#### § 1.1271-0 Original issue discount; effective date; table of contents.

(a) *Effective date.* Except as otherwise provided, §§ 1.1271-1 through 1.1275-5 apply to debt instruments issued on or after April 4, 1994. Taxpayers, however, may rely on these sections (as contained in 26 CFR part 1 revised April 1, 1996) for debt instruments issued after December 21, 1992, and before April 4, 1994.

(b) *Table of contents.* This section lists captioned paragraphs contained in §§ 1.1271-1 through 1.1275-7.

## § 1.1271-1 Special rules applicable to amounts received on retirement, sale, or exchange of debt instruments.

(a) Intention to call before maturity.

(1) In general.

(2) Exceptions.

(b) Short-term obligations.

(1) In general.

(2) Method of making elections.

(3) Counting conventions.

## § 1.1272-1 Current inclusion of OID in income.

(a) Overview.

(1) In general.

(2) Debt instruments not subject to OID inclusion rules.

(b) Accrual of OID.

(1) Constant yield method.

(2) Exceptions.

(3) Modifications.

(4) Special rules for determining the OID allocable to an accrual period.

(c) Yield and maturity of certain debt instruments subject to contingencies.

(1) Applicability.

(2) Payment schedule that is significantly more likely than not to occur.

(3) Mandatory sinking fund provision.

(4) Consistency rule. [Reserved]

(5) Treatment of certain options.

(6) Subsequent adjustments.

(7) Effective date.

(d) Certain debt instruments that provide for a fixed yield.

(e) Convertible debt instruments.

(f) Special rules to determine whether a debt instrument is a short-term obligation.

(1) Counting of either the issue date or maturity date.

(2) Coordination with paragraph (c) of this section for certain sections of the Internal Revenue Code.

(g) Basis adjustment.

(h) Debt instruments denominated in a currency other than the U.S. dollar.

(i) [Reserved]

(j) Examples.

## § 1.1272-2 Treatment of debt instruments purchased at a premium.

(a) In general.

(b) Definitions and special rules.

(1) Purchase.

(2) Premium.

(3) Acquisition premium.

(4) Acquisition premium fraction.

(5) Election to accrue discount on a constant yield basis.

(6) Special rules for determining basis.

(c) Examples.

## § 1.1272-3 Election by a holder to treat all interest on a debt instrument as OID.

(a) Election.

(b) Scope of election.

(1) In general.

(2) Exceptions, limitations, and special rules.

(c) Mechanics of the constant yield method.

(1) In general.

(2) Special rules to determine adjusted basis.

(d) Time and manner of making the election.

(e) Revocation of election.

(f) Effective date.

## § 1.1273-1 Definition of OID.

(a) In general.

(b) Stated redemption price at maturity.

(c) Qualified stated interest.

(1) Definition.

(2) Debt instruments subject to contingencies.

(3) Variable rate debt instrument.

(4) Stated interest in excess of qualified stated interest.

(5) Short-term obligations.

(6) Business day convention.

(d) De minimis OID.

(1) In general.

(2) De minimis amount.

(3) Installment obligations.

(4) Special rule for interest holidays, teaser rates, and other interest shortfalls.

(5) Treatment of de minimis OID by holders.

(e) Definitions.

(1) Installment obligation.

(2) Self-amortizing installment obligation.

(3) Weighted average maturity.

(f) Examples.

## § 1.1273-2 Determination of issue price and issue date.

(a) Debt instruments issued for money.

(1) Issue price.

(2) Issue date.

(b) Publicly traded debt instruments issued for property.

(1) Issue price.

(2) Issue date.

(c) Debt instruments issued for publicly traded property.

(1) Issue price.

(2) Issue date.

(d) Other debt instruments.

(1) Issue price.

(2) Issue date.

(e) Special rule for certain sales to bond houses, brokers, or similar persons.

(f) Traded on an established market (publicly traded).

(1) In general.

(2) Sales price.

(3) Firm quote.

(4) Indicative quote.

(5) Presumption that price or quote is equal to fair market value.

(6) Exception for small debt issues.

(7) Anti-abuse rules.

(8) Convertible debt instruments.

(9) Issuer-holder consistency requirement.

(10) Effective/applicability dates.

(g) Treatment of certain cash payments incident to lending transactions.

(1) Applicability.

(2) Payments from borrower to lender.

(3) Payments from lender to borrower.

(4) Payments between lender and third party.

(5) Examples.

(h) Investment units.

(1) In general.

(2) Consistent allocation by holders and issuer.

(i) [Reserved]

(j) Convertible debt instruments.

(k) Below-market loans subject to section 7872(b).

(l) [Reserved]

(m) Treatment of amounts representing pre-issuance accrued interest.

(1) Applicability.

(2) Exclusion of pre-issuance accrued interest from issue price.

(3) Example.

## § 1.1274-1 Debt instruments to which section 1274 applies.

(a) In general.

(b) Exceptions.

(1) Debt instrument with adequate stated interest and no OID .

(2) Exceptions under sections 1274(c)(1)(B), 1274(c)(3), 1274A(c), and 1275(b)(1).

(3) Other exceptions to section 1274.

(c) Examples.

## § 1.1274-2 Issue price of debt instruments to which section 1274 applies.

(a) In general.

(b) Issue price.

(1) Debt instruments that provide for adequate stated interest; stated principal amount.

(2) Debt instruments that do not provide for adequate stated interest; imputed principal amount.

(3) Debt instruments issued in a potentially abusive situation; fair market value.

(c) Determination of whether a debt instrument provides for adequate stated interest.

(1) In general.

(2) Determination of present value.

(d) Treatment of certain options.

(e) Mandatory sinking funds.

(f) Treatment of variable rate debt instruments.

(1) Stated interest at a qualified floating rate.

(2) Stated interest at a single objective rate.

(g) Treatment of contingent payment debt instruments.

(h) Examples.

(i) [Reserved]

(j) Special rules for tax-exempt obligations.

(1) Certain variable rate debt instruments.

(2) Contingent payment debt instruments.

(3) Effective date.

## § 1.1274-3 Potentially abusive situations defined.

(a) In general.

(b) Operating rules.

(1) Debt instrument exchanged for nonrecourse financing.

(2) Nonrecourse debt with substantial down payment.

(3) Clearly excessive interest.

(4) Debt-for-debt exchange.

(c) Other situations to be specified by Commissioner.

(d) Consistency rule.

## § 1.1274-4 Test rate.

(a) Determination of test rate of interest.

(1) In general.

(2) Test rate for certain debt instruments.

(b) Applicable Federal rate.

(c) Special rules to determine the term of a debt instrument for purposes of determining the applicable Federal rate.

(1) Installment obligations.

(2) Certain variable rate debt instruments.

(3) Counting of either the issue date or the maturity date.

(4) Certain debt instruments that provide for principal payments uncertain as to time.

(d) Foreign currency loans.

(e) Examples.

## § 1.1274-5 Assumptions.

(a) In general.

(b) Modifications of debt instruments.

(1) In general.

(2) Election to treat buyer as modifying the debt instrument.

(c) Wraparound indebtedness.

(d) Consideration attributable to assumed debt.

## § 1.1274A-1 Special rules for certain transactions where stated principal amount does not exceed $2,800,000.

(a) In general.

(b) Rules for both qualified and cash method debt instruments.

(1) Sale-leaseback transactions.

(2) Debt instruments calling for contingent payments.

(3) Aggregation of transactions.

(4) Inflation adjustment of dollar amounts.

(c) Rules for cash method debt instruments.

(1) Time and manner of making cash method election.

(2) Successors of electing parties.

(3) Modified debt instrument.

(4) Debt incurred or continued to purchase or carry a cash method debt instrument.

## § 1.1275-1 Definitions.

(a) Applicability.

(b) Adjusted issue price.

(1) In general.

(2) Adjusted issue price for subsequent holders.

(c) OID.

(d) Debt instrument.

(e) Tax-exempt obligations.

(f) Issue.

(1) *Debt instruments issued on or after March 13, 2001.*

(2) *Debt instruments issued before March 13, 2001.*

(3) *Transition rule.*

(4) *Cross-references for reopening and aggregation rules.*

(g) Debt instruments issued by a natural person.

(h) Publicly offered debt instrument.

(i) [Reserved]

(j) Life annuity exception under section 1275(a)(1)(B)(i).

(k) Exception under section 1275(a)(1)(B)(ii) for annuities issued by an insurance company subject to tax under subchapter L of the Internal Revenue Code.

(1) Rule.

(2) Examples.

(3) Effective date.

(1) Purpose.

(2) General rule.

(3) Availability of a cash surrender option.

(4) Availability of a loan secured by the contract.

(5) Minimum payout provision.

(6) Maximum payout provision.

(7) Decreasing payout provision.

(8) Effective dates.

## § 1.1275-2 Special rules relating to debt instruments.

(a) Payment ordering rule.

(1) In general.

(2) Exceptions.

(b) Debt instruments distributed by corporations with respect to stock.

(1) Treatment of distribution.

(2) Issue date.

(c) Aggregation of debt instruments.

(1) General rule.

(2) Exception if separate issue price established.

(3) Special rule for debt instruments that provide for the issuance of additional debt instruments.

(4) Examples.

(d) *Special rules for Treasury securities.*

(1) *Issue price and issue date.*

(2) *Reopenings of Treasury securities.*

(e) Disclosure of certain information to holders.

(f) Treatment of pro rata prepayments.

(1) Treatment as retirement of separate debt instrument.

(2) Definition of pro rata prepayment.

(g) Anti-abuse rule.

(1) In general.

(2) Unreasonable result.

(3) Examples.

(4) Effective date.

(h) Remote and incidental contingencies.

(1) In general.

(2) Remote contingencies.

(3) Incidental contingencies.

(4) Aggregation rule.

(5) Consistency rule.

(6) Subsequent adjustments.

(7) Effective date.

(i) [Reserved]

(j) Treatment of certain modifications.

(k) *Reopenings.*

(1) *In general.*

(2) *Definitions.*

(3) *Qualified reopening.*

(4) *Issuer's treatment of a qualified reopening.*

(5) *Effective/applicability dates.*

(l) *OID rule for income item subject to section 451(b).*

(1) In general.

(2) Applicability dates.

(m) *Transition from certain interbank offered rates.*

(1) In general.

(2) Single qualified floating rate.

(3) Remote contingency.

(4) Change in circumstances.

(5) Applicability date.

## § 1.1275-3 OID information reporting requirements.

(a) In general.

(b) Information required to be set forth on face of debt instruments that are not publicly offered.

(1) In general.

(2) Time for legending.

(3) Legend must survive reissuance upon transfer.

(4) Exceptions.

(c) Information required to be reported to Secretary upon issuance of publicly offered debt instruments.

(1) In general.

(2) Time for filing information return.

(3) Exceptions.

(4) Subsequent registration.

(d) Application to foreign issuers and U.S. issuers of foreigntargeted debt instruments.

(e) Penalties.

(f) Effective date.

## § 1.1275-4 Contingent payment debt instruments.

(a) Applicability.

(1) In general.

(2) Exceptions.

(3) Insolvency and default.

(4) Convertible debt instruments.

(5) Remote and incidental contingencies.

(b) Noncontingent bond method.

(1) Applicability.

(2) In general.

(3) Description of method.

(4) Comparable yield and projected payment schedule.

(5) Qualified stated interest.

(6) Adjustments.

(7) Adjusted issue price, adjusted basis, and retirement.

(8) Character on sale, exchange, or retirement.

(9) Operating rules.

(c) Method for debt instruments not subject to the noncontingent bond method.

(1) Applicability.

(2) Separation into components.

(3) Treatment of noncontingent payments.

(4) Treatment of contingent payments.

(5) Basis different from adjusted issue price.

(6) Treatment of a holder on sale, exchange, or retirement.

(7) Examples.

(d) Rules for tax-exempt obligations.

(1) In general.

(2) Certain tax-exempt obligations with interest-based or revenue-based payments

(3) All other tax-exempt obligations.

(4) Basis different from adjusted issue price.

(e) Amounts treated as interest under this section.

(f) Effective date.

## § 1.1275-5 Variable rate debt instruments.

(a) Applicability.

(1) In general.

(2) Principal payments.

(3) Stated interest.

(4) Current value.

(5) No contingent principal payments.

(6) Special rule for debt instruments issued for nonpublicly traded property.

(b) Qualified floating rate.

(1) In general.

(2) Certain rates based on a qualified floating rate.

(3) Restrictions on the stated rate of interest.

(c) Objective rate.

(1) Definition.

(2) Other objective rates to be specified by Commissioner.

(3) Qualified inverse floating rate.

(4) Significant front-loading or back-loading of interest.

(5) Tax-exempt obligations.

(d) Examples.

(e) Qualified stated interest and OID with respect to a variable rate debt instrument.

(1) In general.

(2) Variable rate debt instrument that provides for annual payments of interest at a single variable rate.

(3) All other variable rate debt instruments except for those that provide for a fixed rate.

(4) Variable rate debt instrument that provides for a single fixed rate.

(f) Special rule for certain reset bonds.

## § 1.1275-6 Integration of qualifying debt instruments.

(a) In general.

(b) Definitions.

(1) Qualifying debt instrument.

(2) Section 1.1275-6 hedge.

(3) Financial instrument.

(4) Synthetic debt instrument.

(c) Integrated transaction.

(1) Integration by taxpayer.

(2) Integration by Commissioner.

(d) Special rules for legging into and legging out of an integrated transaction.

(1) Legging into.

(2) Legging out.

(e) Identification requirements.

(f) Taxation of integrated transactions.

(1) General rule.

(2) Issue date.

(3) Term.

(4) Issue price.

(5) Adjusted issue price.

(6) Qualified stated interest.

(7) Stated redemption price at maturity.

(8) Source of interest income and allocation of expense.

(9) Effectively connected income.

(10) Not a short-term obligation.

(11) Special rules in the event of integration by the Commissioner.

(12) Retention of separate transaction rules for certain purposes.

(13) Coordination with consolidated return rules.

(g) Predecessors and successors.

(h) Examples.

(i) [Reserved]

(j) Effective date.

## § 1.1275-7 Inflation-indexed debt instruments.

(a) Overview.

(b) Applicability.

(1) In general.

(2) Exceptions.

(c) Definitions.

(1) Inflation-indexed debt instrument.

(2) Reference index.

(3) Qualified inflation index.

(4) Inflation-adjusted principal amount.

(5) Minimum guarantee payment.

(d) Coupon bond method.

(1) In general.

(2) Applicability.

(3) Qualified stated interest.

(4) Inflation adjustments.

(5) Example.

(e) Discount bond method.

(1) In general.

(2) No qualified stated interest.

(3) OID.

(4) Example.

(f) Special rules.

(1) Deflation adjustments.

(2) Adjusted basis.

(3) Subsequent holders.

(4) Minimum guarantee.

(5) Temporary unavailability of a qualified inflation index.

(g) TIPS.

(1) Reopenings.

(2) TIPS issued with more than a de minimis amount of premium.

(h) Effective/applicability dates.

(1) In general.

(2) TIPS issued with more than a de minimis amount of premium.

[T.D. 8517, 59 FR 4808, Feb. 2, 1994, as amended by T.D. 8674, 61 FR 30139, June 14, 1996; T.D. 8709, 62 FR 617, Jan. 6, 1997; T.D. 8754, 63 FR 1057, Jan. 8, 1998; T.D. 8838, 64 FR 48547, Sept. 7, 1999; T.D. 8840, 64 FR 60343, Nov. 5, 1999; T.D. 8934, 66 FR 2815, Jan. 12, 2001; T.D. 8993, 67 FR 30548, May 7, 2002; T.D. 9599, 77 FR 56536, Sept. 13, 2012; T.D. 9609, 78 FR 668, Jan. 4, 2013; T.D. 9616, 78 FR 23126, Apr. 18, 2013; T.D. 9941, 86 FR 862, Jan. 6, 2021; 86 FR 1256, Jan. 8, 2021; T.D. 9941, 86 FR 2974, Jan. 14, 2021; T.D. 9961, 87 FR 182, Jan. 4, 2022]