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Treasury Regulations · 26 CFR

§ 1.361-1. Nonrecognition of gain or loss to corporations.

In effect eCFR current as of October 15, 2026

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Regulation under 26 U.S.C. § 361

Cite as 26 CFR § 1.361-1

At a glance

Read from the text and its source citation. Not part of the regulation.

Status
In the current eCFR
Source
T.D. 6500, 25 FR 11402, Nov. 26, 1960; 25 FR 14021, Dec. 21, 1960; T.D. 9989, 89 FR 17606, Mar. 11, 2024, unless otherwise noted.
Issued under
26 U.S.C. § 361
Length
97 words · about 1 min to read

Section 361 provides the general rule that no gain or loss shall be recognized if a corporation, a party to a reorganization, exchanges property in pursuance of the plan of reorganization solely for stock or securities in another corporation, a party to the reorganization. This provision includes only stock and securities received in connection with a reorganization defined in section 368(a). It also includes nonvoting stock and securities in a corporation, a party to a reorganization, received in a transaction to which section 368(a)(1)(C) is applicable only by reason of section 368(a)(2)(B).

Cross-references

Computed from the citations in the text of 26 CFR.

Code sections it cites

Where it sits in 26 CFR

  1. Subchapter A Income tax
  2. Part 1 Income taxes
  3. Effects on corporation

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