
Computed from the citations in the text of 26 CFR.
Code sections it cites
- § 1400Z–2 Special rules for capital gains invested in opportunity zones
- § 852 Taxation of regulated investment companies and their shareholders
- § 354 Exchanges of stock and securities in certain reorganizations
- § 64 Ordinary income defined
- § 1231 Property used in the trade or business and involuntary conversions
- § 1245 Gain from dispositions of certain depreciable property
- § 1256 Section 1256 contracts marked to market
- § 1092 Straddles
- § 453 Installment method
- § 7701 Definitions
- § 1275 Other definitions and special rules
- § 752 Treatment of certain liabilities
- § 511 Imposition of tax on unrelated business income of charitable, etc., organizations
- § 1362 Election; revocation; termination
- § 355 Distribution of stock and securities of a controlled corporation
- § 381 Carryovers in certain corporate acquisitions
- § 1381 Organizations to which part applies
- § 368 Definitions relating to corporate reorganizations
- § 267 Losses, expenses, and interest with respect to transactions between related taxpayers
- § 1 Tax imposed
- § 1222 Other terms relating to capital gains and losses
- § 362 Basis to corporations
- § 707 Transactions between partner and partnership
- § 351 Transfer to corporation controlled by transferor
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Regulations it cites
- § 1.897-6T Nonrecognition exchanges applicable to corporations, their shareholders, and other taxpayers, and certain transfers of property in corporate reorganizations (temporary).
- § 1.1502-14Z Application of opportunity zone rules to members of a consolidated group.
- § 1.1502-1 Definitions.
- § 1.1092(b)-3T Mixed straddles; straddle-by-straddle identification under section 1092(b)(2)(A)(i)(I) (Temporary).
- § 1.1092(b)-6 Mixed straddles; accrued gain and loss associated with a position that becomes part of a section 1092(b)(2) identified mixed straddle that is established after August 18, 2014.
- § 1.1092(b)-4T Mixed straddles; mixed straddle account (temporary).
- § 601.602 Tax forms and instructions.
- § 1.1275-1 Definitions.
- § 1.337(d)-4 Taxable to tax-exempt.
- § 1.358-6 Stock basis in certain triangular reorganizations.
- § 1.1012-1 Basis of property.
- § 1.707-5 Disguised sales of property to partnership; special rules relating to liabilities.
- § 1.1001-1 Computation of gain or loss.
- § 1.752-3 Partner's share of nonrecourse liabilities.
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 (85 FR 19083)
- Issued by T.D. 9889 (85 FR 1954)
Where it sits in 26 CFR
- Subchapter A Income tax
- Part 1 Income taxes
- Rules Relating to Individuals' Title 11 Cases
Nearby sections
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- § 1.1400Z2-0 Table of Contents.
- § 1.1400Z2(a)-1 Deferring tax on capital gains by investing in opportunity zones.
- § 1.1400Z2(b)-1 Inclusion of gains that have been deferred under section 1400Z-2(a).
- § 1.1400Z2(c)-1 Investments held for at least 10 years.
- § 1.1400Z2(d)-1 Qualified opportunity funds and qualified opportunity zone businesses.
- § 1.1400Z2(d)-2 Qualified opportunity zone business property.