[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 200 (Monday, October 18, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 64072-64105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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26 CFR Parts 1, 31, 301 et al.



Basis Reporting by Securities Brokers and Basis Determination for 
Stock; Final Rule

Federal Register / Vol. 75 , No. 200 / Monday, October 18, 2010 / 
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

26 CFR Parts 1, 31, 301, and 602

[TD 9504]
RIN 1545-BI66


Basis Reporting by Securities Brokers and Basis Determination for 
Stock

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

ACTION: Final regulations.

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SUMMARY: This document contains final regulations on broker reporting 
of sales of securities and on the basis of securities. These final 
regulations reflect amendments under the Energy Improvement and 
Extension Act of 2008 that require brokers to report a customer's 
adjusted basis in sold securities and classify gain or loss as long-
term or short-term, and that allow taxpayers to compute the basis of 
certain stock by averaging. The regulations affect brokers and 
custodians that make sales or transfer securities on behalf of 
customers, issuers of securities, and taxpayers that purchase or sell 
securities. The regulations also reflect amendments that provide 
brokers and others until February 15 to furnish certain information 
statements to customers.

DATES: Effective Date: These regulations are effective on October 18, 
2010.
    Applicability Date: For dates of applicability, see Sec. Sec.  
1.1012-1(c)(10), 1.1012-1(e)(12), 1.6045A-1(d), and 1.6045B-1(g).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Concerning the regulations under 
sections 408, 6039, 6042, 6044, 6045, 6045A, 6045B, 6049, 6051, 6721, 
and 6722, Stephen Schaeffer of the Office of Associate Chief Counsel 
(Procedure and Administration) at (202) 622-4910; concerning the 
regulations under section 1012, Edward C. Schwartz of the Office of 
Associate Chief Counsel (Income Tax and Accounting) at (202) 622-4960 
(not toll-free numbers).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Paperwork Reduction Act

    The collection of information contained in these final regulations 
related to the furnishing of information in connection with the 
transfer of securities has been reviewed and approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507(d)) under control number 1545-2186. The 
collection of information in these final regulations in Sec. Sec.  
1.6045-1(c)(3)(xi)(C) and 1.6045A-1 is required to comply with the 
provisions of section 403 of the Energy Improvement and Extension Act 
of 2008, Division B of Public Law 110-343 (122 Stat. 3765, 3854 
(2008)).
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid 
control number assigned by the Office of Management and Budget.
    Books or records relating to a collection of information must be 
retained as long as their contents may become material in the 
administration of any internal revenue law.

Background

    This document contains amendments to the Income Tax Regulations (26 
CFR part 1), the Regulations on Employment Tax and Collection of Income 
Tax at the Source (26 CFR part 31), and the Regulations on Procedure 
and Administration (26 CFR part 301).
    On December 17, 2009, the Treasury Department and the IRS published 
in the Federal Register (74 FR 67010) proposed regulations (REG-101896-
09) relating to information reporting by brokers, transferors, and 
issuers of securities under sections 6045, 6045A, and 6045B of the 
Internal Revenue Code (Code), and the computation of basis under 
section 1012. Written and electronic comments responding to the notice 
of proposed rulemaking were received, and a public hearing was held on 
February 17, 2010.
    After considering the comments, the proposed regulations are 
adopted as amended by this Treasury decision. The comments and 
revisions are discussed in the preamble.

Summary of Comments and Explanation of Revisions

1. Effective Date

    Commentators requested a delay in the effective date of the 
reporting requirements to allow adequate time to administratively 
implement the rules. The final regulations do not adopt this request as 
inconsistent with the statutorily mandated effective dates. However, in 
order to promote industry readiness to comply with the reporting 
requirements beginning in 2011, a separate notice is being issued with 
these final regulations to provide transitional relief from the 
transfer reporting requirements under section 6045A (discussed in more 
detail later in this preamble). See Notice 2010-67. The notice provides 
that the IRS will not assert penalties under section 6722 for a failure 
to furnish a transfer statement for any transfer of stock in 2011 that 
is not incidental to the stock's purchase or sale. Further, a receiving 
broker may treat this stock as a noncovered security. See Sec.  
601.601(d)(2). Additionally, the IRS will continue to work closely with 
stakeholders to ensure the smooth implementation of the provisions in 
these regulations, including the mitigation of penalties in the early 
stages of implementation for all but particularly egregious cases.

2. Basis Determination--Average Basis Method

a. Definition of Dividend Reinvestment Plan
i. Acquisition of Stock
    Consistent with section 1012(d)(4)(B), the proposed regulations 
provided that stock is acquired in connection with a dividend 
reinvestment plan (DRP) if the stock is acquired under the DRP or if 
the dividends paid on the stock are subject to the DRP. A commentator 
stated that DRP classification under the proposed regulations is highly 
factual and brokers will have difficulty determining if stock is in a 
DRP. The commentator recommended that the final regulations provide 
that a broker should be required to treat stock as DRP stock only if 
the broker receives documentation that a plan is a DRP and knows or has 
reason to know that the stock is subject to the plan. The final 
regulations do not adopt this recommendation as unduly restrictive.
ii. Dividend Reinvestment
    Section 1012(d)(4)(A) defines a dividend reinvestment plan as an 
arrangement under which dividends are reinvested in identical stock. 
The proposed regulations provided that a plan qualifies as a DRP if the 
written plan documents require that at least 10 percent of every 
dividend paid on any share of stock is reinvested in identical stock.
    Several commentators recommended eliminating the 10 percent rule 
because it will require many existing plans to amend their plan 
documents at considerable expense. The commentators suggested that a 
plan should qualify as a DRP if the plan documents merely allow the 
reinvestment of dividends.
    The final regulations do not adopt this comment, which is 
inconsistent with the legislative intent that basis averaging is 
appropriate when dividends actually are reinvested. If a stock pays 
dividends, a plan should be required to reinvest a minimum percentage 
of dividends to qualify as a DRP. Ten percent is a reasonable minimum 
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iii. Definition of Dividend
    The proposed regulations did not define the term dividend. 
Commentators recommended that the final regulations define dividend 
broadly to include any distribution on stock, including ordinary 
dividends, capital gains distributions, non-taxable returns of capital, 
and cash in lieu of fractional shares.
    The final regulations do not define dividend. They provide that 
only dividends within the meaning of section 316 are subject to the 10 
percent reinvestment requirement. The final regulations also clarify 
that a DRP may average the basis of stock acquired by reinvesting 
distributions that are not dividends under section 316.
b. Definition of Regulated Investment Company
    The proposed regulations did not address the definition of a 
regulated investment company (RIC). Under Sec.  1.1012-1(e)(5)(ii), a 
unit investment trust (UIT) is treated as a RIC for basis averaging 
purposes only if the UIT meets certain requirements. A commentator 
suggested that the regulations should delete this provision and allow 
all UITs that elect to be treated as RICs to use the average basis 
method.
    The proposed regulations did not address this issue. Therefore, the 
final regulations do not adopt this suggestion. The treatment of UITs 
as RICs for purposes of allowing basis averaging may be considered for 
future guidance.
c. Definition of Identical Stock
    The proposed regulations provided that stock is identical if it has 
the same Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures 
(CUSIP) number, except that stock in a DRP is not identical to stock 
not in a DRP. The proposed regulations also provided that stock 
acquired in connection with a DRP includes transfers of identical stock 
into a DRP. A commentator noted that, if stock in a DRP is not 
identical to stock not in a DRP, then a taxpayer could not transfer 
identical stock into a DRP.
    To address this comment, the final regulations delete from the 
definition of identical stock the rule that stock in a DRP is not 
identical to stock not in a DRP. Because this rule served to limit the 
average basis method to stock in a DRP, the final regulations provide 
that, for purposes of computing the average basis of identical stock, 
stock in a DRP is not identical to stock with the same CUSIP number 
that is not in a DRP.
d. Time and Manner of Making the Average Basis Method Election
i. Requirement for Affirmative Election
    A commentator requested clarification on whether a taxpayer is 
treated as electing the average basis method if the taxpayer fails to 
affirmatively elect a basis determination method and the average basis 
method is the broker's default method. In response to this comment, the 
final regulations clarify that a taxpayer's failure to notify a broker 
that the taxpayer elects a basis determination method is not an 
election of a method. Thus, a taxpayer that fails to affirmatively 
elect the average basis method has not made an election that the 
taxpayer may revoke. If the average basis method is the broker's 
default method, the taxpayer may change from that method prospectively.
ii. Scope of Average Basis Method Election
    The proposed regulations required a taxpayer to elect the average 
basis method separately for each account holding stock that is a 
covered security for which the method is permissible. A commentator 
suggested that the final regulations permit one average basis method 
election to encompass all eligible accounts with a custodian or agent, 
as well as future accounts with that custodian or agent. The final 
regulations adopt this comment. The final regulations also clarify that 
the average basis method election must identify each account and the 
stock in the account to which the election applies.
iii. Written Average Basis Method Election
    The proposed regulations provided that a taxpayer must notify a 
custodian or agent of the average basis method election in writing. A 
commentator stated that this requirement should be eliminated because 
it is difficult to implement and confusing to taxpayers who use the 
average basis method for RIC stock acquired before 2012. The 
commentator opined that the writing requirement will prevent brokers 
from using the average basis method as their default method.
    The final regulations do not adopt this comment. The writing 
requirement ensures that both taxpayers and brokers have a record of 
the fact and scope of the election. The requirement applies to a 
taxpayer's election to use average basis and does not prevent a broker 
from selecting average basis as a default method.
    Commentators requested that the final regulations clarify that a 
taxpayer may make a written average basis election electronically. The 
final regulations adopt this comment.
iv. Transition Rule From Double-Category Method
    The proposed regulations provided a transition rule effective on 
the publication date of the final regulations for stock for which a 
taxpayer uses the double-category method of determining average basis. 
A commentator requested that the final regulations delay the effective 
date of the transition rule to allow time for programming and 
accounting system changes. The final regulations adopt this comment and 
provide an April 1, 2011, effective date for the transition rule.
e. Change in Method of Accounting
    The proposed regulations stated that a change in basis 
determination method is a change in method of accounting requiring the 
consent of the Commissioner. A commentator opined that a change to or 
from the average basis method is not a change in method of accounting 
that requires the consent of the Commissioner. Another commentator 
requested that a change to or from the average basis method be allowed 
without the Commissioner's consent or that the process be simplified. 
The commentator suggested that the final regulations require taxpayers 
to notify their custodians or agents of the change.
    The final regulations provide rules governing the time and manner 
of electing or changing from the average basis method, determining the 
basis of stock following a change between the average basis method and 
a cost basis method, and identifying stock sold. The regulations permit 
taxpayers to elect or change from the average basis method at any time 
during a taxable year and to choose a method to identify stock sold on 
a sale-by-sale basis. These rules do not involve the elements of 
consistency and regularity inherent in methods of tax accounting, which 
generally apply on the basis of a taxable year. Therefore, the final 
regulations provide that a basis determination method for stock is not 
a method of accounting and a change in a method of determining basis 
for stock is not a change in method of accounting to which sections 446 
and 481 apply.
f. Account by Account Rules
    The proposed regulations provided that DRP or RIC stock acquired 
before January 1, 2012, is treated as held in a separate account from 
DRP or RIC stock acquired on or after that date. The proposed 
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covered and noncovered securities are treated as held in separate 
accounts.
    The purpose of the separate account rule is to ensure that covered 
securities and noncovered securities are treated as held in separate 
accounts. DRP and RIC stock acquired before January 1, 2012, are 
noncovered securities. Therefore, the two separate account rules are 
duplicative. The final regulations eliminate the separate account rule 
for DRP and RIC stock based on the date the stock is acquired and 
retain the separate account rule for covered and noncovered securities 
because this rule is more precise.
g. Single-Account Election
i. Identity of Account Ownership
    A commentator requested clarification on whether a single-account 
election may apply to an account owned by a taxpayer singly and an 
account a taxpayer owns jointly with another party. In response to this 
comment, the final regulations clarify that a single-account election 
applies only to accounts with the same ownership.
ii. Effect on the Single-Account Election of Revoking or Changing From 
the Average Basis Method
    The proposed regulations provided that a RIC, DRP, or broker may 
make an irrevocable election to treat as held in a single account 
identical RIC stock or DRP stock held or treated as held in separate 
accounts for which the taxpayer has elected to use the average basis 
method. The proposed regulations also allowed a taxpayer to revoke an 
average basis method election by the earlier of one year from the date 
of the election or the first disposition of the stock. The basis of 
stock to which a revocation applies is its basis before averaging. 
After the revocation period expires, a taxpayer may change from the 
average basis method to another method prospectively. The basis of 
stock to which a change applies is the basis immediately before the 
change.
    Commentators asked how a taxpayer's revocation of or change from 
the average basis method affects a single-account election. In response 
to this comment, the final regulations provide that a taxpayer's 
revocation of an average basis method election for a particular stock 
voids the single-account election for that stock. Thus, taxpayers and 
brokers must retain pre-election basis information for averaged shares 
for as long as the taxpayer may revoke the average basis method 
election. Stock that becomes a covered security only as a result of a 
single-account election no longer is a covered security after the 
single-account election is voided.
    After a taxpayer changes from, rather than revokes, the average 
basis method, the shares that were treated as held in a single account 
before the change continue to be covered securities and treated as held 
in a single account, and the basis of each share of stock remains the 
same as the basis immediately before the change.
iii. Accurate Basis Information Requirement
    Under the proposed regulations, a RIC, DRP, or broker may make a 
single-account election only for stock for which it has accurate basis 
information, which is information that the RIC, DRP, or broker neither 
knows nor has reason to know is inaccurate.
    Commentators suggested eliminating the accuracy requirement for the 
single-account election because it is subjective and increases 
uncertainty. A commentator noted that the accuracy requirement may 
deter RICs from making a single-account election because of uncertainty 
over whether basis determination practices in earlier years satisfy the 
standard. A commentator suggested permitting the use of any data that 
has been maintained to determine the basis of noncovered stock included 
in the single-account election. A commentator recommended that brokers 
be permitted to use taxpayer-provided information to determine the 
basis of noncovered stock in making the single-account election. A 
commentator requested penalty relief if a broker lacks actual knowledge 
that information is inaccurate.
    The final regulations retain the accuracy requirement and the 
``neither knows nor has reason to know'' standard as striking an 
appropriate balance between the need for accuracy and flexibility. The 
``neither knows nor has reason to know'' test is consistent with 
existing standards familiar to brokers for demonstrating reasonable 
cause for penalty relief under section 6724.

3. Other Basis Determination Issues

a. Use of Agent To Select Basis Determination Method
    Commentators suggested that the final regulations explicitly allow 
a taxpayer's agent, such as an asset manager, investment advisor, or 
introducing broker, to select a basis determination method for a 
taxpayer. The final regulations do not adopt this comment. However, a 
taxpayer may authorize an agent to select a basis determination method 
under general agency principles.
b. Cost Basis of Multiple Lots Purchased on One Day
    Commentators suggested that the final regulations allow brokers to 
average the basis of identical stock purchased or sold on the same day. 
In response to this comment, the final regulations provide that a 
taxpayer must determine the basis of identical stock by averaging the 
basis of each share if the stock is purchased at separate times on the 
same calendar day in executing a single trade order and the broker 
executing the trade provides a single confirmation that reports an 
aggregate total cost or an average cost per share. However, a taxpayer 
may determine the basis of the stock by the actual cost per share if 
the taxpayer notifies the broker in writing of this intent. The 
taxpayer must notify the broker by the earlier of the date of the sale 
of any of the stock for which the taxpayer received the confirmation or 
one year after the date of the confirmation. A broker may extend the 
one-year period but the taxpayer must notify the broker no later than 
the date of sale of any of the stock.
c. Identification of Securities Sold
i. Standing Orders
    The proposed regulations stated that a standing order for the 
specific identification of stock is treated as an adequate 
identification. A commentator suggested that the final regulations 
clarify that brokers are not required to accept standing orders. The 
proposed regulations allowed standing orders to serve as an adequate 
identification but did not require taxpayers or brokers to use or 
accept them. Therefore, the final regulations do not adopt this 
comment.
ii. Confirmation of Sales
    The proposed regulations retained the rule that brokers or other 
agents must supply written confirmation of a taxpayer's specific 
identification following a sale or transfer. A commentator stated that 
the final regulations should eliminate this requirement and opined that 
the Form 1099-B, ``Proceeds From Broker and Barter Exchange 
Transactions,'' provides a sufficient confirmation of the transaction. 
Alternatively, the commentator suggested eliminating the confirmation 
requirement if the stock was identified by standing order. Another 
commentator suggested that a periodic customer account statement should 
qualify as a written confirmation.
    The final regulations retain the requirement for written 
confirmation of all sales and transfers of specifically identified 
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safeguard that specific identification orders are properly executed. 
However, in response to these comments, the final regulations provide 
that account statements or other documents a broker or agent 
periodically provides to a taxpayer may serve as written confirmation 
if provided to the taxpayer within a reasonable time after the sale or 
transfer.
iii. Application of FIFO Rule Account by Account
    The proposed regulations provided that if a taxpayer sells or 
transfers stock and does not adequately identify the stock sold or 
transferred, the shares of stock deemed sold or transferred are the 
earliest acquired shares (FIFO rule). A commentator suggested that the 
final regulations clarify that the FIFO rule applies on an account by 
account basis.
    The account by account rule in section 1012(c)(1) relates to stock 
eligible for the average basis method. This rule overrides the earlier 
requirement that taxpayers must apply the average basis method across 
accounts and does not mandate similar treatment for cost basis stock. 
Incorporating an account by account requirement into the FIFO rule 
creates unnecessary complexity. Therefore, the final regulations do not 
adopt this comment.

4. Returns of Brokers

a. Form and Manner of Broker Reporting Requirements
    The proposed regulations provided that brokers must report on Form 
1099-B adjusted basis and whether any gain or loss is long-term or 
short-term for a covered security. A commentator suggested that the 
final regulations allow long-term and short-term sales to be reported 
on the same return to improve reconciliation between the broker's Form 
1099-B and the customer's Schedule D, ``Capital Gains and Losses.'' The 
final regulations do not adopt the suggestion. As noted by another 
commentator, brokers that use substitute statements may already 
segregate long-term sales from short-term sales on the same statement 
in the same manner as on Schedule D, which segregates long-term 
transactions from short-term transactions.
    Consistent with the rule for aggregating the cost basis of multiple 
lots purchased on one day (discussed earlier in this preamble), the 
final regulations provide that a broker must report the basis of 
purchased stock and the gross proceeds of sold stock by averaging the 
basis or proceeds of each share if the stock is purchased or sold at 
separate times on the same calendar day in executing a single trade 
order and the broker executing the trade provides a single confirmation 
to the taxpayer that reports an aggregate total price or an average 
price per share. However, the final regulations do not permit a broker 
to average the basis or proceeds of stock if the customer timely 
notifies the broker in writing of an intent to determine the basis or 
proceeds by the actual cost or proceeds per share. A notification of an 
intent to determine the basis by the actual cost per share is timely if 
made in accordance with Sec.  1.1012-1(c)(1)(ii). A notification of an 
intent to determine the proceeds by the actual proceeds per share is 
timely if the broker receives the notification by January 15 of the 
calendar year following the year of the sale. A broker may extend the 
January 15 deadline but not beyond the due date for filing Form 1099-B.
    The proposed regulations moved the modifier ``for cash'' in the 
definition of sale to clarify that Form 1099-B reporting is required 
under section 6045 for a sale only when and to the extent cash proceeds 
are paid to the seller. Commentators suggested further clarifying that 
this limitation applied to all disposition events listed in the 
definition. The final regulations adopt this request.
    Currently, sales of fractional shares of less than $20 are exempted 
from broker reporting. Commentators recommended expanding this 
exception to sales of fractional shares of less than $100. The final 
regulations do not adopt this request.
b. Identification of a Security as Stock
    Under section 6045(g)(3)(C), the reporting requirements before 2013 
apply only to stock. The proposed regulations provided that, for basis 
reporting purposes, any security an issuer classifies solely as stock 
is treated as stock. If an issuer has not classified the security, the 
security is not treated as stock unless the broker knows, or has reason 
to know, that the security reasonably is classified as stock under 
general tax principles.
    Commentators suggested that issuers should be required to classify 
securities and that a security should be classified as stock only if 
the issuer has classified it as stock. The final regulations do not 
adopt these suggestions. It is appropriate to require a broker to 
report basis if the broker knows the security is stock for Federal tax 
purposes even if the issuer has not classified the security.
    Commentators suggested that the IRS create and maintain a list of 
every security classified as stock. The final regulations do not adopt 
this comment.
    Commentators requested that brokers only treat securities as stock 
if they know that the security is reasonably classified as stock under 
general tax principles instead of when they have reason to know. The 
final regulations adopt this comment.
    Commentators requested guidance addressing when an issuer fails to 
classify a security and brokers disagree whether the security is stock 
for Federal tax purposes. The final regulations clarify that a broker 
is not bound by another broker's classification. As long as the issuer 
has not classified the security as stock, a broker is not required to 
treat a security as stock despite another broker's classification 
unless the broker knows that the security is stock for Federal tax 
purposes.
    The proposed regulations treated any share of stock in a 
corporation described in Sec.  301.7701-2(b) as stock for basis 
reporting purposes. Commentators asked whether interests in a real 
estate investment trust (REIT) or exchange-traded fund (ETF) are 
treated as stock under that definition. The final regulations clarify 
that any share of stock or any interest treated as stock in an entity 
organized as, or treated for Federal tax purposes as, a corporation 
(foreign or domestic) is stock for basis reporting purposes. Therefore, 
interests treated as stock in REITs and ETFs are treated as stock for 
basis reporting purposes if the issuers are taxable as corporations 
under the Code.
    Commentators also asked whether a depositary receipt representing 
shares of stock in a foreign corporation (an ADR) is treated as stock. 
The final regulations clarify that an ADR is stock for basis reporting 
purposes.
c. Covered Securities
    The proposed regulations defined covered security to include a 
specified security acquired through a sale transaction. Commentators 
asked whether stock acquired through a stock split, the exercise of 
rights distributed by an issuer, the grant of restricted stock by an 
employer, and other scenarios constituted acquisitions through sale 
transactions. In response to these comments, the final regulations 
eliminate the sale-transaction rule and define covered security to 
include a specified security acquired for cash. Therefore, stock 
acquired through the exercise of rights distributed by an issuer is a 
covered security while restricted stock granted by an employer is not a 
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is not. The final regulations also treat a security acquired due to a 
stock dividend, stock split, reorganization, redemption, stock 
conversion, recapitalization, corporate division, or other similar 
action as if it were acquired for cash and, therefore, as a covered 
security if the basis of the new security is determined from the basis 
of a covered security.
    The proposed regulations treated all stock acquired in 2011 as 
covered securities except RIC stock and DRP stock, which are not 
covered securities unless acquired in 2012 or later. Commentators 
suggested that stock acquired in 2011 no longer be a covered security 
if placed into a DRP. In response to this comment, the final 
regulations provide that stock acquired in 2011 no longer is a covered 
security if transferred to a DRP in 2011, but remains a covered 
security if transferred to a DRP after 2011.
    The final regulations also clarify that a security acquired by a 
foreign person that Sec.  1.6045-1(g)(1)(i) exempts from Form 1099-B 
reporting at the time of acquisition is not a covered security even if 
the customer later loses this exemption, unless the broker knows or 
should have known (including by reason of information that the broker 
is required to collect under section 1471 or 1472) that the customer is 
not a foreign person when the security is acquired.
    A commentator requested that a broker selling stock owned by a 
domestic partnership be exempted from basis reporting if the broker 
also prepared the customer's Form 1065, ``U.S. Return of Partnership 
Income,'' because the partnership return also reports the basis of 
securities sold by the partnership. The final regulations do not adopt 
this request. The commentator also requested that a broker selling 
stock owned by a foreign partnership be exempted from basis reporting 
when reporting the sale directly to U.S. partners under Sec.  1.6049-
5(d)(3)(ii) because any cost basis information reported by the broker 
would be erroneous. The final regulations adopt this request.
d. Foreign Intermediaries
    The proposed regulations included in the definition of broker non-
U.S. payors and non-U.S. middlemen to the extent provided in a 
withholding agreement described in Sec.  1.1441-1(e)(5)(iii) between a 
qualified intermediary and the IRS. Commentators requested that the 
regulations instead exempt all foreign qualified intermediaries from 
basis reporting. In response to these comments, the final regulations 
do not adopt the proposed changes to the definition of broker. Thus, a 
qualified intermediary that is not a U.S. payor or U.S. middleman as 
described in Sec.  1.6049-5(c)(5) will not be treated as a broker with 
respect to sales effected at an office outside the United States. The 
Treasury Department and the IRS also note that the recently enacted 
provisions of chapter 4 of Subtitle A of the Code will impose certain 
information reporting requirements on foreign financial institutions 
that enter into an agreement with the IRS under section 1471(b). The 
Treasury Department and the IRS intend to issue future guidance 
coordinating the reporting requirements under section 6045 with the 
reporting requirements under section 1471. In addition, section 1471 
allows a person who has entered into an agreement under section 1471(b) 
to elect to report certain information required under sections 6041, 
6042, 6045, and 6049. The Treasury Department and IRS anticipate that, 
if a foreign financial institution that has entered into an agreement 
under section 1471(b) makes such an election, the agreement would 
specify the extent of such person's reporting obligations with respect 
to information required to be reported under section 6045.
    Commentators requested that the regulations also exempt 
nonqualified intermediaries from basis reporting, even if the 
nonqualified intermediary is treated as a broker under Sec.  1.6045-1 
(for example, where the nonqualified intermediary effects the sale 
within the United States). The regulations do not adopt this request as 
contrary to the purposes of the statute.
e. Treatment of Foreign Securities
    Commentators requested that a security issued by a non-U.S. issuer 
be excluded from the definition of a covered security. The commentators 
questioned whether foreign issuers will comply with section 6045B and 
report the U.S. tax consequences of their corporate actions. The final 
regulations do not adopt this comment because section 6045 does not 
distinguish between U.S. and non-U.S. issuers of securities. The 
regulations permit but do not require a broker to adjust basis for 
unreported corporate actions.
f. Determination of Basis and Whether Gain or Loss on the Sale Is Long-
Term or Short-Term
    The proposed regulations required brokers to adjust the reported 
basis to reflect information received on a transfer statement or issuer 
return (discussed in more detail later in this preamble) but otherwise 
do not require brokers to consider transactions, elections, or events 
occurring outside the account. Commentators asked whether brokers must 
apply certain Code provisions in determining reported basis.
i. Regulated Investment Companies and Real Estate Investment Trusts
    Under sections 852(b)(4)(A) and 857(b)(8), a loss on the sale of 
RIC or REIT shares held 6 months or less is long-term to the extent of 
capital gain dividends (distributed and undistributed) on the shares. 
One commentator asked whether brokers are required to adjust the 
character of the loss for the effects of sections 852(b)(4)(A) or 
857(b)(8). Under section 852(b)(4)(B), if a shareholder in a RIC sells 
shares at a loss and held the shares for six months or less, the loss 
is disallowed to the extent the shareholder received a tax-exempt 
dividend. One commentator asked whether brokers are required to adjust 
the amount of the loss for the effects of section 852(b)(4)(B). The 
final regulations clarify that adjustments under sections 852(b)(4)(A), 
857(b)(8), and 852(b)(4)(B) are not required because the payment of 
tax-exempt dividends and the existence of capital gain dividends 
(distributed and undistributed) may or may not occur in the same 
account as the sale. Further, requiring adjustments would also 
necessitate requiring brokers to include information on transfer 
statements about whether and when these types of dividends have been 
received or reported.
    A commentator requested the IRS to exercise its authority under 
section 852(b)(4)(E) to shorten the holding period under section 
852(b)(4) to 31 days. This request is outside the scope of the current 
project and may be considered for future guidance.
    A commentator requested limiting the application of section 852(f), 
relating to load charges on the purchase of RIC stock, to reinvestments 
in securities with the same CUSIP consistent with proposed legislation 
that would limit section 852(f) to reinvestments by January 31st of the 
year following the disposition of the load-paying shares. The final 
regulations do not adopt this suggestion.
ii. Straddles and Hedging Transactions
    Several commentators asked whether brokers are required to adjust 
their determination of holding period for securities in a single 
account if the securities are part of a hedging transaction, as defined 
in Sec.  1.1221-2(b), or a straddle, as defined in section 1092. They 
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adjust the holding period or character of gain of a security when a 
customer has, in a single account, sold short some securities and holds 
or later acquires substantially identical securities. The fact patterns 
that fall under sections 1092 and 1233(b) and Sec.  1.1221-2(b) include 
situations when the CUSIPs of the positions may not be identical as 
well as situations when the CUSIPs of the positions are identical. 
Regardless, under the final regulations, brokers are not required to 
adjust the holding period or character of gain under sections 1092 and 
1233(b) and Sec.  1.1221-2(b).
iii. Events Occurring Outside the Account
    The proposed regulations required a broker to take into account in 
determining basis any corporate action reported by an issuer of the 
security. Commentators requested clarification on how to determine 
basis after a corporate action that results in different treatment for 
minority shareholders than for a majority shareholder. The final 
regulations permit a broker to treat all customers after a corporate 
action as minority shareholders of the corporation unless the broker 
knows that the customer is a majority shareholder and the issuer 
reports the action's effect on the basis of majority shareholders.
    The proposed regulations did not permit brokers to apply section 
1259 (regarding constructive sales) and section 475 (regarding the 
mark-to-market method of accounting) when reporting adjusted basis and 
whether any gain or loss on the sale of a security is long-term or 
short-term. A commentator requested that reporting adjustments be 
permitted under these sections even if not required. The final 
regulations adopt this request. Another commentator asked whether 
brokers must apply section 1296 (regarding mark-to-market accounting 
for marketable stock in a passive foreign investment company). The 
final regulations provide that these adjustments are not required. A 
broker should inform customers of any non-required adjustments so that 
customers will not duplicate these adjustments.
iv. Basis Determination Method
    The proposed regulations required brokers to report basis using the 
basis determination method a customer elects. Commentators requested 
that brokers be permitted to offer limited basis reporting methods even 
if this practice would force a customer that wanted a different method 
to move his or her account to a broker that offered reporting under 
that method. The final regulations do not adopt this request because 
section 1012 permits customers to report basis by a different 
permissible method than the default method selected by the broker and 
section 6045 requires brokers to follow instructions from customers 
regarding this selection.
v. Long-Term or Short-Term Gain or Loss
    Section 1222 defines long-term or short-term gain or loss by 
reference to whether a taxpayer has held a capital asset for more than 
one year. A commentator noted that accounting standards may define a 
year in different ways and requested that the final regulations adopt a 
uniform definition of a year for reporting purposes, such as 360 or 365 
days. The final regulations do not adopt this comment. The rules for 
determining whether a taxpayer has held an asset for more than one year 
are well established. No good justification exists for adopting a 
different rule solely for broker reporting purposes.
vi. Commissions and Options Proceeds
    The proposed regulations required brokers to adjust basis for 
commissions and transfer taxes incurred from a purchase and, if not 
subtracted from gross proceeds, commissions charged for a sale and 
transfer taxes incurred on a sale. Commentators requested that the 
final regulations expand the definition of gross proceeds to explicitly 
permit adjustments for transfer taxes incurred on sale. The final 
regulations incorporate this suggestion.
    The proposed regulations did not alter the current rule under which 
some brokers report proceeds reduced by sales commissions and inform 
customers of this fact through a flag in Box 2 on Form 1099-B. Instead, 
in requiring brokers to account for sales commissions, the proposed 
regulations permitted brokers to either reduce the reported proceeds or 
increase the reported basis by the amount of the sales commissions. 
Commentators requested that all brokers be required to reduce the 
reported proceeds for commissions and transfer taxes from the sale. 
This suggestion is not adopted but may be considered in future 
guidance.
    Commentators requested that brokers be permitted to adjust basis 
for option premiums when an option is exercised in purchasing or 
selling a security even though this reporting is not mandatory until 
2013. The proposed regulations permitted this treatment, which is also 
permitted under the final regulations.
vii. Employee Compensation-Related Issues
    Section 6045(h) requires certain basis reporting adjustments to 
account for income recognized on options granted or acquired beginning 
in 2013. Because the option reporting requirements do not take effect 
until 2013, the proposed regulations provided that, for stock acquired 
in 2011 and 2012 in connection with employee stock purchase plans and 
incentive stock options, brokers did not need to adjust basis to 
account for the income recognized by the purchaser. Commentators 
suggested that this stock be excluded from basis reporting until 2013 
because purchasers may improperly rely on the reported basis. The final 
regulations do not adopt this suggestion. Purchasers will be assisted 
by IRS forms and publications, including Form 3921, ``Exercise of an 
Incentive Stock Option Under Section 422(b)'' (in development), and 
Form 3922, ``Transfer of Stock Acquired Through an Employee Stock 
Purchase Plan Under Section 423(c)'' (in development), in determining 
basis for stock acquired in 2011 and 2012.
    Commentators also requested that the final regulations not require 
basis reporting for stock acquired through an employee stock purchase 
plan because Form 3922 will report the exercise price per share and the 
fair market value of the stock on both the grant date and the exercise 
date. The final regulations do not adopt this comment because Form 3922 
must be filed when a purchaser first transfers legal title to the 
stock, not necessarily when the purchaser sells the stock, and these 
events may occur many years apart. Further, Form 3922 will not identify 
which shares are sold and will not reflect stock splits or other 
corporate actions between the date of reporting on Form 3922 and the 
date of sale.
viii. Payments in a Foreign Currency
    The proposed regulations provided that brokers receiving payments 
made in foreign currency should report the amounts paid by converting 
each payment to a U.S. dollar amount using a spot rate or spot rate 
convention determined at the time the broker receives the payment. 
Commentators expressed the concern that determining the spot rate on 
the payment receipt date treats all sales as if the customer had 
elected under section 988 to incorporate the amount of gain or loss on 
the currency into the gain or loss on the sale of the security. 
However, the section 988(d) election is only relevant in the context of 
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rules provide that investors must always compute gain or loss by 
determining adjusted basis using the spot rate as of the payment 
receipt date. See Rev. Rul. 54-105 (1954-1 CB 12). Even in the hedging 
context, investors must compute gain or loss under these same rules 
unless they make the election under section 988. The final regulations 
therefore adopt the proposed rule. See Sec.  601.601(d)(2).
    Commentators asked whether the payment receipt date is the date the 
broker receives payment from the customer or the settlement date of the 
purchase. The final regulations continue to treat the payment receipt 
date as the date the broker receives payment but clarify that, for 
securities traded on an established securities market, the payment 
receipt date is the settlement date of the purchase. See Sec.  1.988-
2(a)(2)(iv). The final regulations also clarify that the same foreign 
currency reporting rules apply to transfer statements.
g. Customer Identification of Securities
    The proposed regulations required brokers to report the sales of 
securities on a first-in, first-out basis within an account unless the 
customer notified the broker by means of making an adequate and timely 
identification of the securities to be sold. Commentators asked that, 
for reporting purposes, brokers be permitted to rely on customers' 
standing orders or instructions for the sale or transfer of shares of 
stock. The proposed rule by cross reference to Sec.  1.1012-1(c) 
already permitted standing orders to serve as an adequate 
identification for both sales and transfers of stock. Therefore, the 
final regulations adopt the proposed rule.
    Commentators asked how to apply the first-in, first-out reporting 
rule when the broker does not know the acquisition date of some shares 
of the security within the account. The final regulations clarify that 
brokers must report the sale of any shares or units of a security in 
the account with unknown acquisition dates first. Customers are 
expected to report basis consistently with broker reporting.
h. Reporting of Wash Sales
    Section 6045(g)(2)(B)(ii) requires that, except as otherwise 
provided by the Secretary, a broker must apply the wash sale rules of 
section 1091 when reporting the adjusted basis of a covered security if 
the purchase and sale transactions resulting in a wash sale occur in 
the same account and are for identical securities (rather than 
substantially identical securities). A commentator objected to limiting 
broker reporting of wash sales to instances in which the purchase and 
sale transactions occur in the same account and are for identical 
securities. The final regulations retain these two statutory 
limitations but do not prohibit brokers from reporting wash sales 
across accounts or for substantially identical securities.
    A commentator asked whether brokers must report wash sales when the 
purchase and sale transactions are initiated in different accounts but 
the purchased shares are later transferred into the account of the sold 
shares. The final regulations clarify that brokers need not report wash 
sales in these circumstances because the purchase and sale transactions 
do not occur in the same account.
    Another commentator asked whether brokers must report wash sales 
when the purchase and sale transactions occur in the same account but 
the purchased security is transferred out of the account prior to the 
wash sale. The commentator opposed applying the wash sale reporting 
rules in this scenario because the rules would require a broker to 
adjust basis for a security no longer in the broker's custody. The 
final regulations clarify that brokers do not need to report a wash 
sale if the purchased security is transferred to another account before 
the wash sale.
    Commentators asked whether brokers must report wash sales when 
stock is treated as held in a separate account under the basis method 
determination rules of Sec.  1.1012-1. The final regulations clarify 
that the account limitation for wash sale reporting applies to stock 
treated as held in separate accounts. Thus, a broker is not required to 
report a wash sale involving a covered security and a noncovered 
security unless a single-account election is in effect. Similarly, a 
broker is not required to report a wash sale involving stock in a DRP 
and identical stock that is not in a DRP.
    Commentators requested exclusions from broker reporting of wash 
sales for de minimis amounts, sales of fractional shares, automatic 
dividend reinvestments, or compensation-related acquisitions. The final 
regulations do not adopt these proposals because, as other commentators 
noted, the substantive wash sale rules under section 1091 do not 
exclude these items. Creating additional exclusions solely for broker 
reporting purposes would introduce further discrepancies between broker 
reporting and customer reporting of wash sales.
    Commentators requested an exclusion from broker reporting of wash 
sales for customers that have made valid and timely mark-to-market 
accounting method elections under section 475 or, in the alternative, 
for customers that execute 10,000 trades in a single year. Other 
commentators stated that excluding these customers may be more 
burdensome than reporting wash sales for these accounts. The final 
regulations permit brokers to exclude from wash sales reporting a 
customer that has informed the broker in writing that the customer has 
made an election under section 475(f)(1). The exclusion only applies to 
the accounts identified by the customer as solely containing securities 
subject to the election. The final regulations also clarify that a 
taxpayer that is not a trader in securities within the meaning of 
section 475(f)(1) does not become a trader in securities, or create an 
inference that it is a trader in securities, by notifying a broker that 
it has made a valid and timely election under section 475(f)(1).
    Commentators asked that Form 1099-B and the transfer statement 
indicate whether the holding period of a security has been adjusted to 
reflect a wash sale. The final regulations do not adopt this 
suggestion. The rules require the holding period reported on Form 1099-
B and transfer statements to reflect any wash sale adjustments.
    Commentators asked how the holding period rules such as section 
1223(3) apply to wash sales. One commentator asked about the proper 
treatment of a wash sale when the sale and purchase transactions occur 
over a period of time and a corporate event occurs during that period 
that causes one pre-event share to not be economically equivalent to 
one post-event share. These and other comments requesting guidance on 
how the wash sale reporting rule applies to various types of activity 
within an account relate to the substantive rules under section 1091 
and are outside the scope of these regulations.
i. Reporting of Short Sales
    Beginning in 2011, section 6045(g)(5) requires gross proceeds and 
basis reporting for short sales for the year in which the short sale is 
closed rather than, as under the present law rule for gross proceeds 
reporting, the year in which the short sale is opened. The proposed 
regulations included a transition rule requiring brokers to report all 
short sales opened on or after January 1, 2010, for the year in which 
the short sale is closed. Commentators asked that this transition rule 
be modified to permit 2010 reporting of all short sales opened in 2010 
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2010. The final regulations adopt this request.
    Commentators requested that, for short sales opened before 2011 and 
closed in 2011 or later years, the regulations permit brokers to report 
the short sale for both the year the short sale is opened and the year 
the short sale is closed. The final regulations do not adopt this 
suggestion because no penalty is imposed for filing a nonrequired 
return.
    Reportable payments on securities sales under section 6045 are 
subject to backup withholding as provided in section 3406(b)(3)(C). 
When backup withholding applies to a short sale, current regulations at 
Sec.  31.3406(b)(3)-2(b)(4) require backup withholding when the short 
sale is opened but permit a broker to delay withholding until the short 
sale is closed if, at the time the short sale is opened, the broker 
expects that the amount of gain realized upon the closing of the short 
sale will be determinable from the broker's records. The proposed 
regulations required backup withholding only when the short sale was 
closed and the short sale became subject to reporting under section 
6045(g)(5). Commentators asked that backup withholding on short sales 
continue to be permitted when the short sale is opened because the 
broker has cash proceeds from the sale on which to withhold. The final 
regulations adopt this comment and leave in place the current rule 
permitting a broker to perform backup withholding when the short sale 
is opened or closed. The proposed amendment to Sec.  31.3406(b)(3)-
2(b)(4) is therefore not adopted.
    As a result of retaining the current backup withholding rule, a 
broker may perform backup withholding in a year before the short sale 
is closed. Current regulations at Sec.  31.6051-4 require the broker to 
report the withholding on a Form 1099-B for the year of the withholding 
in addition to reporting the sale for the year the short sale is 
closed. The final regulations amend Sec.  31.6051-4 to permit the IRS 
to determine whether to require gross proceeds to be reported only when 
the short sale is closed.
j. Reporting of Sales by S Corporations
    Currently, no broker reporting on Form 1099-B is required for 
customers that are corporations, including S corporations. Section 
6045(g)(4) requires brokers to begin Form 1099-B reporting for S 
corporations (other than a financial institution) for sales of covered 
securities acquired on or after January 1, 2012. The proposed 
regulations accordingly removed corporations for which an election 
under section 1362(a) is in effect from the list of exempt Form 1099-B 
recipients for sales of covered securities acquired beginning in 2012. 
Commentators requested that the regulations instead refer to the 
definition of S corporation at section 1361(a). The final regulations 
adopt this comment for all references to an S corporation.
    Also, for sales of covered securities acquired beginning in 2012, 
the proposed regulations eliminated the so-called ``eyeball test'' 
allowing brokers to rely solely on the name of the customer to 
determine whether the customer is a corporation exempt from reporting. 
The proposed regulations retained the actual knowledge rule so that a 
broker does not need to obtain an exemption certificate for a customer 
that the broker knows is exempt. Commentators asked that the final 
regulations retain the eyeball test because brokers otherwise may be 
required to seek a certification from all corporate customers. The 
regulations do not adopt this comment because brokers generally cannot 
determine from a customer's name alone whether the customer is taxed as 
an S corporation or C corporation. The final regulations retain a 
limited eyeball test for insurance companies and foreign corporations, 
however, because insurance companies and foreign corporations are 
ineligible to be S corporations.
    Commentators requested that the final regulations retain current 
rules that allow brokers to determine that a customer is a foreign 
corporation by relying upon the name of the customer or upon a 
certification on a Form W-8 such as Form W-8BEN, ``Certificate of 
Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding.'' 
These current rules were not retained in the proposed regulations. The 
final regulations adopt the suggestion to retain these current rules.
    A commentator requested that brokers be permitted to rely on Form 
8832, ``Entity Classification Election,'' to determine that a customer 
is a C corporation if the customer has elected on Form 8832 to be 
classified as an association taxable as a corporation. According to the 
commentator, reliance on Form 8832 is appropriate because the form's 
instructions provide that an entity that is separately filing an 
election to be classified as an S corporation need not file Form 8832. 
The final regulations do not adopt the suggestion because an S 
corporation may still file Form 8832 or may have filed Form 8832 before 
electing to be classified as an S corporation.
    Commentators requested that accounts opened by S corporations 
before 2012 be excepted from reporting. The regulations do not adopt 
this request as contrary to the statute.
k. Reporting to Trust Interest Holders in a WHFIT
    The proposed regulations provided that, with respect to a widely 
held fixed investment trust (WHFIT), the requirements of section 
6045(g), to the extent applicable, are met by compliance with the WHFIT 
reporting rules in Sec.  1.671-5. One commentator noted that Sec.  
1.671-5(d)(2)(ii)(H) requires that a trustee or middleman filing a Form 
1099 for an interest in a WHFIT provide, in addition to the items 
listed in Sec.  1.671-5(d)(2)(ii), any other information required by 
the Form 1099. The commentator noted that this requirement could create 
confusion for reporting basis information to the extent the Form 1099-B 
is modified to require basis information. In response, the final 
regulations continue to provide that the requirements of section 
6045(g) are met by compliance with the WHFIT rules. The IRS intends to 
address the commentator's concern in the instructions to the Form 1099-
B.
l. Due Date for Payee Statements Furnished in a Consolidated Reporting 
Statement
    Section 6045(b) extended the due date to furnish payee statements 
to customers from January 31 to February 15, effective for statements 
required to be furnished after December 31, 2008. Section 6045(b) also 
provides that this February 15 due date applies to any other statement 
required to be furnished on or before January 31 of the same year if 
furnished in a consolidated reporting statement with a statement 
required under section 6045.
    The proposed regulations defined consolidated reporting statement 
as a grouping of statements that includes a required section 6045 
statement and is furnished to the same customer or group of customers 
on the same date. The proposed regulations also permitted a broker to 
treat any customer as receiving a required section 6045 statement if 
the customer had an account for which section 6045 would require a 
statement if a sale occurred during the year. In response to a request 
from a commentator, the final regulations clarify that a customer may 
be treated as receiving a required section 6045 statement under this 
rule even if the customer's account holds only cash or shares of money 
market funds.
    Commentators requested that the definition of consolidated 
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statement include all statements a broker sends to a customer, whether 
or not the broker includes a required section 6045 statement to that 
customer, if the broker includes a required section 6045 statement to 
one of its customers. Other commentators supported the rule in the 
proposed regulations requiring brokers to continue to furnish in 
January pension statements and other statements to customers that hold 
only nontaxable accounts. The final regulations do not adopt the 
suggestion to broaden the definition of consolidated reporting 
statement. The suggested definition is inconsistent with statutory 
intent to limit the extended due date to statements that are or can be 
provided with other required section 6045 reporting.
    A commentator also requested that the rules for consolidated 
reporting by brokers refer to ``reporting entities'' instead of 
``brokers'' because custodians for individual retirement accounts 
(IRAs) may not stand ready to effect sales to be made by others and, 
therefore, may not be considered brokers under section 6045. The final 
regulations do not adopt this comment because an entity that is not 
considered a broker under section 6045 may not furnish a consolidated 
reporting statement.

5. Reporting Required in Connection With Transfers of Securities

a. Scope of Transfer Reporting
    The proposed regulations identified brokers, persons acting as 
custodians of securities in the ordinary course of a trade or business, 
issuers of securities, and their agents as applicable persons required 
to furnish a transfer statement. Commentators asked whether agents of 
an issuer such as a transfer agent or administrator of an employee 
stock purchase plan are applicable persons. The final regulations 
clarify that agents of an issuer are applicable persons required to 
furnish transfer statements and provide additional examples to 
illustrate these agency arrangements.
    A commentator requested that stock transfer agents that do not file 
Form 1099-B be excluded from transfer reporting. The final regulations 
do not adopt this comment as inconsistent with the statutory purpose of 
transfer reporting. A broker selling a transferred security is only 
able to report basis if informed of the basis. The regulations properly 
place the duty to furnish the transfer statement to the selling broker 
on the person transferring custody of the security.
    Commentators requested an exclusion for transfers excepted from all 
section 6045 reporting (including gross proceeds reporting) at the time 
of the transfer. The final regulations adopt this suggestion. 
Commentators also requested exclusions for transfers to or from a 
nontaxable account. Sales of securities in nontaxable accounts are 
always excepted from all reporting under section 6045. The final 
regulations accordingly provide an exclusion for transfers to trustees 
and custodians of individual retirement plans. However, the exclusion 
does not apply to transfers from these accounts to a customer subject 
to reporting under section 6045(a).
    Commentators requested that transfer statements for securities 
distributed from a nontaxable account to an owner or an heir report the 
new owner's basis as the fair market value of the security as of the 
date of distribution or date of death, whichever applies. The final 
regulations do not adopt this comment because securities held in 
individual retirement plans generally are treated as noncovered 
securities. Transferors of securities from nontaxable accounts need not 
report basis although they may choose to do so.
    Commentators requested that all trustees or fiduciaries of a trust 
or estate be required to furnish transfer statements when assets are 
distributed to the beneficiaries or heirs. The final regulations do not 
adopt this suggestion. A trustee or fiduciary must furnish a transfer 
statement if the trustee is also the broker effecting the transfer. If 
a trustee merely distributes securities in a transfer effected by a 
separate broker, then the broker must furnish the transfer statement.
    Commentators requested an exclusion for securities transferred in 
connection with a loan or under a repurchase agreement or securities 
collateral agreement because the lender's basis in the securities is 
not relevant to the borrower. The final regulations adopt this request 
only to the extent that the transferor lends or borrows securities as a 
principal (for example, when a customer opens or closes a short sale). 
When a transferor otherwise lends or borrows securities for a customer 
whose transfers are not otherwise exempt from transfer reporting, 
transfer statements will ensure that securities returned to the lender 
or collateral provider remain covered securities even if the securities 
are returned to a different account. Further, the broker for the 
borrower or secured party may not know that the securities it receives 
are exempted from reporting under the proposed exclusion and would be 
compelled to ask for a transfer statement if none were provided.
    Commentators requested an exclusion for money market funds because 
brokers do not currently report their sales on Form 1099-B. The final 
regulations adopt this comment and also exempt money market funds from 
issuer reporting under section 6045B.
b. Information Furnished on a Transfer Statement
    The proposed regulations required transfer statements to include 
information regarding the ``beneficial owner'' of securities. 
Commentators suggested that ``beneficial owner'' is not an appropriate 
term because securities are often transferred for accounts titled in 
the name of someone other than a beneficial owner, such as an agent of 
an undisclosed principal. Accordingly, the final regulations use the 
designation ``customer'' instead of ``beneficial owner.''
    Commentators asked whether separate transfer statements must be 
furnished to identify noncovered securities at the lot level. The final 
regulations clarify that the transfer statement need not identify 
noncovered securities at the lot level and that a single transfer 
statement may report the transfer of multiple noncovered securities.
    Commentators requested that transfer statements exclude sensitive 
customer information due to privacy concerns. Commentators also 
suggested that transfer statements not include the security symbol and 
lot number of the transferred security or the date of any previous 
transfer statement for the same transfer. In response to these 
comments, the final regulations provide that a transfer statement need 
not include the taxpayer identification number, address, or phone 
number of the customer; the security symbol or lot number of the 
transferred security; or the date of any previous transfer statement. 
Although the transfer statement must include the customer's name and 
account number, this information may be reported in coded format.
    Commentators requested that transfer statements not include the 
transferor's classification of the security (for example, as stock or 
debt) because the receiving broker might classify the security 
differently. The final regulations do not adopt this suggestion. The 
receiving broker need not accept the transferor's classification unless 
it is the same as the issuer's classification. Nonetheless, the 
transferor's classification may clarify how the transferor computed 
adjustments to the security's basis.
    Commentators asked whether the parties to a transfer statement 
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for the CUSIP. The final regulations clarify that the parties may use 
codes to substitute for other information, including a security symbol 
or other identification number or scheme to substitute for the CUSIP.
    Section 1012(c)(2)(B)(ii) provides that all stock for which a 
broker or fund has made a single-account election shall be treated as 
covered securities regardless of the date of the acquisition of the 
stock. Commentators asked whether pre-effective date stock for which a 
broker or fund has made the single-account election remains a covered 
security when transferred to another broker. Because stock subject to 
the single-account election must be treated as a covered security and 
reported as a covered security on the transfer statement, it remains a 
covered security after the transfer under section 6045(g)(3)(A)(ii), 
provided the receiving broker receives a transfer statement.
c. Reporting of Transfers of Gifted and Inherited Securities
    Under the proposed regulations, gifted and inherited securities 
that were covered securities in the account of the donor or decedent 
remained covered securities when transferred to the recipient's account 
and accompanied by a transfer statement. Commentators recommended that 
transfers of gifted and inherited securities be excluded from the 
transfer statement requirement because these transfers are outside the 
scope of the statute. Section 6045(g)(3)(A)(ii) provides that the term 
``covered security'' includes all transferred securities that are 
covered securities in the account from which transferred, provided the 
receiving broker receives a transfer statement. Therefore, the final 
regulations do not adopt this recommendation.
    The proposed regulations required that a transfer statement for 
gifted securities indicate that the transfer consists of gifted 
securities and state the adjusted basis of the securities in the hands 
of the donor (carryover basis) and the donor's original acquisition 
date of the securities. The proposed regulations also required that the 
transfer statement report the date of the gift (if known when 
furnishing the statement) and the fair market value of the gift on that 
date (if known or readily ascertainable). The proposed regulations 
required that, upon the subsequent sale or other disposition of these 
securities, the selling broker apply the relevant basis rules for 
gifts, such as rules disallowing loss on the sale of gifted securities 
to the extent of built-in loss at the time of the gift.
    Commentators requested simplified conventions for reporting the 
basis of gifted securities. They asked that the rules require reporting 
of carryover basis without regard to rules disallowing loss to the 
extent of built-in loss at the time of the gift. They stated that gifts 
of depreciated securities were rare and did not justify the burden of 
obtaining the fair market value of the securities as of the date of the 
gift. They suggested instead that a subsequent sale be identified as a 
sale of gifted securities on Form 1099-B to alert the seller that the 
reported basis may not be correct. The final regulations do not adopt 
these suggestions. The burden on brokers to determine fair market value 
in applying the gift basis rules is not excessive. If fair market value 
as of the date of the gift is not readily ascertainable, a broker may 
substitute gross proceeds on a subsequent sale for this amount in 
determining the initial basis and the gain or loss on the subsequent 
sale.
    Commentators also requested simplified conventions for reporting 
the basis of inherited securities. The proposed regulations required 
that basis be reported on the transfer statement in accordance with the 
instructions and valuations furnished by an authorized representative 
of the estate, which the transferor must request before reporting. 
Commentators asked that the rules require only reporting of basis equal 
to the fair market value of the security on the date of death and 
eliminate the requirement to request instructions from the estate 
representative. This suggestion was adopted. The final regulations 
provide that the transferor must report adjusted basis equal to the 
fair market value of the security on the date of death unless the 
broker receives different instructions from the estate representative. 
If the transferor neither knows nor can readily ascertain the fair 
market value of a security on the date of death, the final regulations 
provide that the transferor may treat the security as noncovered. If 
the transferor cannot identify which securities in a joint account have 
been transferred from the decedent, the final regulations require the 
transferor to treat each security in the account as if it were a 
noncovered security.
    A commentator requested that the transfer statement for a 
subsequent transfer of an inherited security include the information 
necessary to apply section 1223(9), relating to the holding period of 
property acquired from a decedent that is sold or otherwise disposed of 
within one year after the decedent's death. This suggestion was 
adopted. The final regulations require transfer statements for both 
initial and subsequent transfers of an inherited security to indicate 
that the security is inherited.
d. Other Transfer Reporting Issues
    The proposed regulations permitted combined transfer reporting of a 
security acquired on different dates or at different prices when the 
security's basis is determined using an average basis method and the 
security has been held for more than five years. Commentators requested 
that combined transfer reporting be permitted for averaged securities 
held for more than one year consistent with the two categories of 
capital gain (long term and short term). The final regulations do not 
adopt this comment. In 2011, absent a statutory change, lower income 
tax rates will apply to securities held more than five years.
    Commentators asked how a broker determines if a transfer statement 
is complete. The final regulations clarify that a statement is complete 
if, in the view of the receiving broker, it provides sufficient 
information to report the sale of the transferred security as a covered 
security (or states that the security is a noncovered security). For 
example, if the transfer statement fails to specify whether the 
security is stock, the receiving broker may treat the transfer 
statement as complete if the receiving broker otherwise has sufficient 
information to report the sale of the security as a covered security 
(or the transfer statement states that the security is a noncovered 
security).
    Commentators asked how transfer reporting applies to purchases and 
sales of securities involving multiple brokers or to a cash-on-delivery 
account. The final regulations clarify that, for a transfer in 
connection with a sale, a custodian or other transferor that transfers 
custody of a security to a broker in order to effect a sale must 
furnish a transfer statement only to the broker that effects the sale. 
However, no transfer statement is required if the transferor itself 
either effects the sale or is required to report the sale on Form 1099-
B. The final regulations also provide that, for a transfer in 
connection with a purchase, a broker that effects a purchase but does 
not receive custody of the purchased security must furnish a transfer 
statement to the broker that receives custody. However, no transfer 
statement is required if the broker effects a purchase solely at the 
instruction of the broker receiving custody.
    The proposed regulations proposed to exclude ``any person acting 
solely as a clearing organization with respect to the transfer'' from 
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requirements. Commentators asked that the final regulations clarify 
what it means to act ``solely as a clearing organization.'' The final 
regulations clarify that the exception applies to an organization that 
holds and transfers obligations among its members as a service to its 
members.
    Commentators requested a requirement that all transfer statements 
for covered securities reflect the quantitative effect of any 
organizational actions on basis reported by issuers under section 6045B 
while the transferor holds custody instead of identifying which 
corporate action statements are reflected on the transfer statement. 
The final regulations adopt this comment.
    Commentators requested a default rule requiring transferors to 
furnish the transfer statement electronically unless the parties agree 
to a different method. The final regulations do not adopt this 
suggestion. A consent requirement ensures that both parties have the 
ability to submit and receive transfer statements electronically.

6. Reporting by Issuers of Actions Affecting Basis of Securities

    Under section 6045B, if an organizational action (such as a stock 
split or a merger or acquisition) by an issuer affects the basis of a 
specified security, the issuer must file a return with the IRS and 
furnish an information statement to each certificate holder or nominee 
reporting the quantitative effect on basis. The proposed regulations 
required the issuer to assign a sequential number determined separately 
by security for each organizational action reported. Several 
commentators requested that the final regulations delete the sequential 
number requirement. Another commentator requested that the rules create 
a standardized number system.
    The purpose of the sequential number requirement was to indicate 
which basis adjustments for organizational actions are reflected on the 
transfer statement. The final regulations require transfer statements 
to reflect all organizational actions that occur while the transferor 
holds custody. Therefore, the final regulations eliminate the 
sequential number requirement.
    A commentator asked that a RIC be deemed to comply with issuer 
reporting of an organizational action if it follows existing industry 
procedures for transmitting information to brokers. The commentator 
asserted that reporting under section 6045B would be duplicative and 
unnecessary. The final regulations do not adopt this comment as 
inconsistent with the statutory reporting requirement.
    A commentator asked whether a RIC or REIT must file an issuer 
return under section 6045B for undistributed capital gains reported 
under section 852(b)(3)(D) or 857(b)(3)(D) on Form 2438, 
``Undistributed Capital Gain Tax Return,'' and Form 2439, ``Notice to 
Shareholder of Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gains.'' Because these 
forms report the information required under Sec.  1.6045B-1, the final 
regulations provide that an issuer that files and furnishes both forms 
is deemed to meet the requirements under section 6045B for 
undistributed capital gains affecting the basis of its stock reported 
on the forms. The final regulations also provide that RICs, REITs, and 
brokers holding custody of RIC and REIT stock must adjust basis in 
accordance with the information reported on the forms.
    Commentators asked whether an ADR is subject to issuer reporting 
under section 6045B. Because an ADR is a specified security, a foreign 
corporation that takes an organizational action that affects the basis 
of an ADR that represents stock in the foreign corporation must file an 
issuer return. The final regulations clarify that an issuer may use an 
agent, including a depositary, to satisfy the requirements of this 
section. Nonetheless, the issuer remains liable for penalty for any 
failure to comply unless, as under current law, the failure is due to 
reasonable cause and not willful neglect.
    The proposed regulations permitted issuers to make reasonable 
assumptions about facts having a quantitative effect on basis that 
could not be determined before the reporting due date and required 
corrected reporting within forty-five days of determining the necessary 
facts. A commentator asked to what extent an issuer is required to 
amend a return with additional facts that may affect taxability once 
the facts are known. The final regulations clarify that corrected 
reporting is required whenever an issuer determines additional facts 
that result in a different quantitative effect on basis from what the 
issuer previously reported.
    Commentators requested that issuer reporting under section 6045B be 
coordinated with reporting under section 6043(c) for certain changes in 
corporate control and capital structure. One commentator requested 
relief from duplicate reporting of a corporate action under section 
6043(c) when reporting the action under section 6045B. This request was 
not adopted. Reporting on Form 1099-CAP, ``Changes in Corporate Control 
and Capital Structure,'' is specific to each shareholder and includes 
each shareholder's name and aggregate value of cash and other property 
received by each shareholder. Similarly, reporting on Form 8806, 
``Information Return for Acquisition of Control or Substantial Change 
in Capital Structure,'' while not shareholder-specific, includes 
information not required under section 6045B and permits the issuer to 
consent to IRS disclosure of some of the contents of the return.
    Section 6045B(e) waives the requirements to file issuer returns and 
furnish issuer statements if the issuer makes the information about the 
organizational action publicly available in the form and manner 
determined by the Secretary. The proposed regulations provided that an 
issuer may publicly report by posting a statement with the required 
information in a readily accessible format in an area of its primary 
public Web site dedicated to this purpose by the same due date for 
reporting the organizational action to the IRS and keeps the form 
accessible to the public.
    Some commentators objected to the public reporting method in the 
proposed regulations on the ground that it would be too burdensome for 
brokers to monitor issuer Web sites. Commentators suggested that the 
IRS permit issuers to consent to public disclosure by the IRS and that 
the IRS establish a central repository on its Web site for posting 
information statements from issuers that wish to report publicly. 
Commentators also suggested that the IRS formally recognize a clearing 
facility to serve as a central repository. Other commentators suggested 
that the final regulations require issuers to send their public reports 
or copies of their returns to clearing organizations, which will 
disseminate the information to brokers, holders, and their nominees. 
Commentators also suggested that issuers should be required to furnish 
a copy of their public report or issuer return to any entity that 
requests it. Other commentators supported the public reporting method 
in the proposed regulations. The final regulations adopt the public 
reporting method in the proposed regulations and do not adopt any of 
the suggested changes.
    Commentators requested that the regulations limit the time period 
for which issuers must keep the public report posted on their Web site. 
The final regulations limit the required period to 10 years.

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7. Penalty Provisions

    The proposed regulations generally required brokers to adjust basis 
of covered securities reported on Form 1099-B to reflect information 
from any transfer statement received as well as any issuer reporting 
through the date of sale. The proposed regulations provided that any 
failure to report correct information that arises solely from reliance 
on transfer statements and issuer reporting is deemed to be due to 
reasonable cause for purposes of penalties under sections 6721 and 
6722. The proposed regulations permitted, but did not require, a broker 
to further adjust the reported basis for information not reflected on 
one of these sources, including any information the broker has about 
securities held by the same customer in other accounts with the broker. 
The proposed regulations further provided that a broker that takes into 
account additional information received from a customer or third party 
is deemed to have relied upon this information in good faith in 
accordance with current rules in Sec.  301.6724-1(c)(6) for purposes of 
penalty relief under sections 6721 and 6722 if the broker neither knows 
nor has reason to know that the information is incorrect.
    Commentators expressed concern that a ``know or reason to know'' 
standard would require an excessive level of due diligence and asked 
that brokers be subject to penalties only if they have actual knowledge 
that the information is incorrect, the same standard for reliance on 
transfer statements and issuer statements. The final regulations do not 
adopt this suggestion. A ``know or reason to know'' standard is 
consistent with the existing standard for penalty relief and better 
ensures the integrity of the information reported on the return.
    The proposed regulations provided that brokers and transferors must 
correct their Form 1099-B or transfer statement to account for late or 
corrected transfer statements or issuer reports. Commentators requested 
time limits on the correction requirement. This suggestion was adopted. 
The final regulations require corrected reporting only when brokers 
receive corrected information within 3 years after issuing a Form 1099-
B or 18 months after issuing a transfer statement. Commentators also 
suggested that corrected Forms 1099-B or transfer statements not be 
required for de minimis changes or for closed accounts. The final 
regulations do not adopt this suggestion.
    A commentator also asked about the interaction of the basis 
reporting rules with the requirements for tax return preparers under 
section 6694. The commentator expressed concern that a duly diligent 
preparer could be subject to penalties under section 6694 for preparing 
a return or claim for refund that reports (1) information that the 
preparer believes to be accurate after exercising due diligence but 
that differs from the information reported on Form 1099-B or (2) 
inaccurate information from Form 1099-B that the preparer does not know 
(or have reason to know) is incorrect.
    In many cases, basis reported on Form 1099-B may not reflect the 
taxpayer's correct basis. For example, brokers need not adjust basis 
for wash sales unless the transactions that trigger the wash sale occur 
in the same account with respect to identical securities. Additionally, 
brokers are permitted, but not required, to report basis for noncovered 
securities. Taxpayers are expected to report the correct basis on 
Schedule D regardless of the amount reported on Form 1099-B. The IRS is 
currently revising Schedule D and the related instructions and 
publications to facilitate reconciliation.
    With respect to tax return preparer penalties under section 6694, 
these regulations do not alter current rules governing preparer 
reliance on client information. Generally, Sec.  1.6694-1(e)(1) permits 
tax return preparers to rely in good faith upon information furnished 
by a client taxpayer or another party so long as the preparer does not 
ignore other information furnished to or actually known by the preparer 
and makes reasonable inquiries if the furnished information appears to 
be incorrect or incomplete. This same standard applies to information 
furnished on Form 1099-B.

Effective/Applicability Dates

    The regulations on broker basis reporting under section 6045(g) 
apply to: (1) Any share of stock or any interest treated as stock in an 
entity organized as, or treated for Federal tax purposes as, a 
corporation (foreign or domestic) acquired on or after January 1, 2011, 
other than RIC stock or DRP stock; and (2) any share of RIC stock or 
DRP stock acquired on or after January 1, 2012. The regulations 
regarding the timing for reporting short sales of securities under 
section 6045 apply to short sales opened on or after January 1, 2011.
    These regulations regarding the determination of basis under 
section 1012 apply for taxable years beginning after October 18, 2010. 
However, the rules in Sec.  1.1012-1(e)(1)(i), in part, apply to stock 
acquired on or after January 1, 2011; the rules in Sec.  1.1012-1(e)(2) 
apply to stock acquired on or after January 1, 2012; the rules in Sec.  
1.1012-1(e)(7)(iii) apply to stock acquired before and sold, exchanged, 
or disposed of on or after April 1, 2011; and the rules in Sec.  
1.1012-1(e)(7)(i), in part, Sec.  1.1012-1(e)(9), in part, and in Sec.  
1.1012-1(e)(10), in part, apply to sales, exchanges, or other 
dispositions of stock on or after January 1, 2012.
    The regulations regarding transfer statement reporting under 
section 6045A apply to: (1) Transfers of stock other than RIC stock on 
or after January 1, 2011; and (2) transfers of RIC stock on or after 
January 1, 2012. The regulations regarding issuer reporting under 
section 6045B apply to: (1) Organizational actions affecting basis of 
stock in an entity organized as, or treated for Federal tax purposes 
as, a corporation (foreign or domestic) other than RIC stock on or 
after January 1, 2011; and (2) organizational actions affecting basis 
of RIC stock on or after January 1, 2012.

Effect on Other Documents

    As of October 18, 2010, Rev. Rul. 67-436 (1967-2 CB 266) is 
obsoleted and Rev. Proc. 2008-52 (2008-2 CB 587), as modified, 
amplified, and clarified by Rev. Proc. 2009-39 (2009-38 IRB 371), is 
modified by deleting Section 30 of the Appendix. See Sec.  
601.601(d)(2).

Special Analyses

    It has been determined that this Treasury decision is not a 
significant regulatory action as defined in Executive Order 12866. 
Therefore, a regulatory assessment is not required. It also has been 
determined that section 553(b) of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 
U.S.C. chapter 5) does not apply.
    Pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 6), it 
is hereby certified that these regulations will not have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. Any effect 
on small entities by these regulations flows from section 403 of the 
Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008, Division B of Public Law 
110-343 (122 Stat. 3765, 3854 (2008)) (the Act).
    Section 403(a) of the Act requires that brokers reporting the sale 
of a covered security report the adjusted basis of the security and 
whether any gain or loss is long-term or short-term. It is anticipated 
that this statutory requirement will affect only financial services 
firms with annual receipts greater than $7 million that, therefore, are 
not small entities. Further, the regulations under this section impose 
no reporting requirements not found in the Act.
    Section 403(c) of the Act requires applicable persons to furnish a 
transfer statement in connection with the

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transfer of custody of a covered security. The regulations define 
applicable person to include brokers, professional custodians of 
securities, issuers of securities, and trustee and custodians of 
individual retirement plans. This definition effectuates the Act by 
giving the broker that receives the transfer statement the information 
necessary to accurately report the sale of the security regardless of 
how the owner previously held its custody. The regulations limit the 
impact on small entities by limiting reporting to necessary entities 
and information.
    Section 403(d) of the Act requires reporting by all issuers of 
specified securities regardless of size or whether the securities are 
publicly traded. The regulations limit the reporting burden by 
requiring only necessary information and by permitting issuers to 
report actions publicly instead of by furnishing a statement to each 
nominee or holder. The regulations therefore mitigate the statutory 
impact on small entities.
    Therefore, because this regulation will not have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, a regulatory 
flexibility analysis is not required. Pursuant to section 7805(f) of 
the Code, the notice of proposed rulemaking preceding this regulation 
has been submitted to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small 
Business Administration for comment on its impact on small business.

Drafting Information

    The principal authors of these proposed regulations are Edward C. 
Schwartz, Amy J. Pfalzgraf, and William L. Candler, Office of Associate 
Chief Counsel (Income Tax and Accounting), and Stephen Schaeffer, 
Office of Associate Chief Counsel (Procedure and Administration). 
However, other personnel from the IRS and the Treasury Department 
participated in their development.

List of Subjects

26 CFR Part 1

    Income taxes, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

26 CFR Part 31

    Employment taxes, Income taxes, Penalties, Pensions, Railroad 
retirement, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Social security, 
Unemployment compensation.

26 CFR Part 301

    Employment taxes, Estate taxes, Excise taxes, Gift taxes, Income 
taxes, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

26 CFR Part 602

    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

Adoption of Amendments to the Regulations

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Accordingly, 26 CFR parts 1, 31, 301, and 602 are amended as follows:

PART 1--INCOME TAXES

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Paragraph 1. The authority citation for part 1 is amended by adding 
entries in numerical order to read in part as follows:

    Authority: 26 U.S.C. 7805 * * *.

    Section 1.6045A-1 also issued under 26 U.S.C. 6045A(a), (b), 
(c).
    Section 1.6045B-1 also issued under 26 U.S.C. 6045B(a), (c), 
(e). * * *


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Par. 2. Section 1.408-7 is amended by adding two new sentences at the 
end of paragraph (d)(2) to read as follows:


Sec.  1.408-7  Reports on distributions from individual retirement 
plans.

* * * * *
    (d) * * *
    (2) * * * However, for a distribution after December 31, 2008, the 
February 15 due date under section 6045 applies to the statement if the 
statement is furnished in a consolidated reporting statement under 
section 6045. See Sec. Sec.  1.6045-1(k)(3), 1.6045-2(d)(2), 1.6045-
3(e)(2), 1.6045-4(m)(3), and 1.6045-5(a)(3)(ii).
* * * * *

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Par. 3. Section 1.1012-1 is amended by:
0
1. Revising paragraphs (c)(1), (c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(7)(ii), (c)(7)(iii) 
introductory text, and (c)(7)(iii)(a).
0
2. Adding new paragraphs (c)(8), (c)(9), (c)(10), and (c)(11).
0
3. Revising the heading of paragraphs (e) and (e)(5).
0
4. Revising paragraphs (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), (e)(4), (e)(6), and 
(e)(7).
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5. Adding new paragraphs (e)(8), (e)(9), (e)(10), (e)(11), and (e)(12).
    The additions and revisions read as follows:


Sec.  1.1012-1  Basis of property.

* * * * *
    (c) Sale of stock--(1) In general. (i) Except as provided in 
paragraph (e)(2) of this section (dealing with stock for which the 
average basis method is permitted), if a taxpayer sells or transfers 
shares of stock in a corporation that the taxpayer purchased or 
acquired on different dates or at different prices and the taxpayer 
does not adequately identify the lot from which the stock is sold or 
transferred, the stock sold or transferred is charged against the 
earliest lot the taxpayer purchased or acquired to determine the basis 
and holding period of the stock. If the earliest lot purchased or 
acquired is held in a stock certificate that represents multiple lots 
of stock, and the taxpayer does not adequately identify the lot from 
which the stock is sold or transferred, the stock sold or transferred 
is charged against the earliest lot included in the certificate. See 
paragraphs (c)(2), (c)(3), and (c)(4) of this section for rules on what 
constitutes an adequate identification.
    (ii) A taxpayer must determine the basis of identical stock (within 
the meaning of paragraph (e)(4) of this section) by averaging the cost 
of each share if the stock is purchased at separate times on the same 
calendar day in executing a single trade order and the broker executing 
the trade provides a single confirmation that reports an aggregate 
total cost or an average cost per share. However, the taxpayer may 
determine the basis of the stock by the actual cost per share if the 
taxpayer notifies the broker in writing of this intent. The taxpayer 
must notify the broker by the earlier of the date of the sale of any of 
the stock for which the taxpayer received the confirmation or one year 
after the date of the confirmation. A broker may extend the one-year 
period but the taxpayer must notify the broker no later than the date 
of sale of any of the stock.
* * * * *
    (4) Stock held by a trustee, executor, or administrator. (i) A 
trustee or executor or administrator of an estate holding stock (not 
left in the custody of a broker) makes an adequate identification if 
the trustee, executor, or administrator--
    (a) Specifies in writing in the books and records of the trust or 
estate the particular stock to be sold, transferred, or distributed;
    (b) In the case of a distribution, furnishes the distributee with a 
written document identifying the particular stock distributed; and
    (c) In the case of a sale or transfer through a broker or other 
agent, specifies to the broker or agent the particular stock to be sold 
or transferred, and within a reasonable time thereafter the broker or 
agent confirms the specification in a written document.
    (ii) The stock the trust or estate identifies under paragraph 
(c)(4)(i) of this section is the stock treated as sold, transferred, or 
distributed, even if the trustee, executor, or administrator delivers 
stock certificates from a different lot.
* * * * *

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    (6) Bonds. Paragraphs (1) through (5), (8), and (9) of this section 
apply to the sale or transfer of bonds.
    (7) * * *
    (ii) In applying paragraph (c)(3)(i)(b) of this section to a sale 
or transfer of a book-entry security pursuant to a taxpayer's written 
instruction, a confirmation is made by furnishing to the taxpayer a 
written advice of transaction from the Reserve Bank or other person 
through whom the taxpayer sells or transfers the securities. The 
confirmation document must describe the securities and specify the date 
of the transaction and amount of securities sold or transferred.
    (iii) For purposes of this paragraph (c)(7):
    (a) The term book-entry security means a transferable Treasury 
bond, note, certificate of indebtedness, or bill issued under the 
Second Liberty Bond Act (31 U.S.C. 774(2)), as amended, or other 
security of the United States (as defined in paragraph (c)(7)(iii)(b) 
of this section) in the form of an entry made as prescribed in 31 CFR 
Part 306, or other comparable Federal regulations, on the records of a 
Reserve Bank.
* * * * *
    (8) Time for making identification. For purposes of this paragraph 
(c), an adequate identification of stock is made at the time of sale, 
transfer, delivery, or distribution if the identification is made no 
later than the earlier of the settlement date or the time for 
settlement required by Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934, 17 CFR 240.15c6-1 (or its successor). A standing order or 
instruction for the specific identification of stock is treated as an 
adequate identification made at the time of sale, transfer, delivery, 
or distribution.
    (9) Method of writing. (i) A written confirmation, record, 
document, instruction, notification, or advice includes a writing in 
electronic format.
    (ii) A broker or agent may include the written confirmation 
required under this paragraph (c) in an account statement or other 
document the broker or agent periodically provides to the taxpayer if 
the broker or agent provides the statement or other document within a 
reasonable time after the sale or transfer.
    (10) Method for determining basis of stock. A method of determining 
the basis of stock, including a method of identifying stock sold under 
this paragraph (c) and the average basis method described in paragraph 
(e) of this section, is not a method of accounting. Therefore, a change 
in a method of determining the basis of stock is not a change in method 
of accounting to which sections 446 and 481 apply.
    (11) Effective/applicability date. Paragraphs (c)(1), (c)(4), 
(c)(6), (c)(7)(ii), (c)(7)(iii)(a), (c)(8), (c)(9), and (c)(10) of this 
section apply for taxable years beginning after October 18, 2010.
* * * * *
    (e) Election to use average basis method--(1) In general. 
Notwithstanding paragraph (c) of this section, and except as provided 
in paragraph (e)(8) of this section, a taxpayer may use the average 
basis method described in paragraph (e)(7) of this section to determine 
the cost or other basis of identical shares of stock if--
    (i) The taxpayer leaves shares of stock in a regulated investment 
company (as defined in paragraph (e)(5) of this section) or shares of 
stock acquired after December 31, 2010, in connection with a dividend 
reinvestment plan (as defined in paragraph (e)(6) of this section) with 
a custodian or agent in an account maintained for the acquisition or 
redemption, sale, or other disposition of shares of the stock; and
    (ii) The taxpayer acquires identical shares of stock at different 
prices or bases in the account.
    (2) Determination of method. (i) If a taxpayer places shares of 
stock described in paragraph (e)(1)(i) of this section acquired on or 
after January 1, 2012, in the custody of a broker (as defined by 
section 6045(c)(1)), including by transfer from an account with another 
broker, the basis of the shares is determined in accordance with the 
broker's default method, unless the taxpayer notifies the broker that 
the taxpayer elects another permitted method. The taxpayer must report 
gain or loss using the method the taxpayer elects or, if the taxpayer 
fails to make an election, the broker's default method. See paragraphs 
(e)(9)(i) and (e)(9)(v), Example 2, of this section.
    (ii) The provisions of this paragraph (e)(2) are illustrated by the 
following example:

    Example.  (i) In connection with a dividend reinvestment plan, 
Taxpayer B acquires 100 shares of G Company in 2012 and 100 shares 
of G Company in 2013, in an account B maintains with R Broker. B 
notifies R in writing that B elects to use the average basis method 
to compute the basis of the shares of G Company. In 2014, B 
transfers the shares of G Company to an account with S Broker. B 
does not notify S of the basis determination method B chooses to use 
for the shares of G Company, and S's default method is first-in, 
first-out. In 2015, B purchases 200 shares of G Company in the 
account with S. In 2016, B instructs S to sell 150 shares of G 
Company.
    (ii) Because B does not notify S of a basis determination method 
for the shares of G Company, under paragraph (e)(2)(i) of this 
section, the basis of the 150 shares of G Company S sells for B in 
2016 must be determined under S's default method, first-in, first-
out.

    (3) Shares of stock. For purposes of this paragraph (e), securities 
issued by unit investment trusts described in paragraph (e)(5) of this 
section are treated as shares of stock and the term share or shares 
includes fractions of a share.
    (4) Identical stock. For purposes of this paragraph (e), identical 
shares of stock means stock with the same Committee on Uniform Security 
Identification Procedures (CUSIP) number or other security identifier 
number as permitted in published guidance of general applicability, see 
Sec.  601.601(d)(2) of this chapter.
    (5) Regulated investment company. * * *
    (6) Dividend reinvestment plan--(i) In general. For purposes of 
this paragraph (e), the term dividend reinvestment plan means any 
written plan, arrangement, or program under which at least 10 percent 
of every dividend (within the meaning of section 316) on any share of 
stock is reinvested in stock identical to the stock on which the 
dividend is paid. A plan is a dividend reinvestment plan if the plan 
documents require that at least 10 percent of any dividend paid is 
reinvested in identical stock even if the plan includes stock on which 
no dividends have ever been declared or paid or on which an issuer 
ceases paying dividends. A plan that holds one or more different stocks 
may permit a taxpayer to reinvest a different percentage of dividends 
in the stocks held. A dividend reinvestment plan may reinvest other 
distributions on stock, such as capital gain distributions, non-taxable 
returns of capital, and cash in lieu of fractional shares. The term 
dividend reinvestment plan includes both issuer administered dividend 
reinvestment plans and non-issuer administered dividend reinvestment 
plans.
    (ii) Acquisition of stock. Stock is acquired in connection with a 
dividend reinvestment plan if the stock is acquired under that plan, 
arrangement, or program, or if the dividends and other distributions 
paid on the stock are subject to that plan, arrangement, or program. 
Shares of stock acquired in connection with a dividend reinvestment 
plan include the initial purchase of stock in the dividend reinvestment 
plan, transfers of identical stock into the dividend reinvestment plan, 
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identical stock in the dividend reinvestment plan, and identical stock 
acquired through reinvestment of the dividends or other distributions 
paid on the stock held in the plan.
    (iii) Dividends and other distributions paid after reorganization. 
For purposes of this paragraph (e)(6), dividends and other 
distributions declared or announced before or pending a corporate 
action (such as a merger, consolidation, acquisition, split-off, or 
spin-off) involving the issuer and subsequently paid and reinvested in 
shares of stock in the successor entity or entities are treated as 
reinvested in shares of stock identical to the shares of stock of the 
issuer.
    (iv) Withdrawal from or termination of plan. If a taxpayer 
withdraws stock from a dividend reinvestment plan or the plan 
administrator terminates the dividend reinvestment plan, the shares of 
identical stock the taxpayer acquires after the withdrawal or 
termination are not acquired in connection with a dividend reinvestment 
plan. The taxpayer may not use the average basis method after the 
withdrawal or termination but may use any other permissible basis 
determination method. See paragraph (e)(7)(v) of this section for the 
basis of the shares after withdrawal or termination.
    (7) Computation of average basis--(i) In general. Average basis is 
determined by averaging the basis of all shares of identical stock in 
an account regardless of holding period. However, for this purpose, 
shares of stock in a dividend reinvestment plan are not identical to 
shares of stock with the same CUSIP number that are not in a dividend 
reinvestment plan. The basis of each share of identical stock in the 
account is the aggregate basis of all shares of that stock in the 
account divided by the aggregate number of shares. Unless a single-
account election is in effect, see paragraph (e)(11) of this section, a 
taxpayer may not average together the basis of identical stock held in 
separate accounts that the taxpayer sells, exchanges, or otherwise 
disposes of on or after January 1, 2012.
    (ii) Order of disposition of shares sold or transferred. In the 
case of the sale or transfer of shares of stock to which the average 
basis method election applies, shares sold or transferred are deemed to 
be the shares first acquired. Thus, the first shares sold or 
transferred are those with a holding period of more than 1 year (long-
term shares) to the extent that the account contains long-term shares. 
If the number of shares sold or transferred exceeds the number of long-
term shares in the account, the excess shares sold or transferred are 
deemed to be shares with a holding period of 1 year or less (short-term 
shares). Any gain or loss attributable to shares held for more than 1 
year constitutes long-term gain or loss, and any gain or loss 
attributable to shares held for 1 year or less constitutes short-term 
gain or loss. For example, if a taxpayer sells 50 shares from an 
account containing 100 long-term shares and 100 short-term shares, the 
shares sold or transferred are all long-term shares. If, however, the 
account contains 40 long-term shares and 100 short-term shares, the 
taxpayer has sold 40 long-term shares and 10 short-term shares.
    (iii) Transition rule from double-category method. This paragraph 
(e)(7)(iii) applies to stock for which a taxpayer uses the double-
category method under Sec.  1.1012-1(e)(3) (April 1, 2010), that the 
taxpayer acquired before April 1, 2011, and that the taxpayer sells, 
exchanges, or otherwise disposes of on or after that date. The taxpayer 
must calculate the average basis of this stock by averaging together 
all identical shares of stock in the account on April 1, 2011, 
regardless of holding period.
    (iv) Wash sales. A taxpayer must apply section 1091 and the 
associated regulations (dealing with wash sales of substantially 
identical securities) in computing average basis regardless of whether 
the stock or security sold or otherwise disposed of and the stock 
acquired are in the same account or in different accounts.
    (v) Basis after change from average basis method. Unless a taxpayer 
revokes an average basis method election under paragraph (e)(9)(iii) of 
this section, if a taxpayer changes from the average basis method to 
another basis determination method (including a change resulting from a 
withdrawal from or termination of a dividend reinvestment plan), the 
basis of each share of stock immediately after the change is the same 
as the basis immediately before the change. See paragraph (e)(9)(iv) of 
this section for rules for changing from the average basis method.
    (vi) The provisions of this paragraph (e)(7) are illustrated by the 
following examples:

    Example 1.  (i) In 2011, Taxpayer C acquires 100 shares of H 
Company and enrolls them in a dividend reinvestment plan 
administered by T Custodian. C elects to use the average basis 
method for the shares of H Company enrolled in the dividend 
reinvestment plan. T also acquires for C's account 50 shares of H 
Company and does not enroll these shares in the dividend 
reinvestment plan.
    (ii) Under paragraph (e)(7)(i) of this section, the 50 shares of 
H Company not in the dividend reinvestment plan are not identical to 
the 100 shares of H Company enrolled in the dividend reinvestment 
plan, even if they have the same CUSIP number. Accordingly, under 
paragraphs (e)(1) and (e)(7)(i) of this section, C may not average 
the basis of the 50 shares of H Company with the basis of the 100 
shares of H Company. Under paragraph (e)(1)(i) of this section, C 
may not use the average basis method for the 50 shares of H Company 
because the shares are not acquired in connection with a dividend 
reinvestment plan.
    Example 2. (i) Taxpayer D enters into an agreement with W 
Custodian establishing an account for the periodic acquisition of 
shares of L Company, a regulated investment company. W acquires for 
D's account shares of L Company stock on the following dates and 
amounts:

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                                                    Number of
                       Date                           shares      Cost
------------------------------------------------------------------------
January 8, 2010...................................         25       $200
February 8, 2010..................................         24        200
March 8, 2010.....................................         20        200
April 8, 2010.....................................         20        200
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (ii) At D's direction, W sells 40 shares from the account on 
January 15, 2011, for $10 per share or a total of $400. D elects to 
use the average basis method for the shares of L Company. The 
average basis for the shares sold on January 15, 2011, is $8.99 
(total cost of shares, $800, divided by the total number of shares, 
89).
    (iii) Under paragraph (e)(7)(ii) of this section, the shares 
sold are the shares first acquired. Thus, D realizes $25.25 ($1.01 * 
25) long-term capital gain for the 25 shares acquired on January 8, 
2010, and $15.15 ($1.01 * 15) short-term capital gain for 15 of the 
shares acquired on February 8, 2010.
    Example 3.  (i) The facts are the same as in Example 2, except 
that on February 8, 2011, D changes to the first-in, first-out basis 
determination method. W purchases 25 shares of L Company for D on 
March 8, 2011, at $12 per share. D sells 40 shares on May 8, 2011, 
and 34 shares on July 8, 2012.
    (ii) Because D uses the first-in, first-out method, the 40 
shares sold on May 8, 2011 are 9 shares purchased on February 8, 
2010, 20 shares purchased on March 8, 2010, and 11 shares purchased 
on April 8, 2010. Because, under paragraph (e)(7)(v) of this 
section, the basis of the shares D owns when D changes from the 
average basis method remains the same, the basis of the shares sold 
on May 8, 2011, is $8.99 per share, not the original cost of $8.33 
per share for the shares purchased on February 8, 2010, or $10 per 
share for the shares purchased on March 8, 2010, and April 8, 2010. 
The basis of the shares sold on July 8, 2012, is $8.99 per share for 
9 shares purchased on April 8, 2010, and $12 per share for 25 shares 
purchased on March 8, 2011.
    Example 4.  (i) The facts are the same as in Example 2, except 
that D uses the first-in, first-out method for the 40 shares sold on 
January 15, 2011. W purchases 25 shares of L Company for D on March 
8, 2011, at $12 per share. D sells 40 shares on May 8, 2011, and 
elects the average basis method.
    (ii) Because D uses the first-in, first-out method for the sale 
on January 15, 2011, the 40 shares sold are the 25 shares acquired 
on

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January 8, 2010, for $200 (basis $8 per share) and 15 of the 24 
shares purchased on February 8, 2010, for $200 (basis $8.33 per 
share).
    (iii) Under paragraph (e)(7)(i) of this section, under the 
average basis method, the basis of all of the shares of identical 
stock in D's account is averaged. Thus, the basis of each share D 
sells on May 8, 2011, after electing the average basis method, is 
$10.47. This figure is the total cost of the shares in D's account 
($74.97 for the 9 shares acquired on February 8, 2010, $200 for the 
20 shares acquired on March 8, 2010, $200 for the 20 shares acquired 
on April 8, 2010, and $300 for the 25 shares acquired on March 8, 
2011) divided by 74, the total number of shares ($774.97/74).

    (8) Limitation on use of average basis method for certain gift 
shares. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (e)(8)(ii) of this section, 
a taxpayer may not use the average basis method for shares of stock a 
taxpayer acquires by gift after December 31, 1920, if the basis of the 
shares (adjusted for the period before the date of the gift as provided 
in section 1016) in the hands of the donor or the last preceding owner 
by whom the shares were not acquired by gift was greater than the fair 
market value of the shares at the time of the gift. This paragraph 
(e)(8)(i) does not apply to shares the taxpayer acquires as a result of 
a taxable dividend or capital gain distribution on the gift shares.
    (ii) Notwithstanding paragraph (e)(8)(i) of this section, a 
taxpayer may use the average basis method if the taxpayer states in 
writing that the taxpayer will treat the basis of the gift shares as 
the fair market value of the shares at the time the taxpayer acquires 
the shares. The taxpayer must provide this statement when the taxpayer 
makes the election under paragraph (e)(9) of this section or when 
transferring the shares to an account for which the taxpayer has made 
this election, whichever occurs later. The statement must be effective 
for any gift shares identical to the gift shares to which the average 
basis method election applies that the taxpayer acquires at any time 
and must remain in effect as long as the election remains in effect.
    (iii) The provisions of this paragraph (e)(8) are illustrated by 
the following examples:

    Example 1.  (i) Taxpayer E owns an account for the periodic 
acquisition of shares of M Company, a regulated investment company. 
On April 15, 2010, E acquires identical shares of M Company by gift 
and transfers those shares into the account. These shares had an 
adjusted basis in the hands of the donor that was greater than the 
fair market value of the shares on that date. On June 15, 2010, E 
sells shares from the account and elects to use the average basis 
method.
    (ii) Under paragraph (e)(8)(ii) of this section, E may elect to 
use the average basis method for shares sold or transferred from the 
account if E includes a statement with E's election that E will 
treat the basis of the gift shares in the account as the fair market 
value of the shares at the time E acquired them. See paragraph 
(e)(9)(ii) of this section.
    Example 2.  (i) The facts are the same as in Example 1, except E 
acquires the gift shares on April 15, 2012, transfers those shares 
into the account, and used the average basis method for sales of 
shares of M Company before acquiring the gift shares. E sells shares 
of M Company on June 15, 2012.
    (ii) Under paragraph (e)(8)(ii) of this section, the basis of 
the gift shares may be averaged with the basis of the other shares 
of M Company in E's account if, when E transfers the gift shares to 
the account, E provides a statement to E's broker that E will treat 
the basis of the gift shares in the account as the fair market value 
of the shares at the time E acquired them. See paragraph (e)(9)(i) 
of this section.

    (9) Time and manner for making the average basis method election--
(i) In general. A taxpayer makes an election to use the average basis 
method for shares of stock described in paragraph (e)(1)(i) of this 
section that are covered securities (within the meaning of section 
6045(g)(3)) by notifying the custodian or agent in writing by any 
reasonable means. For purposes of this paragraph (e), a writing may be 
in electronic format. A taxpayer has not made an election within the 
meaning of this section if the taxpayer fails to notify a broker of the 
taxpayer's basis determination method and basis is determined by the 
broker's default method under paragraph (e)(2) of this section. A 
taxpayer may make the average basis method election at any time, 
effective for sales or other dispositions of stock occurring after the 
taxpayer notifies the custodian or agent. The election must identify 
each account with that custodian or agent and each stock in that 
account to which the election applies. The election may specify that it 
applies to all accounts with a custodian or agent, including accounts 
the taxpayer later establishes with the custodian or agent. If the 
election applies to gift shares, the taxpayer must provide the 
statement required by paragraph (e)(8)(ii) of this section, if 
applicable, to the custodian or agent with the taxpayer's election.
    (ii) Average basis method election for securities that are 
noncovered securities. A taxpayer makes an election to use the average 
basis method for shares of stock described in paragraph (e)(1)(i) of 
this section that are noncovered securities (as described in Sec.  
1.6045-1(a)(16)) on the taxpayer's income tax return for the first 
taxable year for which the election applies. A taxpayer may make the 
election on an amended return filed no later than the time prescribed 
(including extensions) for filing the original return for the taxable 
year for which the election applies. The taxpayer must indicate on the 
return that the taxpayer used the average basis method in reporting 
gain or loss on the sale or other disposition. A taxpayer must attach 
to the return the statement described in paragraph (e)(8)(ii) of this 
section, if applicable. A taxpayer making the election must maintain 
records necessary to substantiate the average basis reported.
    (iii) Revocation of election. A taxpayer may revoke an election 
under paragraph (e)(9)(i) of this section by the earlier of one year 
after the taxpayer makes the election or the date of the first sale, 
transfer, or disposition of that stock following the election. A 
custodian or agent may extend the one-year period but a taxpayer may 
not revoke an election after the first sale, transfer, or disposition 
of the stock. A revocation applies to all stock the taxpayer holds in 
an account that is identical to the shares of stock for which the 
taxpayer revokes the election. A revocation is effective when the 
taxpayer notifies, in writing by any reasonable means, the custodian or 
agent holding the stock to which the revocation applies. After 
revocation, the taxpayer's basis in the shares of stock to which the 
revocation applies is the basis before averaging.
    (iv) Change from average basis method. A taxpayer may change basis 
determination methods from the average basis method to another method 
prospectively at any time. A change from the average basis method 
applies to all identical stock the taxpayer sells or otherwise disposes 
of before January 1, 2012, that was held in any account. A change from 
the average basis method applies on an account by account basis (within 
the meaning of paragraph (e)(10) of this section) to all identical 
stock the taxpayer sells or otherwise disposes of on or after January 
1, 2012. The taxpayer must notify, in writing by any reasonable means, 
the custodian or agent holding the stock to which the change applies. 
Unless paragraph (e)(9)(iii) of this section applies, the basis of each 
share of stock to which the change applies remains the same as the 
basis immediately before the change. See paragraph (e)(7)(v) of this 
section.
    (v) Examples. The provisions of this paragraph (e)(9) are 
illustrated by the following examples:

    Example 1.  (i) Taxpayer F enters into an agreement with W 
Custodian establishing an account for the periodic acquisition of 
shares of N Company, a regulated investment company. W acquires for 
F's account shares

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of N Company on the following dates and amounts:

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                                                    Number of
                       Date                           shares      Cost
------------------------------------------------------------------------
January 8, 2012...................................         25       $200
February 8, 2012..................................         24        200
March 8, 2012.....................................         20        200
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (ii) F notifies W that F elects, under paragraph (e)(9)(i) of 
this section, to use the average basis method for the shares of N 
Company. On May 8, 2012, under paragraph (e)(9)(iii) of this 
section, F notifies W that F revokes the average basis method 
election. On June 1, 2012, F sells 60 shares of N Company using the 
first-in, first-out basis determination method.
    (iii) Under paragraph (e)(9)(iii) of this section, the basis of 
the N Company shares upon revocation, and for purposes of 
determining gain on the sale, is $8.00 per share for each of the 25 
shares purchased on January 8, 2012, $8.34 per share for each of the 
24 shares purchased on February 8, 2012, and $10 per share for the 
remaining 11 shares purchased on March 8, 2012.
    Example 2. (i) The facts are the same as in Example 1, except 
that F does not notify W that F elects a basis determination method. 
W's default basis determination method is the average basis method 
and W maintains an averaged basis for F's shares of N Company on W's 
books and records.
    (ii) F has not elected the average basis method under paragraph 
(e)(9)(i) of this section. Therefore, F's notification to W on May 
8, 2012, is not an effective revocation under paragraph (e)(9)(iii) 
of this section. F's attempted revocation is, instead, notification 
of a change from the average basis method under paragraph (e)(9)(iv) 
of this section. Accordingly, the basis of each share of stock F 
sells on June 1, 2012, is the basis immediately before the change, 
$8.70 (total cost of shares, $600, divided by the total number of 
shares, 69).

    (10) Application of average basis method account by account--(i) In 
general. For sales, exchanges, or other dispositions on or after 
January 1, 2012, of stock described in paragraph (e)(1)(i) of this 
section, the average basis method applies on an account by account 
basis. A taxpayer may use the average basis method for stock in a 
regulated investment company or stock acquired in connection with a 
dividend reinvestment plan in one account but use a different basis 
determination method for identical stock in a different account. If a 
taxpayer uses the average basis method for a stock described in 
paragraph (e)(1)(i) of this section, the taxpayer must use the average 
basis method for all identical stock within that account. The taxpayer 
may use different basis determination methods for stock within an 
account that is not identical. Except as provided in paragraph 
(e)(10)(ii) of this section, a taxpayer must make separate elections to 
use the average basis method for stock held in separate accounts.
    (ii) Account rule for stock sold before 2012. A taxpayer's election 
to use the average basis method for shares of stock described in 
paragraph (e)(1)(i) of this section that a taxpayer sells, exchanges, 
or otherwise disposes of before January 1, 2012, applies to all 
identical shares of stock the taxpayer holds in any account.
    (iii) Separate account. Unless the single-account election 
described in paragraph (e)(11)(i) of this section applies, stock 
described in paragraph (e)(1)(i) of this section that is a covered 
security (within the meaning of section 6045(g)(3)) is treated as held 
in a separate account from stock that is a noncovered security (as 
described in Sec.  1.6045-1(a)(16)), regardless of when acquired.
    (iv) Examples. The provisions of this paragraph (e)(10) are 
illustrated by the following examples:

    Example 1. (i) In 2012, Taxpayer G enters into an agreement with 
Y Broker establishing three accounts (G-1, G-2, and G-3) for the 
periodic acquisition of shares of P Company, a regulated investment 
company. Y makes periodic purchases of P Company for each of G's 
accounts. G elects to use the average basis method for account G-1. 
On July 1, 2013, G sells shares of P Company from account G-1.
    (ii) G is not required to use the average basis method for the 
shares of P Company that G holds in accounts G-2 and G-3 because, 
under paragraph (e)(10)(i) of this section, the average basis method 
election applies to shares sold after 2011 on an account by account 
basis.
    Example 2. The facts are the same as in Example 1, except that G 
also instructs Y to acquire shares of Q Company, a regulated 
investment company, for account G-1. Under paragraph (e)(10)(i) of 
this section, G may use any permissible basis determination method 
for the shares of Q Company because, under paragraph (e)(4) of this 
section, the shares of Q Company are not identical to the shares of 
P Company.
    Example 3. (i) The facts are the same as in Example 1, except 
that G establishes the accounts in 2011 and Y sells shares of P 
Company from account G-1 on July 1, 2011.
    (ii) For sales before 2012, under paragraph (e)(10)(ii) of this 
section, G's election applies to all accounts in which G holds 
identical stock. G must average together the basis of the shares in 
all accounts to determine the basis of the shares sold from account 
G-1.
    Example 4. (i) In 2011, Taxpayer H acquires 80 shares of R 
Company and enrolls them in R Company's dividend reinvestment plan. 
In 2012, H acquires 50 shares of R Company in the dividend 
reinvestment plan. H elects to use the average basis method for the 
shares of R Company in the dividend reinvestment plan. R Company 
does not make the single-account election under paragraph (e)(11)(i) 
of this section.
    (ii) Under section 6045(g)(3) and Sec.  1.6045-1(a)(16), the 80 
shares acquired in 2011 are noncovered securities and the 50 shares 
acquired in 2012 are covered securities. Therefore, under paragraph 
(e)(10)(iii) of this section, the 80 shares are treated as held in a 
separate account from the 50 shares. H must make a separate average 
basis method election for each account and must average the basis of 
the shares in each account separately from the shares in the other 
account.
    Example 5. (i) B Broker maintains an account for Taxpayer J for 
the periodic acquisition of shares of S Company, a regulated 
investment company. In 2013, B purchases shares of S Company for J's 
account that are covered securities within the meaning of section 
6045(g)(3). On April 15, 2014, J inherits shares of S Company that 
are noncovered securities and transfers the shares into the account 
with B.
    (ii) Under paragraph (e)(10)(iii) of this section, J must treat 
the purchased shares and the inherited shares of S Company as held 
in separate accounts. J may elect to apply the average basis method 
to all the shares of S Company, but must make a separate election 
for each account, and must average the basis of the shares in each 
account separately from the shares in the other account.
    Example 6. (i) In 2010, Taxpayer K purchases stock in T Company 
in an account with C Broker. In 2012, K purchases additional T 
Company stock and enrolls that stock in a dividend reinvestment plan 
maintained by C. K elects the average basis method for the T Company 
stock. In 2013, K transfers the T Company stock purchased in 2010 
into the dividend reinvestment plan.
    (ii) Under paragraphs (e)(1)(i) and (e)(6)(ii) of this section, 
the stock purchased in 2010 is not stock acquired after December 31, 
2010, in connection with a dividend reinvestment plan before 
transfer into the dividend reinvestment plan. Therefore, the stock 
is not eligible for the average basis method at that time.
    (iii) Once transferred into the dividend reinvestment plan in 
2013, the stock K purchased in 2010 is acquired after December 31, 
2010, in connection with a dividend reinvestment plan within the 
meaning of paragraph (e)(6)(ii) of this section and is eligible for 
the average basis method. Because stock purchased in 2010 is a 
noncovered security under Sec.  1.6045-1(a)(16), under paragraph 
(e)(10)(iii) of this section, the 2010 stock and the 2012 stock must 
be treated as held in separate accounts. Under paragraph (e)(7)(i) 
of this section, the basis of the 2010 shares may not be averaged 
with the basis of the 2012 shares.
    Example 7.  The facts are the same as in Example 6, except that 
K purchases the initial T Company stock in January 2011. Because 
this stock is a covered security under section 6045(g)(3) and Sec.  
1.6045-1(a)(15)(iv)(A), the 2011 stock and the 2012 stock are not 
required under paragraph (e)(10)(iii) of this section to be treated 
as held in separate accounts. Under paragraph (e)(7)(i) of this 
section, the basis of the 2011 shares must be averaged with the 
basis of the 2012 shares.
    Example 8. (i) The facts are the same as in Example 7, except 
that K purchases the additional T Company stock and enrolls in

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the dividend reinvestment plan in March 2011. In September 2011, K 
transfers the T Company stock purchased in January 2011 into the 
dividend reinvestment plan. K sells some of the T Company stock in 
2012.
    (ii) Under section 6045(g)(3) and Sec.  1.6045-1(a)(16), the 
stock K purchases in January 2011 is a covered security at the time 
of purchase but the stock K purchases and enrolls in the dividend 
reinvestment plan in March 2011 is a noncovered security. However, 
under Sec.  1.6045-1(a)(15)(iv)(A), the stock purchased in January 
2011 becomes a noncovered security after it is transferred to the 
dividend reinvestment plan. Because all the shares in the dividend 
reinvestment plan in September 2011 are noncovered securities, when 
K sells stock in 2012, the January 2011 stock and the March 2011 
stock are not required under paragraph (e)(10)(iii) of this section 
to be treated as held in separate accounts. Under paragraph 
(e)(7)(i) of this section, the basis of the January 2011 shares must 
be averaged with the basis of the March 2011 shares.

    (11) Single-account election--(i) In general. Paragraph 
(e)(10)(iii) of this section does not apply if a regulated investment 
company or dividend reinvestment plan elects to treat all identical 
shares of stock described in paragraph (e)(1)(i) of this section as 
held in a single account (single-account election). The single-account 
election applies only to stock for which a taxpayer elects to use the 
average basis method that is held in separate accounts or treated as 
held in separate accounts maintained for the taxpayer and only to 
accounts with the same ownership. If a broker (as defined by section 
6045(c)(1)) holds the stock as a nominee, the broker, and not the 
regulated investment company or dividend reinvestment plan, makes the 
election. The single-account election is irrevocable, but is void if 
the taxpayer revokes the average basis election under paragraph 
(e)(9)(iii) of this section.
    (ii) Scope of election. A company, plan, or broker may make a 
single-account election for one or more taxpayers for which it 
maintains an account, and for one or more stocks it holds for a 
taxpayer. The company, plan, or broker may make the election only for 
the shares of stock for which it has accurate basis information. A 
company, plan, or broker has accurate basis information if the company, 
plan, or broker neither knows nor has reason to know that the basis 
information is inaccurate. See also section 6724 and the associated 
regulations regarding standards for relief from information reporting 
penalties. Stock for which accurate basis information is unavailable 
may not be included in the single-account election and must be treated 
as held in a separate account.
    (iii) Effect of single-account election. If a company, plan, or 
broker makes the single-account election, the basis of all identical 
shares of stock to which the election applies must be averaged together 
regardless of when the taxpayer acquires the shares, and all the shares 
are treated as covered securities. The single-account election applies 
to all identical stock a taxpayer later acquires in the account that is 
a covered security (within the meaning of section 6045(g)(3)). A 
company, plan, or broker may make another single-account election if, 
for example, the broker later acquires accurate basis information for a 
stock, or a taxpayer acquires identical stock in the account that is a 
noncovered security (as described in Sec.  1.6045-1(a)(16)) for which 
the company, plan, or broker has accurate basis information.
    (iv) Time and manner for making the single-account election. A 
company, plan, or broker makes the single-account election by clearly 
noting it on its books and records. The books and records must reflect 
the date of the election; the taxpayer's name, account number, and 
taxpayer identification number; the stock subject to the election; and 
the taxpayer's basis in the stock. The company, plan, or broker must 
provide copies of the books and records regarding the election to the 
taxpayer upon request. A company, plan, or broker may make the single-
account election at any time.
    (v) Notification to taxpayer. A company, plan, or broker making the 
single-account election must use reasonable means to notify the 
taxpayer of the election. Reasonable means include mailings, circulars, 
or electronic mail sent separately to the taxpayer or included with the 
taxpayer's account statement, or other means reasonably calculated to 
provide actual notice to the taxpayer. The notice must identify the 
securities subject to the election and advise the taxpayer that the 
securities will be treated as covered securities regardless of when 
acquired.
    (vi) Examples. The provisions of this paragraph (e)(11) are 
illustrated by the following examples:

    Example 1. (i) E Broker maintains Accounts A and B for Taxpayer 
M for the acquisition and disposition of shares of T Company, a 
regulated investment company. In 2011, E purchases 100 shares of T 
Company for M's Account A. E has accurate basis information for 
these shares. In 2012, E purchases 150 shares of T Company for M's 
Account A and 80 shares of T Company for M's Account B. M elects to 
use the average basis method for all shares of T Company. E makes a 
single-account election for M's T Company stock.
    (ii) The shares of T Company in Accounts A and B are held in 
separate accounts. Under section 6045(g)(3) and Sec.  1.6045-
1(a)(16), of the shares purchased in Account A, the 100 shares 
purchased in 2011 are noncovered securities and the 150 shares 
purchased in 2012 are covered securities. Under paragraph 
(e)(10)(iii) of this section, the 100 shares are treated as held in 
a separate account from the 150 shares. Under paragraph (e)(11)(i) 
of this section, the single-account election applies to all 330 
shares of T Company in Accounts A and B. Thus, under paragraph 
(e)(11)(iii) of this section, the basis of the 330 shares of stock 
is averaged together and all the shares are treated as covered 
securities.
    Example 2.  The facts are the same as in Example 1, except that 
M owns Account B jointly with Taxpayer N. E may make a single-
account election for the 250 shares of stock in M's Account A. 
However, under paragraph (e)(11)(i) of this section, E may not make 
a single-account election for Accounts A and B because the accounts 
do not have the same ownership.
    Example 3.  (i) C Broker maintains an account for Taxpayer K for 
the acquisition and disposition of shares of T Company, a regulated 
investment company, and shares of V Company that K enrolls in C's 
dividend reinvestment plan. In 2011, C purchases for K's account 100 
shares of T Company in multiple lots and 80 shares of V Company in 
multiple lots that are enrolled in the dividend reinvestment plan. C 
has accurate basis information for all 100 shares of T Company and 
80 shares of V Company. In 2012, C acquires for K's account 150 
shares of T Company and 160 shares of V Company that are enrolled in 
the dividend reinvestment plan. K elects to use the average basis 
method for all the shares of T Company and V Company.
    (ii) Under paragraphs (e)(11)(i) and (ii) of this section, C may 
make a single-account election for the T Company stock or the V 
Company stock, or both. After making a single-account election for 
each stock, under paragraph (e)(11)(iii) of this section, the basis 
of all T Company stock is averaged together and the basis of all V 
Company stock is averaged together, regardless of when acquired, and 
all the shares of T Company and V Company are treated as covered 
securities.
    Example 4.  The facts are the same as in Example 3, except that 
K transfers the 100 shares of T Company acquired in 2011 from an 
account with another broker into K's account with C. C does not have 
accurate basis information for 30 of the 100 shares of T Company, 
which K had acquired in two lots. Under paragraph (e)(11)(ii) of 
this section, C may make the single-account election only for the 70 
shares of T Company stock for which C has accurate basis 
information. C must treat the 30 shares of T Company for which C 
does not have accurate basis information as held in a separate 
account. K may use the average basis method for the 30 shares of T 
Company, but must make a separate average basis method election for 
these shares and must average the basis of these shares separately 
from the 70 shares subject to C's single-account election.

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    Example 5. The facts are the same as in Example 3, except that C 
has made the single-account election and in 2013 K acquires 
additional shares of T Company that are covered securities in K's 
account with C. Under paragraph (e)(11)(iii) of this section, these 
shares of T Company are subject to C's single-account election.
    Example 6.  The facts are the same as in Example 3, except that 
C has made the single-account election and in 2013 K inherits shares 
of T Company that are noncovered securities and transfers the shares 
into the account with C. C has accurate basis information for these 
shares. Under paragraph (e)(11)(iii) of this section, C may make a 
second single-account election to include the inherited T Company 
shares.
    Example 7.  (i) Between 2002 and 2011, Taxpayer L acquires 1,500 
shares of W Company, a regulated investment company, in an account 
with D Broker, for which L uses the average basis method, and sells 
500 shares. On January 5, 2012, based on accurate basis information, 
the averaged basis of L's remaining 1,000 shares of W Company is $24 
per share. On January 5, 2012, L acquires 100 shares of W Company 
for $28 per share and makes an average basis election for those 
shares under paragraph (e)(9)(i) of this section.
    (ii) On February 1, 2012, D makes a single-account election that 
includes all 1,100 of L's shares in W Company. Thereafter, the basis 
of L's shares of W Company is $24.36 per share (($24,000 + $2,800)/
1,100). On September 12, 2012, under paragraph (e)(9)(iii) of this 
section, L revokes the average basis election for the 100 shares 
acquired on January 5, 2012.
    (iii) Under paragraph (e)(11)(i) of this section, D's single-
account election is void. Therefore, the basis of the 1,000 shares 
of W Company that L acquires before 2012 is $24 per share and the 
basis of the 100 shares of W Company that L acquires in 2012 is $28 
per share.

    (12) Effective/applicability date. Except as otherwise provided in 
paragraphs (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(7), (e)(9), and (e)(10) of this section, 
this paragraph (e) applies for taxable years beginning after October 
18, 2010.
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Par. 4. Section 1.6039-2 is amended by adding two new sentences at the 
end of paragraph (c)(1) to read as follows:


Sec.  1.6039-2  Statements to persons with respect to whom information 
is reported.

* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    (1) * * * However, for a statement required to be furnished after 
December 31, 2008, the February 15 due date under section 6045 applies 
to the statement if the statement is furnished in a consolidated 
reporting statement under section 6045. See Sec. Sec.  1.6045-1(k)(3), 
1.6045-2(d)(2), 1.6045-3(e)(2), 1.6045-4(m)(3), and 1.6045-5(a)(3)(ii).
* * * * *

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Par. 5. Section 1.6042-4 is amended by adding two new sentences at the 
end of paragraph (e)(1) to read as follows:


Sec.  1.6042-4  Statements to recipients of dividend payments.

* * * * *
    (e) * * *
    (1) * * * For a statement required to be furnished after December 
31, 2008, the February 15 due date under section 6045 applies to the 
statement if the statement is furnished in a consolidated reporting 
statement under section 6045. See Sec. Sec.  1.6045-1(k)(3), 1.6045-
2(d)(2), 1.6045-3(e)(2), 1.6045-4(m)(3), and 1.6045-5(a)(3)(ii).
* * * * *

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Par. 6. Section 1.6044-5 is amended by adding two new sentences at the 
end of paragraph (b) to read as follows:


Sec.  1.6044-5  Statements to recipients of patronage dividends.

* * * * *
    (b) * * * For a statement required to be furnished after December 
31, 2008, the February 15 due date under section 6045 applies to the 
statement if the statement is furnished in a consolidated reporting 
statement under section 6045. See Sec. Sec.  1.6045-1(k)(3), 1.6045-
2(d)(2), 1.6045-3(e)(2), 1.6045-4(m)(3), and 1.6045-5(a)(3)(ii).
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Par. 7. Section 1.6045-1 is amended by:
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1. Revising paragraph (a)(9) and adding paragraphs (a)(14), (a)(15), 
and (a)(16).
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2. Adding Examples 9, 10, and 11 to paragraph (b).
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3. Revising paragraphs (c)(2), (c)(3)(i)(B)(1), and (c)(3)(i)(C).
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4. Removing paragraph (c)(3)(xii) and redesignating paragraph 
(c)(3)(xi) as (c)(3)(xii) and adding a new paragraph (c)(3)(xi).
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5. Adding Examples 7, 8, and 9 to paragraph (c)(4).
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6. Revising paragraphs (d)(1), (d)(2), and (d)(5).
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7. Redesignating paragraphs (d)(6) and (d)(7) as (d)(8) and (d)(9) 
respectively and adding new paragraphs (d)(6) and (d)(7).
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8. Revising newly designated paragraphs (d)(8) and (d)(9).
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9. Revising paragraphs (e)(2)(i), (f)(2)(i), (k)(1), and (k)(2).
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10. Redesignating paragraph (k)(3) as (k)(4) and adding a new paragraph 
(k)(3).
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11. Removing paragraphs (p) and (q) and redesignating paragraph (r) as 
(p).
    The additions and revisions read as follows:


Sec.  1.6045-1  Returns of information of brokers and barter exchanges.

    (a) * * *
    (9) The term sale means any disposition of securities, commodities, 
regulated futures contracts, or forward contracts, and includes 
redemptions of stock, retirements of indebtedness, and enterings into 
short sales, but only to the extent any of these actions are conducted 
for cash. In the case of a regulated futures contract or a forward 
contract, a sale is any closing transaction. When a closing transaction 
in a regulated futures contract involves making or taking delivery, the 
profit or loss on the contract is a sale and the delivery is a separate 
sale. When a closing transaction in a forward contract involves making 
or taking delivery, the delivery is a sale without separating the 
profit or loss on the contract from the profit or loss on the delivery, 
except that taking delivery for United States dollars is not a sale. 
Grants or purchases of options, exercises of call options, and 
enterings into contracts that require delivery of personal property or 
an interest therein are not sales. For purposes of this section only, a 
constructive sale under section 1259 and a mark to fair market value 
under sections 475 or 1296 are not sales.
* * * * *
    (14) The term specified security means any share of stock (or any 
interest treated as stock, including, for example, an American 
Depositary Receipt) in an entity organized as, or treated for Federal 
tax purposes as, a corporation (foreign or domestic). Solely for 
purposes of this paragraph (a)(14), a security classified as stock by 
the issuer is treated as stock. If the issuer has not classified the 
security, the security is not treated as stock unless the broker knows 
that the security is reasonably classified as stock under general 
Federal tax principles.
    (15) The term covered security means a specified security described 
in this paragraph (a)(15).
    (i) In general. Except as provided in paragraph (a)(15)(iv) of this 
section, the following securities are covered securities:
    (A) A specified security acquired for cash in an account on or 
after January 1, 2011, except stock for which the average basis method 
is available under Sec.  1.1012-1(e).
    (B) Stock for which the average basis method is available under 
Sec.  1.1012-1(e) acquired for cash in an account on or after January 
1, 2012.
    (C) A specified security transferred to an account if the broker or 
other custodian of the account receives a

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transfer statement (as described in Sec.  1.6045A-1) reporting the 
security as a covered security.
    (ii) Acquired in an account. For purposes of this paragraph 
(a)(15), a security is considered acquired in a customer's account at a 
broker or custodian if the security is acquired by the customer's 
broker or custodian or acquired by another broker and delivered to the 
customer's broker or custodian.
    (iii) Corporate actions and other events. For purposes of this 
paragraph (a)(15), a security acquired due to a stock dividend, stock 
split, reorganization, redemption, stock conversion, recapitalization, 
corporate division, or other similar action is considered acquired for 
cash in an account.
    (iv) Exceptions. Notwithstanding paragraph (a)(15)(i) of this 
section, the following securities are not covered securities:
    (A) Stock acquired in 2011 that is transferred to a dividend 
reinvestment plan (as described in Sec.  1.1012-1(e)(6)) in 2011. 
However, a covered security acquired in 2011 that is transferred to a 
dividend reinvestment plan after 2011 remains a covered security.
    (B) A security acquired through an event described in paragraph 
(a)(15)(iii) of this section if the basis of the acquired security is 
determined from the basis of a noncovered security.
    (C) A security that is excepted at the time of its acquisition from 
reporting under paragraph (c)(3) or (g) of this section. However, a 
broker cannot treat a security as acquired by an exempt foreign person 
under paragraph (g)(1)(i) of this section at the time of acquisition 
if, at that time, the broker knows or should have known (including by 
reason of information that the broker is required to collect under 
section 1471 or 1472) that the customer is not a foreign person.
    (D) A security for which reporting under this section is required 
by Sec.  1.6049-5(d)(3)(ii) (certain securities owned by a foreign 
intermediary or flow-through entity).
    (16) The term noncovered security means any security that is not a 
covered security.
    (b) * * *
* * * * *
    Example 9.  E, an individual not otherwise exempt from 
reporting, maintains an account with S, a broker. On June 1, 2012, E 
instructs S to purchase stock that is a specified security for cash. 
S places an order to purchase the stock with T, another broker. E 
does not maintain an account with T. T executes the purchase. 
Custody of the purchased stock is transferred to E's account at S. 
Under paragraph (a)(15)(ii) of this section, the stock is considered 
acquired for cash in E's account at S. Because the stock is acquired 
on or after January 1, 2012, under paragraph (a)(15)(i) of this 
section, it is a covered security.
    Example 10. F, an individual not otherwise exempt from 
reporting, is granted 100 shares of stock in F's employer by F's 
employer. Because F does not acquire the stock for cash or through a 
transfer to an account with a transfer statement (as described in 
Sec.  1.6045A-1), under paragraph (a)(15) of this section, the stock 
is not a covered security.
    Example 11.  G, an individual not otherwise exempt from 
reporting, owns 400 shares of stock in Q, a corporation, in an 
account with U, a broker. Of the 400 shares, 100 are covered 
securities and 300 are noncovered securities. Q takes a corporate 
action to split its stock in a 2-for-1 split. After the stock split, 
G owns 800 shares of stock. Because the adjusted basis of 600 of the 
800 shares that G owns is determined from the basis of noncovered 
securities, under paragraphs (a)(15)(iii) and (a)(15)(iv)(B) of this 
section, these 600 shares are not covered securities and the 
remaining 200 shares are covered securities.

    (c) * * *
    (2) Sales required to be reported. Except as provided in paragraphs 
(c)(3), (c)(5), and (g) of this section, a broker is required to make a 
return of information for each sale by a customer of the broker if, in 
the ordinary course of a trade or business in which the broker stands 
ready to effect sales to be made by others, the broker effects the sale 
or closes the short position opened by the sale.
    (3) * * *
    (i) * * *
    (B) * * *
    (1) A corporation as defined in section 7701(a)(3), whether 
domestic or foreign, except that this exclusion does not apply to sales 
of covered securities acquired on or after January 1, 2012, by an S 
corporation as defined in section 1361(a);
* * * * *
    (C) Exemption certificate--(1) In general. Except as provided in 
paragraph (c)(3)(i)(C)(2) of this section, a broker may treat a person 
described in paragraph (c)(3)(i)(B) of this section as an exempt 
recipient based on a properly completed exemption certificate (as 
provided in Sec.  31.3406(h)-3 of this chapter); the broker's actual 
knowledge that the customer is a person described in paragraph 
(c)(3)(i)(B) of this section; or the applicable indicators described in 
Sec.  1.6049-4(c)(1)(ii)(A) through (M). A broker may require an exempt 
recipient to file a properly completed exemption certificate and may 
treat an exempt recipient that fails to do so as a recipient that is 
not exempt.
    (2) Limitation for corporate customers. For sales of covered 
securities acquired on or after January 1, 2012, a broker may not treat 
a customer as an exempt recipient described in paragraph 
(c)(3)(i)(B)(1) of this section based on the indicators of corporate 
status described in Sec.  1.6049-4(c)(1)(ii)(A). However, for sales of 
all securities, a broker may treat a customer as an exempt recipient if 
one of the following applies:
    (i) The name of the customer contains the term ``insurance 
company,'' ``indemnity company,'' ``reinsurance company,'' or 
``assurance company.''
    (ii) The name of the customer indicates that it is an entity listed 
as a per se corporation under Sec.  301.7701-2(b)(8)(i) of this 
chapter.
    (iii) The broker receives a properly completed exemption 
certificate (as provided in Sec.  31.3406(h)-3 of this chapter) that 
asserts that the customer is not an S corporation as defined in section 
1361(a).
    (iv) The broker receives a withholding certificate described in 
Sec.  1.1441-1(e)(2)(i) that includes a certification that the person 
whose name is on the certificate is a foreign corporation.
* * * * *
    (xi) Short sales--(A) In general. A broker may not make a return of 
information under this section for a short sale of a security entered 
into on or after January 1, 2011, until the year a customer delivers a 
security to satisfy the short sale obligation. The return must be made 
without regard to the constructive sale rule in section 1259 or to 
section 1233(h). In general, the broker must report on a single return 
the information required by paragraph (d)(2)(i) of this section for the 
short sale except that the broker must report the date the short sale 
was closed in lieu of the sale date. In applying paragraph (d)(2)(i) of 
this section, the broker must report the relevant information regarding 
the security sold to open the short sale and the adjusted basis of the 
security delivered to close the short sale and whether any gain or loss 
on the closing of the short sale is long-term or short-term (within the 
meaning of section 1222).
    (B) Short sale closed by delivery of a noncovered security. A 
broker is not required to report adjusted basis and whether any gain or 
loss on the closing of the short sale is long-term or short-term if the 
short sale is closed by delivery of a noncovered security and the 
return so indicates. A broker that chooses to report this information 
is not subject to penalties under section 6721 or 6722 for failure to 
report this information correctly if the broker indicates on the return 
that the short

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sale was closed by delivery of a noncovered security.
    (C) Short sale obligation transferred to another account. If a 
short sale obligation is satisfied by delivery of a security 
transferred into a customer's account accompanied by a transfer 
statement (as described in Sec.  1.6045A-1(b)(4)) indicating that the 
security was borrowed, the broker receiving custody of the security may 
not file a return of information under this section. The receiving 
broker must furnish a statement to the transferor that reports the 
amount of gross proceeds received from the short sale, the date of the 
sale, the quantity of shares or units sold, and the Committee on 
Uniform Security Identification Procedures (CUSIP) number of the sold 
security (if applicable) or other security identifier number that the 
Secretary may designate by publication in the Federal Register or in 
the Internal Revenue Bulletin (see Sec.  601.601(d)(2) of this 
chapter). The statement to the transferor also must include the 
transfer date, the name and contact information of the receiving 
broker, the name and contact information of the transferor, and 
sufficient information to identify the customer. If the customer 
subsequently closes the short sale obligation in the transferor's 
account with non-borrowed securities, the transferor must make the 
return of information required by this section. In that event, the 
transferor must take into account the information furnished under this 
paragraph (c)(3)(xi)(C) on the return unless the transferor knows that 
the information furnished under this paragraph is incorrect or 
incomplete. A failure to report correct information that arises solely 
from this reliance is deemed to be due to reasonable cause for purposes 
of penalties under sections 6721 and 6722. See Sec.  301.6724-1(a)(1) 
of this chapter.
* * * * *
    (4) * * *
* * * * *
    Example 7.  On June 24, 2010, H, an individual who is not an 
exempt recipient, opens a short sale of stock in an account with M, 
a broker. Because the short sale is entered into before January 1, 
2011, paragraph (c)(3)(xi) of this section does not apply. Under 
paragraphs (c)(2) and (j) of this section, M must make a return of 
information for the year of the sale regardless of when the short 
sale is closed.
    Example 8.  (i) On August 25, 2011, H opens a short sale of 
stock in an account with M, a broker. H closes the short sale with M 
on January 25, 2012, by purchasing stock of the same corporation in 
the account in which H opened the short sale and delivering the 
stock to satisfy H's short sale obligation. The stock H purchased is 
a covered security.
    (ii) Because the short sale is entered into on or after January 
1, 2011, under paragraphs (c)(2) and (c)(3)(xi) of this section, the 
broker closing the short sale must make a return of information 
reporting the sale for the year in which the short sale is closed. 
Thus, M is required to report the sale for 2012. M must report on a 
single return the relevant information for the sold stock, the 
adjusted basis of the purchased stock, and whether any gain or loss 
on the closing of the short sale is long-term or short-term (within 
the meaning of section 1222). Thus, M must report the information 
about the short sale opening and closing transactions on a single 
return for taxable year 2012.
    Example 9.  (i) Assume the same facts as in Example 8 except 
that H also has an account with N, a broker, and satisfies the short 
sale obligation with M by borrowing stock of the same corporation 
from N and transferring custody of the borrowed stock from N to M. N 
indicates on the transfer statement that the transferred stock was 
borrowed in accordance with Sec.  1.6045A-1(b)(4).
    (ii) Under paragraph (c)(3)(xi)(C) of this section, M may not 
file the return of information required under this section. M must 
furnish a statement to N that reports the gross proceeds from the 
short sale on August 25, 2011, the date of the sale, the quantity of 
shares sold, the CUSIP number or other security identifier number of 
the sold stock, the transfer date, the name and contact information 
of M and N, and information identifying H such as H's name and the 
account number from which H transferred the borrowed stock.
    (iii) N must report the gross proceeds from the short sale, the 
date the short sale was closed, the adjusted basis of the stock 
acquired to close the short sale, and whether any gain or loss on 
the closing of the short sale is long-term or short-term (within the 
meaning of section 1222) on the return of information N is required 
to file under paragraph (c)(2) of this section when H closes the 
short sale in the account with N.
* * * * *
    (d) * * * (1) In general. A broker that is required to make a 
return of information under paragraph (c) of this section during a 
reporting period is required to report for each filing group on a 
separate Form 1096, ``Annual Summary and Transmittal of U.S. 
Information Returns,'' or any successor form, the information required 
by the form in the manner and number of copies required by the form.
    (2) Transactional reporting--(i) Required information. Except as 
provided in paragraph (c)(5) of this section, for each sale for which a 
broker is required to make a return of information under this section, 
the broker must report on Form 1099-B, ``Proceeds From Broker and 
Barter Exchange Transactions,'' or any successor form the name, 
address, and taxpayer identification number of the customer, the 
property sold, the CUSIP number of the security sold (if applicable) or 
other security identifier number that the Secretary may designate by 
publication in the Federal Register or in the Internal Revenue Bulletin 
(see Sec.  601.601(d)(2) of this chapter), the adjusted basis of the 
security sold, whether any gain or loss with respect to the security 
sold is long-term or short-term (within the meaning of section 1222), 
the gross proceeds of the sale, the sale date, and other information 
required by the form in the manner and number of copies required by the 
form.
    (ii) Specific identification of securities. Except as provided in 
Sec.  1.1012-1(e)(7)(ii), a broker must report a sale on or after 
January 1, 2011, of less than the entire position in an account of a 
specified security that was acquired on different dates or at different 
prices consistently with a customer's adequate and timely 
identification of the security to be sold. See Sec.  1.1012-1(c). If 
the customer does not provide an adequate and timely identification for 
the sale, the broker must first report the sale of any shares or units 
in the account for which the broker does not know the acquisition or 
purchase date followed by the earliest shares or units purchased or 
acquired, whether covered securities or noncovered securities.
    (iii) Sales of noncovered securities. A broker is not required to 
report adjusted basis and whether any gain or loss on the sale is long-
term or short-term for the sale of a noncovered security if the return 
identifies the sale as a sale of a noncovered security. A broker that 
chooses to report this information for a noncovered security is not 
subject to penalties under section 6721 or 6722 for failure to report 
this information correctly if the return identifies the sale as a sale 
of a noncovered security. For purposes of this paragraph (d)(2)(iii), a 
broker must treat a security for which a broker makes the single-
account election described in Sec.  1.1012-1(e)(11)(i) as a covered 
security.
    (iv) Information from other parties and other accounts--(A) 
Transfer and issuer statements. When reporting a sale of a covered 
security, a broker must take into account all information, other than 
the classification of the security (such as stock), furnished on a 
transfer statement (as described in Sec.  1.6045A-1) and all 
information furnished or deemed furnished on an issuer statement (as 
described in Sec.  1.6045B-1), unless the statement is incomplete or 
the broker has actual knowledge that it is incorrect. A broker may 
treat a customer as a minority shareholder when taking the information 
on an issuer statement into account unless the broker knows that

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the customer is a majority shareholder and the issuer statement reports 
the action's effect on the basis of majority shareholders. A failure to 
report correct information that arises solely from reliance on 
information furnished on a transfer statement or issuer statement is 
deemed to be due to reasonable cause for purposes of penalties under 
sections 6721 and 6722. See Sec.  301.6724-1(a)(1) of this chapter.
    (B) Other information. A broker is permitted, but not required, to 
take into account information about a covered security other than what 
is furnished on a transfer statement or issuer statement, including any 
information the broker has about securities held by the same customer 
in other accounts with the broker. For purposes of penalties under 
sections 6721 and 6722, a broker that takes into account information 
received from a customer or third party other than information 
furnished on a transfer statement or issuer statement is deemed to have 
relied upon this information in good faith if the broker neither knows 
nor has reason to know that the information is incorrect. See Sec.  
301.6724-1(c)(6) of this chapter.
    (v) Failure to receive a complete transfer statement. A broker that 
has not received a complete transfer statement as required under Sec.  
1.6045A-1(a)(3) for a transfer of a specified security must request a 
complete statement from the applicable person effecting the transfer 
unless, under Sec.  1.6045A-1(a), the transferor has no duty to furnish 
a transfer statement for the transfer. The broker is only required to 
make this request once. If the broker does not receive a complete 
transfer statement after requesting it, the broker may treat the 
security as a noncovered security upon its subsequent sale or transfer. 
A transfer statement for a covered security is complete if, in the view 
of the receiving broker, it provides sufficient information to comply 
with this section when reporting the sale of the security. A transfer 
statement for a noncovered security is complete if it indicates that 
the security is a noncovered security.
    (vi) Reporting by other parties after a sale--(A) Transfer 
statements. If a broker receives a transfer statement indicating that a 
security is a covered security after the broker reports the sale of the 
security, the broker must file a corrected return within thirty days of 
receiving the statement unless the broker reported the required 
information on the original return consistently with the transfer 
statement.
    (B) Issuer statements. If a broker receives or is deemed to receive 
an issuer statement after the broker reports the sale of a covered 
security, the broker must file a corrected return within thirty days of 
receiving the issuer statement unless the broker reported the required 
information on the original return consistently with the issuer 
statement.
    (C) Exception. A broker is not required to file a corrected return 
under this paragraph (d)(2)(vi) if the broker receives the transfer 
statement or issuer statement more than three years after the broker 
filed the return.
    (vii) Examples. The following examples illustrate the rules of this 
paragraph (d)(2):

    Example 1.  (i) On February 22, 2012, K sells 100 shares of 
stock of C, a corporation, at a loss in an account held with F, a 
broker. On March 15, 2012, K purchases 100 shares of C stock for 
cash in an account with G, a different broker. Because K acquires 
the stock purchased on March 15, 2012, for cash in an account after 
January 1, 2012, under paragraph (a)(15) of this section, the stock 
is a covered security. K asks G to increase K's adjusted basis in 
the stock to account for the application of the wash sale rules 
under section 1091 to the loss transaction in the account held with 
F.
    (ii) Under paragraph (d)(2)(iv)(B) of this section, G is not 
required to take into account the information provided by K when 
subsequently reporting the adjusted basis and whether any gain or 
loss on the sale is long-term or short-term. If G chooses to take 
this information into account, under paragraph (d)(2)(iv)(B) of this 
section, G is deemed to have relied upon the information received 
from K in good faith for purposes of penalties under sections 6721 
and 6722 if G neither knows nor has reason to know that the 
information provided by K is incorrect.
    Example 2.  (i) L purchases shares of stock of a single 
corporation in an account with F, a broker, on April 17, 1969, April 
17, 2012, April 17, 2013, and April 17, 2014. In January 2015, L 
sells all the stock.
    (ii) Under paragraph (d)(2)(i) of this section, F must 
separately report the gross proceeds and adjusted basis attributable 
to the stock purchased in 2014, for which the gain or loss on the 
sale is short-term, and the combined gross proceeds and adjusted 
basis attributable to the stock purchased in 2012 and 2013, for 
which the gain or loss on the sale is long-term. Under paragraph 
(d)(2)(iii) of this section, F must also separately report the gross 
proceeds attributable to the stock purchased in 1969 as the sale of 
noncovered securities in order to avoid treatment of this sale as 
the sale of covered securities.
* * * * *
    (5) Gross proceeds. For purposes of this section, gross proceeds on 
a sale are the total amount paid to the customer or credited to the 
customer's account as a result of the sale reduced by the amount of any 
interest reported under paragraph (d)(3) of this section and increased 
by any amount not paid or credited by reason of repayment of margin 
loans. In the case of a closing transaction that results in a loss, 
gross proceeds are the amount debited from the customer's account. A 
broker may, but is not required to, reduce gross proceeds by the amount 
of commissions and transfer taxes, provided the treatment chosen is 
consistent with the books of the broker. For securities sold pursuant 
to the exercise of an option granted or acquired before January 1, 
2013, a broker may, but is not required to, take the option premiums 
into account in determining the gross proceeds of the securities sold, 
provided the treatment chosen is consistent with the books of the 
broker. A broker must report the gross proceeds of identical stock 
(within the meaning of Sec.  1.1012-1(e)(4)) by averaging the proceeds 
of each share if the stock is sold at separate times on the same 
calendar day in executing a single trade order and the broker executing 
the trade provides a single confirmation to the customer that reports 
an aggregate total price or an average price per share. However, a 
broker may not average the proceeds if the customer notifies the broker 
in writing of an intent to determine the proceeds of the stock by the 
actual proceeds per share and the broker receives the notification by 
January 15 of the calendar year following the year of the sale. A 
broker may extend the January 15 deadline but not beyond the due date 
for filing the return required under this section.
    (6) Adjusted basis--(i) In general. For purposes of this section, 
the adjusted basis of a security is determined from the initial basis 
under paragraph (d)(6)(ii) of this section as of the date the security 
is acquired in an account, increased by the commissions and transfer 
taxes related to its sale to the extent not accounted for in gross 
proceeds as described in paragraph (d)(5) of this section. A broker is 
not required to consider transactions, elections, or events occurring 
outside the account except for an organizational action taken by an 
issuer during the period the broker holds custody of the security (not 
including the transfer settlement date if the security was transferred) 
reported on an issuer statement (as described in Sec.  1.6045B-1) 
furnished or deemed furnished to the broker.
    (ii) Initial basis--(A) Cost basis. For a security acquired for 
cash, the initial basis is the total amount of cash paid by the 
customer or credited against the customer's account for the security, 
increased by the commissions and transfer taxes related to its 
acquisition. A broker may, but is not required to, take option premiums 
into account in determining the initial basis of securities purchased 
or acquired pursuant to the exercise of an option granted or acquired 
before January 1,

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2013. A broker may, but is not required to, increase initial basis for 
income recognized upon the exercise of a compensatory option or the 
vesting or exercise of other equity-based compensation arrangements, 
granted or acquired before January 1, 2013. A broker must report the 
basis of identical stock (within the meaning of Sec.  1.1012-1(e)(4)) 
by averaging the basis of each share if the stock is purchased at 
separate times on the same calendar day in executing a single trade 
order and the broker executing the trade provides a single confirmation 
to the customer that reports an aggregate total price or an average 
price per share. However, a broker may not average the basis if the 
customer timely notifies the broker in writing of an intent to 
determine the basis of the stock by the actual cost per share in 
accordance with Sec.  1.1012-1(c)(1)(ii).
    (B) Transferred basis--(1) In general. The initial basis of a 
security transferred to an account is generally the basis reported on 
the transfer statement (as described in Sec.  1.6045A-1).
    (2) Securities acquired by gift. If a transfer statement indicates 
that the security is acquired as a gift, a broker must apply the 
relevant basis rules for property acquired by gift in determining the 
initial basis, but is not required to adjust basis for gift tax. A 
broker must treat the initial basis as equal to the gross proceeds from 
the sale determined under paragraph (d)(5) of this section if the 
relevant basis rules for property acquired by gift prevent recognizing 
both gain and loss, or if the relevant basis rules treat the initial 
basis of the security as its fair market value as of the date of the 
gift and the broker neither knows nor can readily ascertain this value. 
If the transfer statement did not report a date for the gift, the 
broker must treat the settlement date for the transfer as the date of 
the gift.
    (iii) Adjustments for wash sales--(A) In general. A broker must 
apply the wash sale rules under section 1091 if both the sale and 
purchase transactions are of covered securities with the same CUSIP 
number or other security identifier number that the Secretary may 
designate by publication in the Federal Register or in the Internal 
Revenue Bulletin (see Sec.  601.601(d)(2) of this chapter). When 
reporting the sale transaction that triggered the wash sale, the broker 
must report the amount of loss that is disallowed by section 1091 in 
addition to gross proceeds and adjusted basis. The broker must increase 
the adjusted basis of the purchased security by the amount of loss 
disallowed on the sale transaction.
    (B) Securities in different accounts. A broker is not required to 
apply paragraph (d)(6)(iii)(A) of this section if the securities are 
purchased and sold from different accounts, if the purchased security 
is transferred to another account before the wash sale, or if the 
securities are treated as held in separate accounts under Sec.  1.1012-
1(e). A security is not purchased in an account if it is purchased in 
another account and transferred into the account.
    (C) Effect of election under section 475(f)(1). A broker is not 
required to apply paragraph (d)(6)(iii)(A) of this section to 
securities in an account if a customer has in writing both informed the 
broker that the customer has made a valid and timely election under 
section 475(f)(1) and identified the account as solely containing 
securities subject to the election. For purposes of this paragraph 
(d)(6)(iii)(C), a writing may be in electronic format. If a customer 
subsequently informs a broker that the election no longer applies to 
the customer or the account, the broker must prospectively apply 
paragraph (d)(6)(iii)(A) of this section but is not required to apply 
paragraph (d)(6)(iii)(A) of this section for the period covered by the 
customer's prior instruction to the broker. A taxpayer that is not a 
trader in securities within the meaning of section 475(f)(1) does not 
become a trader in securities, or create an inference that it is a 
trader in securities, by notifying a broker that it has made a valid 
and timely election under section 475(f)(1).
    (D) Reporting at or near the time of sale. If a wash sale occurs 
after a broker has completed a return or statement reporting a sale of 
a covered security, the broker must redetermine adjusted basis under 
this paragraph (d)(6)(iii) and, if the return or statement included 
information inconsistent with this redetermination, correct the return 
or statement by the applicable original due date set forth in this 
section for the return or statement.
    (iv) Constructive sale and mark-to-market adjustments. A broker is 
not required to apply section 1259 (regarding constructive sales), 
section 475 (regarding the mark-to-market method of accounting), or 
section 1296 (regarding the mark-to-market method of accounting for 
marketable stock in a passive foreign investment company) when 
reporting adjusted basis.
    (v) Average basis method adjustments. For a covered security for 
which basis may be determined by the average basis method, a broker 
must compute basis using the average basis method if a customer validly 
elects that method for the securities sold or, in the absence of any 
instruction from the customer, if the broker chooses that method as its 
default basis determination method. See Sec.  1.1012-1(e).
    (vi) Regulated investment company and real estate investment trust 
adjustments. A broker must adjust the basis of a covered security 
issued by a regulated investment company or real estate investment 
trust for the effects of undistributed capital gains reported to or by 
the broker under section 852(b)(3)(D) or section 857(b)(3)(D).
    (vii) Examples. The following examples, in which all the securities 
are covered securities, illustrate the rules of this paragraph (d)(6):

    Example 1. (i) On September 21, 2012, P purchases 100 shares of 
stock in an account with J, a broker. On December 14, 2012, P 
purchases 100 shares of stock with the same CUSIP number in the same 
account. On January 4, 2013, P sells the 100 shares purchased on 
September 21, 2012, at a loss.
    (ii) Because the sale of stock on January 4, 2013, and the 
purchase of stock on December 14, 2012, are of covered securities 
with the same CUSIP number, under paragraph (d)(6)(iii)(A) of this 
section, J must report the amount of loss disallowed by section 1091 
in addition to the gross proceeds of the sale and the adjusted basis 
of the September 21, 2012, stock.
    (iii) P later sells the stock acquired on December 14, 2012. 
When reporting the sale of the stock, under paragraph (d)(6)(iii)(A) 
of this section, J must increase the adjusted basis of the stock 
acquired on December 14, 2012, by the amount of loss disallowed on 
the January 4, 2013, sale.
    Example 2.  Assume the same facts as in Example 1 except that 
the December 14, 2012, purchase occurs in another account P 
maintains with J. Because the December 14, 2012, purchase does not 
occur in the same account as the sale of the September 21, 2012, 
stock, under paragraph (d)(6)(iii)(B) of this section, J is not 
required to apply the wash sale rules in reporting the sale of stock 
acquired on September 21, 2012, or December 14, 2012. Under 
paragraphs (d)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iv)(B) of this section, J may 
choose to apply the wash sale rules as if the transactions occurred 
in the same account. The result is the same whether P keeps the 
stock purchased on December 14, 2012, in the other account or 
transfers the stock into the account from which P sells the stock 
sold on January 4, 2013.
    Example 3.  (i) K, a regulated investment company, offers two 
funds for sale, Fund D and Fund E. On April 22, 2012, Q purchases 
shares of Fund D and pays a separate load charge. By paying the load 
charge, Q acquires a reinvestment right in shares of Fund E. On 
April 23, 2012, at the request of Q, Fund D redeems the shares. Q 
uses the proceeds to purchase shares of Fund E in a separate 
account. As a result of the reinvestment right, Q pays no load 
charge in purchasing the Fund E shares.

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    (ii) Under paragraph (d)(6)(i) of this section, when reporting 
adjusted basis of the Fund D and Fund E shares at the time of their 
redemption, K is not required to adjust basis for any deferral of 
the load charge under section 852(f), because the transactions 
concerning Fund D and Fund E occur in separate accounts. Under 
paragraph (d)(2)(iv)(B) of this section, K may choose to apply the 
provisions of section 852(f).
    Example 4. R, an employee of C, a corporation, participates in 
C's stock option plan. On April 2, 2012, C grants R a nonstatutory 
option under the plan to buy 100 shares of stock. The option becomes 
substantially vested on April 2, 2013. On October 2, 2013, R 
exercises the option and purchases 100 shares. On December 2, 2013, 
R sells the 100 shares. Under paragraph (d)(6)(ii)(A) of this 
section, C is required to determine adjusted basis from the amount R 
pays under the terms of the option. Because C grants the option to R 
before January 1, 2013, under paragraph (d)(6)(ii)(A) of this 
section, C is not required to adjust basis for any amount R must 
include as wage income with respect to the October 2, 2013, stock 
purchase. The result is the same if C grants R a statutory option.

    (7) Long-term or short-term gain or loss--(i) In general. In 
determining whether any gain or loss on the sale of a security is long-
term or short-term within the meaning of section 1222 for purposes of 
this section, a broker must consider the information reported on a 
transfer statement (as described in Sec.  1.6045A-1) and apply the 
relevant rules for property acquired from a decedent or by gift. A 
broker is not required to consider transactions, elections, or events 
occurring outside the account except for an organizational action taken 
by an issuer during the period the broker holds custody of the security 
(not including the transfer settlement date if the security was 
transferred) reported on an issuer statement (as described in Sec.  
1.6045B-1) furnished or deemed furnished to the broker.
    (ii) Adjustments for wash sales--(A) In general. A broker must 
apply the wash sale rules under section 1091 if both the sale and 
purchase transactions are of covered securities with the same CUSIP 
number or other security identifier number that the Secretary may 
designate by publication in the Federal Register or in the Internal 
Revenue Bulletin (see Sec.  601.601(d)(2) of this chapter).
    (B) Securities in different accounts. A broker is not required to 
apply paragraph (d)(7)(ii)(A) of this section if the securities are 
purchased and sold from different accounts, if the purchased security 
is transferred to another account before the wash sale, or if the 
securities are treated as held in separate accounts under Sec.  1.1012-
1(e). A security is not purchased in an account if it is purchased in 
another account and transferred into the account.
    (C) Effect of election under section 475(f)(1). A broker is not 
required to apply paragraph (d)(7)(ii)(A) of this section to securities 
in an account if a customer has in writing both informed the broker 
that the customer has made a valid and timely election under section 
475(f)(1) and identified the account as solely containing securities 
subject to the election. For purposes of this paragraph (d)(7)(ii)(C), 
a writing may be in electronic format. If a customer subsequently 
informs a broker that the election no longer applies to the customer or 
the account, the broker must prospectively apply paragraph 
(d)(7)(ii)(A) of this section but is not required to apply paragraph 
(d)(7)(ii)(A) of this section for the period covered by the customer's 
prior instruction to the broker. A taxpayer that is not a trader in 
securities within the meaning of section 475(f)(1) does not become a 
trader in securities, or create an inference that it is a trader in 
securities, by notifying a broker that it has made a valid and timely 
election under section 475(f)(1).
    (D) Reporting at or near the time of sale. If a wash sale occurs 
after a broker has completed a return or statement reporting a sale of 
a covered security, the broker must redetermine whether gain or loss on 
the sale is long-term or short-term under this paragraph (d)(7)(ii) 
and, if the return or statement included information inconsistent with 
this redetermination, correct the return or statement by the applicable 
original due date set forth in this section for the return or 
statement.
    (iii) Constructive sale and mark-to-market adjustments. A broker is 
not required to apply section 1259 (regarding constructive sales), 
section 475 (regarding the mark-to-market method of accounting), or 
section 1296 (regarding the mark-to-market method of accounting for 
marketable stock in a passive foreign investment company) when 
determining whether any gain or loss on the sale of a security is long-
term or short-term.
    (iv) Regulated investment company and real estate investment trust 
adjustments. A broker is not required to apply sections 852(b)(4)(A) 
and 857(b)(8) (regarding effect of distributed and undistributed 
capital gain dividends on a loss on sale of regulated investment 
company or real estate investment trust shares held six months or less) 
or section 852(b)(4)(B) (regarding loss disallowance on sale of 
regulated investment company shares held six months or less due to 
receipt of tax-exempt dividends) when determining whether any gain or 
loss on the sale of a security is long-term or short-term.
    (v) No adjustments for hedging transactions or offsetting 
positions. A broker is not required to apply section 1092 (regarding 
straddles), section 1233(b)(2) (regarding effect of short sale on 
holding period of substantially identical property), or Sec.  1.1221-
2(b) (regarding hedging transactions) when determining whether any gain 
or loss on the sale of a security is long-term or short-term.
    (8) Conversion into United States dollars of amounts paid or 
received in foreign currency--(i) Conversion rules. (A) When a payment 
is made in a foreign currency, a broker must determine the U.S. dollar 
amount of the payment by converting the foreign currency into U.S. 
dollars on the date it receives, credits, or makes the payment, as 
applicable, at the spot rate (as defined in Sec.  1.988-1(d)(1)) or 
pursuant to a reasonable spot rate convention. When reporting the sale 
of a security traded on an established securities market, however, a 
broker must determine the U.S. dollar amounts at the spot rate or 
pursuant to a reasonable spot rate convention as of the settlement date 
of the purchase or sale, as applicable.
    (B) A reasonable spot rate convention includes a month-end spot 
rate or a monthly average spot rate. A spot rate convention must be 
used consistently for all non-dollar amounts reported and from year to 
year. The convention may not be changed without the consent of the 
Commissioner or his or her delegate.
    (ii) Effect of identification under Sec.  1.988-5(a), (b), or (c) 
when the taxpayer effects a sale and a hedge through the same broker. 
In lieu of the amounts reportable under paragraph (d)(8)(i) of this 
section, the gross proceeds and adjusted basis must each be the 
integrated amount computed under Sec.  1.988-5(a), (b) or (c) if--
    (A) A taxpayer effects through a broker a sale or exchange of 
nonfunctional currency (as defined in Sec.  1.988-1(c)) and hedges all 
or a part of the sale as provided in Sec.  1.988-5(a), (b) or (c) with 
the same broker; and
    (B) The taxpayer complies with the requirements of Sec.  1.988-
5(a), (b) or (c) and so notifies the broker prior to the end of the 
calendar year in which the sale occurs.
    (iii) Example. The following example illustrates the rules of this 
paragraph (d)(8):

    Example. (i) Z, an individual, is a U.S. citizen. On July 4, 
2012, Z purchases stock

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of C, SA, a French corporation traded on an established securities 
market, in an account with Q, a broker. Q uses a daily spot rate for 
converting euro and U.S. dollars. Z pays [euro]1,200 for the stock. 
On the settlement date for the purchase, the spot rate is [euro]1 = 
$1.30. On October 4, 2012, Z sells the stock for [euro]1,000. On the 
settlement date for the sale, the spot rate is [euro]1 = $1.35. On 
October 5, 2012, Z purchases additional shares of C, SA, that cause 
the [euro]200 loss on the stock sold on October 4, 2012, to be 
disallowed under section 1091.
    (ii) Under paragraph (d)(8)(i)(A) of this section, Q must 
determine adjusted basis by converting the [euro]1,200 paid on 
behalf of Z into U.S. dollars using the [euro]1 = $1.30 spot rate on 
the settlement date of the purchase. Q must convert the [euro]1,000 
gross proceeds into U.S. dollars using the [euro]1 = $1.35 spot rate 
on the settlement date for the sale. Thus, Q must report adjusted 
basis equal to $1,560, gross proceeds equal to $1,350, and $210 in 
loss disallowed by section 1091.

    (9) Coordination with the reporting rules for widely held fixed 
investment trusts under Sec.  1.671-5. Information required to be 
reported under section 6045(a) for a sale of a security in a widely 
held fixed investment trust (WHFIT) (as defined under Sec.  1.671-5) 
and the sale of an interest in a WHFIT must be reported as provided by 
this section unless the information is also required to be reported 
under Sec.  1.671-5. To the extent that this section requires 
additional information under section 6045(g), those requirements are 
deemed to be met through compliance with the rules in Sec.  1.671-5.
    (e) * * *
    (2) * * * (i) In general. Except as provided in paragraphs 
(e)(2)(ii) and (g) of this section, a barter exchange must make a 
return of information for exchanges of personal property or services 
through the barter exchange during the calendar year among its members 
or clients or between these persons and the barter exchange. For this 
purpose, property or services are exchanged through a barter exchange 
if payment for property or services is made by means of a credit on the 
books of the barter exchange or scrip issued by the barter exchange or 
if the barter exchange arranges a direct exchange of property or 
services among its members or clients or exchanges property or services 
with a member or client.
* * * * *
    (f) * * *
    (2) * * * (i) In general. As to each exchange for which a barter 
exchange is required to make a return of information under this 
section, the barter exchange must show on Form 1099-B, ``Proceeds From 
Broker and Barter Exchange Transactions,'' or any successor form the 
name, address, and taxpayer identification number of each member or 
client providing property or services in the exchange, the property or 
services provided, the amount received by the member or client for the 
property or services, the date on which the exchange occurred, and 
other information required by the form in the manner and number of 
copies required by the form.
* * * * *
    (k) * * * (1) General requirements. A broker or barter exchange 
making a return of information under this section must furnish to the 
person whose identifying number is (or is required to be) shown on the 
return a written statement showing the information required by 
paragraph (c)(5), (d), or (f) of this section and containing a legend 
stating that the information is being reported to the Internal Revenue 
Service. If the return of information is not made on magnetic media, 
this requirement may be satisfied by furnishing to the person a copy of 
all Forms 1099 or any successor form for the person filed with the 
Internal Revenue Service Center. A statement is considered to be 
furnished to a person to whom a statement is required to be made under 
this paragraph (k) if it is mailed to the person at the last address of 
the person known to the broker or barter exchange.
    (2) Time for furnishing statements. A broker or barter exchange may 
furnish the statements required under this paragraph (k) yearly, 
quarterly, monthly, or on any other basis, without regard to the 
reporting period the broker or barter exchange elects; however, all 
statements required to be furnished under this paragraph (k) for a 
calendar year must be furnished on or before February 15 of the 
following calendar year.
    (3) Consolidated reporting. (i) The term consolidated reporting 
statement means a grouping of statements the same broker or barter 
exchange furnishes to the same customer or group of customers on the 
same date for the same reporting year that includes a statement 
required under this section. A consolidated reporting statement is 
limited to statements based on the same relationship of broker or 
barter exchange to customer as the statement required to be furnished 
under this section. For purposes of this paragraph (k)(3)(i), a broker 
may treat a shareholder of a broker as a customer of the broker and may 
treat a grouping of statements for a customer as including a statement 
required to be furnished under this section if the customer has an 
account with the broker for which a statement would be required to be 
furnished under this section if the customer purchased and sold stock 
in a corporation in the account during the year.
    (ii) A consolidated reporting statement must be furnished on or 
before February 15 of the year following the calendar year reported. 
Any statement that otherwise must be furnished on or before January 31 
must be furnished on or before February 15 if it is furnished in the 
consolidated reporting statement.
    (iii) Examples. The following examples illustrate the rules of this 
paragraph (k)(3):

    Example 1.  D has a taxable account with B, a broker, consisting 
solely of stock in a single corporation. In 2010, D receives 
reportable dividends from this stock and sells the stock. Under this 
section and Sec.  1.6042-4, B must furnish a Form 1099-B, ``Proceeds 
From Broker and Barter Exchange Transactions,'' and Form 1099-DIV, 
``Dividends and Distributions,'' to D in 2011 for the sale and the 
dividends. Under paragraph (k)(2) of this section, B is required to 
furnish the required statement under this section to D by February 
15, 2011. B must furnish the statement reporting the dividends by 
the January 31, 2011, due date provided in Sec.  1.6042-4. However, 
under paragraph (k)(3)(ii) of this section, B must furnish the 
statement reporting the dividends by February 15, 2011, if furnished 
in a consolidated reporting statement as defined in paragraph 
(k)(3)(i) of this section.
    Example 2.  Assume the same facts as in Example 1 except that D 
has invested solely in a money market fund for which sales are 
excepted from the reporting required under this section. B therefore 
is not required to issue a statement under this section if D sells 
an interest in the money market fund. Under paragraph (k)(3)(i) of 
this section, B may treat a grouping of statements for D as 
including a required statement under this section because D has an 
account for which a statement would be required under this section 
if D purchased and sold stock in a corporation in the account during 
the year. Therefore, under paragraph (k)(3)(ii) of this section, B 
must furnish the statement reporting the dividends by February 15, 
2011.
    Example 3.  E has a nontaxable IRA account with B, a broker. 
This account is the only account E holds with B. E sells stock in 
2010 in this account. E also receives a cash distribution from the 
account in 2010. The cash distribution from the IRA is reportable on 
Form 1099-R, ``Distributions From Pensions, Annuities, Retirement or 
Profit-Sharing Plans, IRAs, Insurance Contracts, etc.,'' under Sec.  
1.408-7. Because the account is not taxable, sales in the account 
are not subject to reporting under this section. Therefore, because 
no statement is required under this section, under paragraph (k)(3) 
of this section, B may not furnish any statements to E in a 
consolidated reporting statement. B must furnish the Form 1099-R by 
the date required under Sec.  1.408-7.
    Example 4.  Assume the same facts as in Example 3 except that E 
and F have a joint

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taxable account with B. Because sales in the joint taxable account 
are subject to reporting under this section, under paragraph (k)(3) 
of this section, B must furnish by February 15, 2011, all customer 
statements for 2010 that B otherwise must furnish jointly to E and F 
on or before January 31, 2011, if furnished on the same date in a 
consolidated reporting statement with the required statements under 
this section for any sales in the joint taxable account. However, B 
may not include any statement for E's IRA account in the 
consolidated reporting statement furnished jointly to E and F 
because the statements are not furnished to the same customer or 
group of customers.
* * * * *

0
Par. 8. Section 1.6045-2 is amended by revising paragraph (d) to read 
as follows:


Sec.  1.6045-2  Furnishing statement required with respect to certain 
substitute payments.

* * * * *
    (d) Time for furnishing statements--(1) General requirements. A 
broker must furnish the statements required by paragraph (a) of this 
section for each calendar year. The statements must be furnished after 
April 30th of the calendar year but in no case before the final 
substitute payment for the calendar year is made, and on or before 
February 15 of the following calendar year.
    (2) Consolidated reporting. (i) The term consolidated reporting 
statement means a grouping of statements the same broker furnishes to 
the same customer or group of customers on the same date for the same 
reporting year that includes a statement required under this section. A 
consolidated reporting statement is limited to statements based on the 
same relationship of broker to customer as the statement required to be 
furnished under this section.
    (ii) A consolidated reporting statement must be furnished on or 
before February 15 of the year following the calendar year reported. 
Any statement that otherwise must be furnished on or before January 31 
must be furnished on or before February 15 if it is furnished in the 
consolidated reporting statement.
* * * * *

0
Par. 9. Section 1.6045-3 is amended by revising paragraph (e) to read 
as follows:


Sec.  1.6045-3  Information reporting for an acquisition of control or 
a substantial change in capital structure.

* * * * *
    (e) Furnishing of forms to customers--(1) General requirements. A 
broker must furnish Form 1099-B to the customer on or before February 
15 of the year following the calendar year in which the customer 
receives stock, cash or other property.
    (2) Consolidated reporting. (i) The term consolidated reporting 
statement means a grouping of statements the same broker furnishes to 
the same customer or group of customers on the same date for the same 
reporting year that includes a statement required under this section. A 
consolidated reporting statement is limited to statements based on the 
same relationship of broker to customer as the statement required to be 
furnished under this section.
    (ii) A consolidated reporting statement must be furnished on or 
before February 15 of the year following the calendar year reported. 
Any statement that otherwise must be furnished on or before January 31 
must be furnished on or before February 15 if it is furnished in the 
consolidated reporting statement.
* * * * *

0
Par. 10. Section 1.6045-4 is amended by revising paragraph (m)(2) and 
adding paragraph (m)(3) to read as follows:


Sec.  1.6045-4  Information reporting on real estate transactions with 
dates of closing on or after January 1, 1991.

* * * * *
    (m) * * *
    (2) Time for furnishing statement. The statement required under 
this paragraph (m) must be furnished to the transferor on or after the 
date of closing and on or before February 15 of the following calendar 
year.
    (3) Consolidated reporting. (i) The term consolidated reporting 
statement means a grouping of statements the same reporting person 
furnishes to the same transferor or group of transferors on the same 
date for the same reporting year that includes a statement required 
under this section. A consolidated reporting statement is limited to 
statements based on the same relationship of reporting person to 
transferor as the statement required to be furnished under this 
section.
    (ii) A consolidated reporting statement must be furnished on or 
before February 15 of the year following the calendar year reported. 
Any statement that otherwise must be furnished on or before January 31 
must be furnished on or before February 15 if it is furnished in the 
consolidated reporting statement.
* * * * *

0
Par. 11. Section 1.6045-5 is amended by revising paragraph (a)(3) to 
read as follows:


Sec.  1.6045-5  Information reporting on payments to attorneys.

    (a) * * *
    (3) Requirement to furnish statement--(i) General requirements. A 
person required to file an information return under paragraph (a)(1) of 
this section must furnish to the attorney a written statement of the 
information required to be shown on the return. This requirement may be 
met by furnishing a copy of the return to the attorney. The written 
statement must be furnished to the attorney on or before February 15 of 
the year following the calendar year in which the payment was made.
    (ii) Consolidated reporting. (A) The term consolidated reporting 
statement means a grouping of statements the same payor furnishes to 
the same payee or group of payees on the same date for the same 
reporting year that includes a statement required under this section. A 
consolidated reporting statement is limited to statements based on the 
same relationship of payor to payee as the statement required to be 
furnished under this section.
    (B) A consolidated reporting statement must be furnished on or 
before February 15 of the year following the calendar year reported. 
Any statement that otherwise must be furnished on or before January 31 
must be furnished on or before February 15 if it is furnished in the 
consolidated reporting statement.
* * * * *

0
Par. 12. Section 1.6045A-1 is added to read as follows:


Sec.  1.6045A-1  Statements of information required in connection with 
transfers of securities.

    (a) Duty to furnish transfer statement--(1) In general--(i) 
Transfers between accounts. Except as provided in paragraphs (a)(1)(ii) 
through (v) of this section, every applicable person (transferor) (as 
described in paragraph (a)(4) of this section) that transfers custody 
of a specified security to a broker (as described in paragraph (a)(5) 
of this section) must furnish to the receiving broker a transfer 
statement that includes the information described in paragraph (b) of 
this section with respect to the transferred security. Except as 
provided in paragraphs (b)(1)(vii) and (b)(3) of this section (relating 
to noncovered securities and certain securities for which basis is 
determined under an average basis method), a transferor must furnish a 
separate statement for each security and, if transferring custody of 
the same security acquired on different dates or at different prices, 
for each acquisition.
    (ii) Cash on delivery accounts and multiple broker arrangements--
(A) Sales. A custodian or other transferor that transfers custody of a 
security to a broker solely to effect a sale must furnish a transfer 
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broker that effects the sale. However, no transfer statement is 
required if the transferor itself either effects the sale or is 
required to report the sale of the security under Sec.  1.6045-1.
    (B) Purchases. A broker that effects a purchase but does not 
receive custody of the security must furnish a transfer statement to 
the broker receiving custody. However, no transfer statement is 
required if the broker effects the purchase solely at the instruction 
of the broker receiving custody.
    (iii) Exempt recipients and exempt foreign payees. A transferor is 
not required to furnish a transfer statement for a security that, after 
the transfer, is held for a customer that is an exempt recipient under 
Sec.  1.6045-1(c)(3)(i) or an exempt foreign person under Sec.  1.6045-
1(g)(1)(i).
    (iv) Securities lending transactions--transferor as principal. A 
transferor that lends or borrows securities as a principal is not 
required to furnish a transfer statement for a security that is 
transferred pursuant to such lending or borrowing arrangement (for 
example, when a customer opens or closes a short sale). This exception 
does not apply when a transferor transfers a security under a lending 
or borrowing arrangement of the customer. This exception also does not 
apply when a transferor transfers a previously borrowed security to 
another account of the same customer (for example, to satisfy an 
existing short sale obligation). See paragraph (b)(4) of this section.
    (v) Certain money market funds. A transferor of stock in a 
regulated investment company described in Sec.  1.6045-1(c)(3)(vi) is 
not required to furnish a transfer statement.
    (2) Format of transfer statement. The transfer statement must be 
furnished in writing unless both the transferor and the receiving 
broker agree to a different format or method before the transfer. If a 
transfer occurs between accounts at the same or affiliated entities, a 
transfer statement is deemed to have been furnished and received if the 
required information, including any required adjustments, is 
incorporated into the records for the recipient account.
    (3) Time for furnishing statement. A transferor must furnish a 
transfer statement within fifteen days after the date of settlement for 
the transfer.
    (4) Applicable person effecting transfer. Applicable person means 
any transferor who is a person described in Sec.  1.6045-1(a)(1), a 
person that acts as a custodian of securities in the ordinary course of 
a trade or business, an issuer of securities, a trustee or custodian of 
an individual retirement plan, or any agent of these persons. 
Applicable person does not include the beneficial owner of a security 
or any agent substituted for an undisclosed beneficial owner, any 
governmental unit or agency or instrumentality of a governmental unit 
holding escheated securities, or any organization that holds and 
transfers obligations among members of the organization as a service to 
its members.
    (5) Broker receiving custody. Solely for purposes of this section, 
broker means any person described in Sec.  1.6045-1(a)(1), any person 
that acts as a custodian of securities in the ordinary course of a 
trade or business, any issuer of securities, and any agent of these 
persons. Broker does not include the beneficial owner of a security or 
any agent substituted for an undisclosed beneficial owner, any 
governmental unit or agency or instrumentality of a governmental unit 
holding escheated securities, or any organization that holds and 
transfers obligations among members of the organization as a service to 
its members.
    (6) Other terms. For purposes of this section, the terms sale, 
specified security, covered security, noncovered security, and customer 
have the same meaning as in Sec.  1.6045-1(a)(9), (a)(14), (a)(15), 
(a)(16), and (h)(1).
    (7) Examples. The following examples illustrate the rules of this 
paragraph (a). Unless otherwise stated, in each example the customer is 
not treated as an exempt recipient under Sec.  1.6045-1(c)(3)(i) or an 
exempt foreign person under Sec.  1.6045-1(g)(1)(i). The examples are 
as follows:

    Example 1.  V, an entity treated as an exempt recipient under 
Sec.  1.6045-1(c)(3)(i), owns a security in an account with E, a 
broker. On February 1, 2012, V instructs E to transfer custody of 
the security to an account V maintains with F, another broker. 
Because E may treat V as an exempt recipient under Sec.  1.6045-
1(c)(3)(i), under paragraph (a)(1)(iii) of this section, E is not 
required to furnish a transfer statement.
    Example 2.  W maintains an account with G, a custodial broker. 
On August 1, 2012, W instructs G to purchase a security. G places an 
order to purchase the security with H, a broker with which G has a 
clearing agreement. W does not maintain a direct account with H. H 
executes the purchase and has the security delivered to G. Under 
paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(B) of this section, H is not required to 
furnish a transfer statement because G received custody of the 
security and H purchased the security solely at the instruction of 
G.
    Example 3. Assume the same facts as in Example 2 except that W 
later instructs G to sell the security. G places an order with H to 
sell the security. H executes the sale. G delivers the security to 
settle the sale. G is required to report the sale of the security 
under Sec.  1.6045-1. Therefore, under paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(A) of 
this section, G is not required to furnish a transfer statement.
    Example 4.  (i) X maintains an account with J, an introducing 
broker. J contracts with K, a clearing broker, to allow K to execute 
trades on J's behalf under a clearing agreement. K uses L, a 
custodian of securities in the ordinary course of a trade or 
business, to hold custody of the securities of K's customers. K 
maintains a separate disclosed account for X as a clearing broker 
with custody at L. On May 1, 2012, X instructs J to purchase a 
security for X as the beneficial owner. J instructs K to purchase 
the security. K effects the purchase and has the security delivered 
to L.
    (ii) K is a broker and therefore is an applicable person that is 
a transferor within the meaning of paragraph (a)(4) of this section. 
L acts as a custodian of securities in the ordinary course of a 
trade or business and therefore is a broker within the meaning of 
paragraph (a)(5) of this section. Because K effects the purchase of 
the security but does not receive custody of the security, under 
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii)(B) of this section, K must 
furnish a transfer statement to L.
    Example 5.  (i) Assume the same facts as in Example 4 except 
that X later instructs J to sell the security. J instructs K to sell 
the security. K sells the security. L transfers custody of the 
security to settle X's sale in accordance with its custody 
arrangement with K by delivering the security to the purchasing 
broker. K deposits the sale proceeds in X's account with K. K is 
required to report the sale of the security under Sec.  1.6045-1.
    (ii) L acts as a custodian of securities in the ordinary course 
of a trade or business and therefore is an applicable person that is 
a transferor within the meaning of paragraph (a)(4) of this section. 
Because L transfers custody of the security to the purchaser's 
broker solely to effect the sale, under paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and 
(a)(1)(ii)(A) of this section, L must furnish a transfer statement 
to K.
    (iii) If the terms of their custody arrangement so provide, K 
may furnish the transfer statement as L's agent and satisfy L's duty 
to furnish the transfer statement under paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and 
(a)(1)(ii)(A) of this section. Under paragraph (a)(2) of this 
section, K may satisfy this duty by maintaining the information 
required on the transfer statement, including all required 
adjustments, in its records for X's account.
    Example 6. (i) Y, an investment advisor, wants to purchase 
shares of stock in C, a corporation, for several of Y's customers. Y 
establishes a delivery-on-payment account with M, a broker, and 
provides M a standing instruction to deliver stock purchased in the 
account to Y's account at N, a custodian of securities in the 
ordinary course of a trade or business. On November 1, 2012, Y 
enters into a cash-on-delivery transaction by instructing M to 
purchase shares of C stock. M executes the purchase and effects 
delivery of the C stock to N.
    (ii) M is a broker and therefore is an applicable person that is 
a transferor within the meaning of paragraph (a)(4) of this section. 
N acts as a custodian of securities in the ordinary course of a 
trade or business and therefore is a broker within the meaning of

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paragraph (a)(5) of this section. Because M effects the purchase of 
the stock and N receives custody of the stock, under paragraphs 
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii)(B) of this section, M must furnish a 
transfer statement to N.
    Example 7. (i) Z owns shares of stock in C, a corporation, in an 
account with O, a broker. On February 1, 2013, Z instructs O to 
transfer the C stock to C so that ownership is held on the books of 
the issuer. C has an arrangement with D, a transfer agent, to keep 
records of ownership of the company's stock, how that stock is held, 
and how many shares each investor owns. O transfers the stock to D.
    (ii) O is a broker and therefore is an applicable person that is 
a transferor within the meaning of paragraph (a)(4) of this section. 
D is an agent of C, the issuer of the stock, and therefore is a 
broker within the meaning of paragraph (a)(5) of this section. 
Because O transfers custody of the stock to D, under paragraph 
(a)(1)(i) of this section, O must furnish a transfer statement to D.
    Example 8.  Assume the same facts as in Example 7 except that Z 
later instructs D to transfer the stock to an account Z maintains 
with P, another broker. D transfers the stock to P. D is an agent of 
C, the issuer of the stock, and therefore is an applicable person 
that is a transferor within the meaning of paragraph (a)(4) of this 
section. Because P is a broker and D transfers custody of the stock 
to P, under paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section, D must furnish a 
transfer statement to P.

    (b) Information required--(1) In general. Each transfer statement 
must include the information described in this paragraph (b)(1).
    (i) Statement date. The date the statement is furnished.
    (ii) Applicable person effecting transfer. The name, address, and 
telephone number of the applicable person furnishing the statement.
    (iii) Broker receiving custody. The name, address, and telephone 
number of the broker receiving custody of the security.
    (iv) Customers. The name and account number of the customer or 
customers for the account from which the security is transferred and, 
if different, the name and account number of the customer or customers 
for the account to which the security is transferred.
    (v) Security identifiers. The Committee on Uniform Security 
Identification Procedures (CUSIP) number of the security transferred 
(if applicable) or other security identifier number that the Secretary 
may designate by publication in the Federal Register or in the Internal 
Revenue Bulletin (see Sec.  601.601(d)(2) of this chapter), quantity of 
shares or units, and classification of the security (such as stock).
    (vi) Transfer dates. The date the transfer was initiated and the 
settlement date of the transfer (if known when furnishing the 
statement).
    (vii) Adjusted basis and acquisition date. The total adjusted basis 
of the security, the original acquisition date of the security, and, if 
applicable, the holding period adjustment required by section 1091. The 
transferor must determine this information as provided under Sec.  
1.6045-1(d) including reporting the adjusted basis of the security in 
U.S. dollars. If the basis of the transferred security is determined 
using an average basis method (as described in Sec.  1.1012-1(e)), the 
transferor may report any securities acquired more than five years 
before the transfer on a single statement on which the original 
acquisition date is reported as ``VARIOUS'' if the other information 
reported on the statement applies to all of the securities.
    (viii) Examples. The following examples illustrate the rules of 
this paragraph (b)(1):

    Example 1.  (i) In a single account with P, a broker, Q 
purchases three lots of 100 shares of stock each in C, a 
corporation, at different prices on April 2, 2012, July 2, 2012, and 
October 2, 2012. Q instructs P to enroll the shares of the C stock 
in P's dividend reinvestment plan and to average the basis of the 
shares of the C stock. All of the C stock purchased by P has the 
same CUSIP number. On September 13, 2013, less than five years after 
the acquisition dates for all three lots, Q transfers all 300 shares 
of the C stock to an account with another broker.
    (ii) Under paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section, P must furnish 
three transfer statements. Under paragraph (b)(1) of this section, 
one statement must report the transfer of 100 shares with an 
original acquisition date of April 2, 2012, one statement must 
report the transfer of 100 shares with an original acquisition date 
of July 2, 2012, and one statement must report the transfer of 100 
shares with an original acquisition date of October 2, 2012.
    Example 2.  Assume the same facts as in Example 1 except that Q 
transfers the shares to the account with the other broker on 
September 13, 2017. For the 100 shares purchased on April 2, 2012, 
and the 100 shares purchased on July 2, 2012, under paragraph 
(b)(1)(vii) of this section, P may furnish a single transfer 
statement reporting the transfer of 200 shares with the original 
acquisition date as ``VARIOUS'' instead of furnishing two separate 
transfer statements.
    Example 3.  (i) Assume the same facts as in Example 1 except 
that, on June 15, 2012, Q sells the 100 shares purchased on April 2, 
2012, at a loss.
    (ii) Under paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section, P must furnish 
two transfer statements. Under paragraph (b)(1)(vii) of this section 
and Sec.  1.6045-1(d)(6)(iii) and (d)(7)(ii), P must determine the 
average basis for the 200 transferred shares and the date for 
computing whether any gain or loss with respect to the stock 
purchased on July 2, 2012, is long-term or short-term by applying 
the rules for broker reporting of wash sales to the stock purchased 
on July 2, 2012. Therefore, on both transfer statements, P must 
increase the average basis of the stock by the amount of loss 
disallowed under section 1091 on the sale of the 100 shares 
purchased on April 2, 2012. On the transfer statement reporting the 
transfer of the 100 shares purchased on July 2, 2012, P must adjust 
the holding period of the July 2, 2012, shares in accordance with 
section 1091.
    Example 4. (i) R, an employee of C, a corporation, participates 
in C's employee stock purchase program that satisfies the 
requirements of section 423. D administers the plan. R purchases 
stock in the plan at a 15 percent discount to the fair market value 
of the stock determined on the date of purchase. R purchases stock 
through the plan during 2012 until R terminates employment on 
October 15, 2012. R later instructs D to transfer the plan shares to 
S, a broker.
    (ii) D is the agent of C, the issuer of the securities, and 
therefore is an applicable person within the meaning of paragraph 
(a)(4) of this section. Because S is a broker and D transfers 
custody of the stock to S, under paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this 
section, D must furnish a transfer statement to S.
    (iii) Under paragraph (b)(1)(vii) of this section and Sec.  
1.6045-1(d)(6)(ii)(A), D must report adjusted basis on the transfer 
statement based on the amount paid by R. Under paragraph (b)(1)(vii) 
of this section and Sec.  1.6045-1(d)(6)(ii)(A), D is permitted, but 
is not required, to increase the adjusted basis for the amount (if 
any) includible as wage income by R for R's purchases of the stock.

    (2) Format of identification. An applicable person furnishing a 
transfer statement and a broker receiving the transfer statement may 
agree to combine the information required in paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section in any format or to use a code in place of one or more required 
items. For example, a transferor and a receiving broker may agree to 
use a single code to represent the broker instead of the broker's name, 
address, and telephone number, or may use a security symbol or other 
identification number or scheme instead of the security identifier 
required by paragraph (b)(1) of this section.
    (3) Transfers of noncovered securities. The information described 
in paragraphs (b)(1)(vii), (b)(5), and (b)(6) of this section is not 
required for a transfer of a noncovered security if the transfer 
statement identifies the security as a noncovered security. A 
transferor that chooses to report nonrequired information is not 
subject to penalties under section 6722 for failure to report this 
information correctly if the transfer statement identifies the security 
as a noncovered security. A single transfer statement may report the 
transfer of multiple noncovered securities if the transfer statement 
clearly conveys, either specifically or generally, the information 
described in paragraph

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(b)(1)(v) of this section to identify each security. For purposes of 
this paragraph (b)(3), a transferor must treat a security for which a 
broker makes a single-account election described in Sec.  1.1012-
1(e)(11)(i) as a covered security.
    (4) Transfers of borrowed securities. The transfer statement must 
indicate that a transferred security is borrowed if the transferor 
knows that the security is transferred pursuant to a lending or 
borrowing arrangement. The transfer statement must not report an 
adjusted basis If the transferor knows that the transferred security is 
lent or borrowed pursuant to a short sale. The receiving broker may be 
subject to special transfer reporting rules upon receipt of a borrowed 
security if the security is used to satisfy an existing short sale 
obligation. See Sec.  1.6045-1(c)(3)(xi)(C).
    (5) Transfers pursuant to an inheritance--(i) In general. A 
transfer statement for a transfer of a security from a decedent or 
decedent's estate must indicate that the security is inherited. The 
transfer statement must report the date of death as the original 
acquisition date and must report adjusted basis according to the 
instructions or valuations furnished by an authorized representative of 
the estate, including any required adjustments to basis for property 
acquired from a decedent. If a transferor has not received instructions 
or valuations from an authorized representative, the transferor must 
report basis as the fair market value of the security on the date of 
death.
    However, if the transferor neither knows nor can readily ascertain 
the fair market value of the security on the date of death at the time 
the transfer statement is prepared, the transfer statement must 
indicate that the transfer consists of an inherited security but may 
otherwise report the security as if it were a noncovered security. If 
the transferor cannot identify which securities in a joint account have 
been transferred from the decedent, the transferor must treat each 
security in the account as if it were a noncovered security but must 
not indicate that any security is an inherited security.
    (ii) Transfers of shares to satisfy a cash legacy. If a security is 
transferred from a decedent or a decedent's estate to satisfy a cash 
legacy, paragraph (b)(1) of this section applies and paragraph 
(b)(5)(i) of this section does not apply.
    (iii) Subsequent transfers of inherited securities. A transfer 
statement must indicate that the transfer consists of an inherited 
security if a prior transfer statement reported the security as 
inherited.
    (6) Gift or deemed gift transfers--(i) In general. A transfer 
statement for a security transferred to a different owner (other than a 
transfer that the transferor knows is pursuant to a lending or 
borrowing arrangement or is from a decedent or decedent's estate) must 
indicate that the security is a gift and must report the date of the 
gift (if known when furnishing the statement) and the fair market value 
of the gift on that date (if known or readily ascertainable at the time 
the transfer statement is prepared). The transfer statement must report 
the adjusted basis and original acquisition date of the security in the 
hands of the donor. However, if the transfer is between persons for 
whom gift-related basis adjustments are inapplicable or between 
accounts that share at least one common customer, the transferor must 
apply paragraph (b)(1) of this section as if the security were not a 
gift or deemed gift.
    (ii) Subsequent transfers of gifts by the same customer. If a 
transferor transfers to a different account of the same customer a 
security that a prior transfer statement reported as a gifted security, 
the transferor must include on the transfer statement the information 
described in paragraph (b)(6)(i) of this section for the date of the 
gift to the customer. If the prior transfer statement did not report a 
date for the gift, the transferor must treat the settlement date for 
the prior transfer as the date of the gift.
    (iii) Examples. The following examples illustrate the rules of this 
paragraph (b)(6):

    Example 1.  X instructs S, a broker, to give to Y stock in a 
publicly traded company that X holds in an account with S. The stock 
is a covered security. On X's instruction, S transfers custody of 
the stock to T, Y's broker. The transfer settles on August 15, 2013. 
Under paragraph (b)(6)(i) of this section, S must provide a transfer 
statement to T that identifies the securities as gifted securities 
and indicates X's adjusted basis and original acquisition date. If S 
knows the settlement date, the transfer statement must also indicate 
that the date of the gift was August 15, 2013, and, because S can 
readily ascertain the fair market value of the stock on August 15, 
2013, the fair market value of the stock on that date.
    Example 2.  Assume the same facts as in Example 1 except that, 
one year later, Y transfers the stock to an account in his name with 
U, another broker. Under paragraph (b)(6)(ii) of this section, T 
must provide a transfer statement to U that identifies the 
securities as gifted securities and indicates X's adjusted basis and 
original acquisition date of the stock. The transfer statement must 
also indicate the date of the gift, August 15, 2013, and the fair 
market value of the stock on that date either by reporting the value 
that S reported to T or, because T can readily ascertain the fair 
market value of the stock on August 15, 2013, by determining the 
fair market value of the stock on that date.

    (7) Specific identification of securities. Except as provided in 
Sec.  1.1012-1(e)(7)(ii), a transfer statement must report a transfer 
of less than the entire position in an account of a security that was 
acquired on different dates or at different prices consistently with a 
customer's adequate and timely identification of the security to be 
transferred. See Sec.  1.1012-1(c). If the customer does not provide an 
adequate and timely identification for the transfer, a transferor must 
first report the transfer of any shares or units in the account for 
which the transferor does not know the acquisition or purchase date 
followed by the earliest shares or units purchased or acquired, whether 
covered securities or noncovered securities.
    (8) Information from other parties and other accounts--(i) Transfer 
and issuer statements and transfers pursuant to an inheritance. When 
reporting a transfer of a covered security, a transferor must take into 
account all information, other than the classification of the security 
(such as stock), furnished on a transfer statement, all information 
furnished or deemed furnished on an issuer statement (as described in 
Sec.  1.6045B-1), and all instructions and valuations furnished by an 
authorized representative of the estate of a decedent, unless the 
statement or instructions are incomplete or the broker has actual 
knowledge that they are incorrect. A transferor may treat a customer as 
a minority shareholder when taking the information on an issuer 
statement into account unless the transferor knows that the customer is 
a majority shareholder and the issuer statement reports the action's 
effect on the basis of majority shareholders. Any failure to report 
correct information that arises solely from reliance on information 
furnished on a transfer statement or issuer statement or by an 
authorized representative of the estate is deemed to be due to 
reasonable cause for purposes of penalties under section 6722. See 
Sec.  301.6724-1(a)(1) of this chapter.
    (ii) Other information. A transferor is permitted, but not 
required, to take into account information about a covered security 
other than what is furnished on a transfer statement or issuer 
statement or by an authorized representative of the estate of a 
decedent, including any information the transferor has about securities 
held by the same customer in other accounts with the transferor. For 
purposes of penalties under section 6722, a transferor that takes into 
account

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information received from a customer or third party other than 
information furnished on a transfer statement or issuer statement or by 
an authorized representative of the estate of a decedent is deemed to 
have relied upon this information in good faith if the transferor 
neither knows nor has reason to know that the information is incorrect. 
See Sec.  301.6724-1(c)(6) of this chapter.
    (9) Failure to receive a complete transfer statement. A receiving 
broker that has not received a complete transfer statement as required 
under paragraph (a)(3) of this section for the transfer must request a 
complete statement from the transferor unless, under paragraph (a) of 
this section, the transferor has no duty to furnish a transfer 
statement for the transfer. The receiving broker is only required to 
make this request once. If the receiving broker does not receive a 
complete transfer statement after requesting it, the receiving broker 
may treat the security as a noncovered security upon its subsequent 
sale or transfer. A transfer statement for a covered security is 
complete if, in the view of the receiving broker, it provides 
sufficient information to comply with Sec.  1.6045-1 when reporting the 
sale of the security. A transfer statement for a noncovered security is 
complete if it indicates that the security is a noncovered security.
    (c) Reporting by other parties after a transfer--(1) In general. A 
transferor that has furnished a transfer statement must furnish a 
corrected statement for a covered security within fifteen days of 
receiving a transfer statement, an issuer statement (as described in 
Sec.  1.6045B-1), or instructions or valuations from an authorized 
representative of an estate, that provides information under paragraph 
(b) of this section that was not reported on the initial transfer 
statement.
    (2) Exception. A transferor is not required to furnish a corrected 
transfer statement for a covered security under this paragraph (c) if 
the transferor receives the transfer statement or issuer statement or 
receives the instructions or valuations from an authorized 
representative of an estate more than eighteen months after the 
transferor furnished the transfer statement.
    (d) Effective/applicability dates. This section applies to 
transfers on or after January 1, 2011, of specified securities other 
than stock in a regulated investment company within the meaning of 
Sec.  1.1012-1(e)(5) and to transfers on or after January 1, 2012, of 
stock in a regulated investment company.

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Par. 13. Section 1.6045B-1 is added to read as follows:


Sec.  1.6045B-1  Returns relating to actions affecting basis of 
securities.

    (a) In general--(1) Information required. An issuer of a specified 
security (within the meaning of Sec.  1.6045-1(a)(14)) that takes an 
organizational action that affects the basis of the security must file 
an issuer return setting forth the following information and any other 
information specified in the return form and instructions:
    (i) Reporting issuer. The name and taxpayer identification number 
of the reporting issuer.
    (ii) Security identifiers. The identifiers of each security 
involved in the organizational action including, as applicable, the 
Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures (CUSIP) number 
or other security identifier number that the Secretary may designate by 
publication in the Federal Register or in the Internal Revenue Bulletin 
(see Sec.  601.601(d)(2) of this chapter), classification of the 
security (such as stock), account number, serial number, and ticker 
symbol, as well as any descriptions about the class of security 
affected.
    (iii) Contact at reporting issuer. The name, address, e-mail 
address, and telephone number of a contact person at the issuer.
    (iv) Information about action. The type or nature of the 
organizational action including, as applicable, the date of the action 
or the date against which shareholders' ownership is measured for the 
action.
    (v) Effect of the action. The quantitative effect of the 
organizational action on the basis of the security in the hands of a 
U.S. taxpayer as an adjustment per share or as a percentage of old 
basis, including a description of the calculation, the applicable 
Internal Revenue Code section and subsection upon which the tax 
treatment is based, the data supporting the calculation such as the 
market values of securities and valuation dates, any other information 
necessary to implement the adjustment including the reportable taxable 
year, and whether any resulting loss may be recognized.
    (2) Time for filing the return--(i) In general. An issuer must file 
an issuer return with the IRS pursuant to the prescribed form and 
instructions on or before the 45th day following the organizational 
action, or, if earlier, January 15 of the year following the calendar 
year of the organizational action. For purposes of this paragraph 
(a)(2), a redemption occurs on the last day a holder may redeem a 
security. The issuer may file the return before the organizational 
action if the quantitative effect on basis is determinable beforehand.
    (ii) Reasonable assumptions. To report the quantitative effect on 
basis by the due date in paragraph (a)(2)(i) of this section, an issuer 
may make reasonable assumptions about facts that cannot be determined 
before the due date. An issuer must file a corrected return within 
forty-five days of determining facts that result in a different 
quantitative effect on basis from what the issuer previously reported. 
However, for purposes of this paragraph (a)(2)(ii), an issuer must 
treat a payment that may be a dividend consistently with its treatment 
of the payment under section 6042(b)(3) and Sec.  1.6042-3(c).
    (3) Exception for public reporting. An issuer is not required to 
file a return with the IRS under this paragraph (a) if, by the due date 
described in paragraph (a)(2)(i) of this section, the issuer posts the 
return with the required information in a readily accessible format in 
an area of its primary public Web site dedicated to this purpose and 
keeps the return accessible for ten years to the public on its primary 
public Web site or the primary public Web site of any successor 
organization.
    (4) Exception when holders are exempt recipients. No reporting is 
required under this paragraph (a) if the issuer reasonably determines 
that all of the holders of the security are exempt recipients under 
paragraph (b)(5) of this section.
    (5) Exception for certain money market funds. No reporting is 
required under this paragraph (a) by a regulated investment company 
described in Sec.  1.6045-1(c)(3)(vi).
    (b) Statements to nominees and certificate holders--(1) In general. 
An issuer required to file an information return under this section 
must furnish a written statement with the same information to each 
holder of record of the security or to the holder's nominee. This 
issuer statement must indicate that the information is being reported 
to the IRS. An issuer may satisfy this requirement by furnishing a copy 
of the information return.
    (2) Time for furnishing statements. An issuer must furnish each 
issuer statement on or before January 15 of the year following the 
calendar year of the organizational action. For purposes of this 
paragraph (b)(2), a redemption occurs on the last day a holder may 
redeem a security. An issuer may furnish the statement before the 
organizational action if the quantitative effect on basis is 
determinable

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beforehand. An issuer must furnish a statement that corresponds to a 
corrected return described in paragraph (a)(2)(ii) of this section by 
the later of the due date described in this paragraph (b)(2) or forty-
five days after determining the facts that result in a different 
quantitative effect on basis from what the issuer previously reported 
on the return.
    (3) Recipients of statements. An issuer must furnish a separate 
statement to each holder of record of the security as of the date of 
the organizational action and all subsequent holders of record up to 
the date the issuer furnishes the statement required under this 
section. If the issuer records the security on its books in the name of 
a nominee, the issuer must furnish the statement to the nominee in lieu 
of the holder. However, if the nominee is the issuer, an agent of the 
issuer, or a plan operated by the issuer, the issuer must furnish the 
statement to the holder.
    (4) Exception for public reporting. An issuer is deemed to furnish 
an issuer statement under this paragraph (b) to all holders and 
nominees if the issuer satisfies the public reporting requirements of 
paragraph (a)(3) of this section.
    (5) Exempt recipients--(i) In general. An issuer is not required to 
furnish an issuer statement to a holder or its nominee if the holder is 
an exempt recipient under Sec.  1.6045-1(c)(3)(i)(B), provided the 
issuer has actual knowledge that the holder is described in that 
section or has a properly completed exemption certificate from the 
holder asserting that the holder is an exempt recipient (as provided in 
Sec.  31.3406(h)-3 of this chapter). An issuer may treat a holder as an 
exempt recipient based on the applicable indicators described in Sec.  
1.6049-4(c)(1)(ii)(A) through (M).
    (ii) Limitation for corporate holders. For an organizational action 
occurring on or after January 1, 2012, an issuer may treat a holder as 
an exempt recipient based on the indicator described in Sec.  1.6049-
4(c)(1)(ii)(A) only if one of the following applies:
    (A) The name of the holder contains the term ``insurance company,'' 
``indemnity company,'' ``reinsurance company,'' or ``assurance 
company.''
    (B) The name of the holder indicates that it is an entity listed as 
a per se corporation under Sec.  301.7701-2(b)(8)(i) of this chapter.
    (C) The issuer receives a properly completed exemption certificate 
(as provided in Sec.  31.3406(h)-3 of this chapter) that asserts that 
the holder is not an S corporation as defined in section 1361(a).
    (D) The issuer receives a withholding certificate described in 
Sec.  1.1441-1(e)(2)(i) that includes a certification that the person 
whose name is on the certificate is a foreign corporation.
    (iii) Foreign holders. An issuer may treat a holder as an exempt 
recipient if the issuer, prior to the transaction, associates the 
holder with documentation upon which the issuer may rely in order to 
treat payments to the holder as made to a foreign beneficial owner in 
accordance with Sec.  1.1441-1(e)(1)(ii) or as made to a foreign payee 
in accordance with Sec.  1.6049-5(d)(1) or presumed to be made to a 
foreign payee under Sec.  1.6049-5(d)(2) or (3). For purposes of this 
paragraph (b)(5)(iii), the provisions in Sec.  1.6049-5(c) (regarding 
rules applicable to documentation of foreign status and definition of 
U.S. payor and non-U.S. payor) apply. Rules similar to the rules of 
Sec.  1.1441-1 apply by substituting the terms ``issuer'' and 
``holder'' in place of the terms ``withholding agent'' and ``payee'' 
and without regard to the limitation to amounts subject to withholding 
under chapter 3 of the Internal Revenue Code. Rules similar to the 
rules of Sec.  1.6049-5(d) apply by substituting the terms ``issuer'' 
and ``holder'' in place of the terms ``payor'' and ``payee.''
    (c) Special rule for S corporations. An S corporation (as defined 
in section 1361(a)) is deemed to satisfy the requirements of paragraphs 
(a) and (b) of this section for any organizational action affecting the 
basis of its stock if the corporation reports the effect of the 
organizational action on a timely filed Schedule K-1 (Form 1120S), 
``Shareholder's Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, etc.,'' for each 
shareholder and timely furnishes copies of these schedules to all 
proper parties.
    (d) Special rule for certain regulated investment companies and 
real estate investment trusts. A regulated investment company (RIC) 
that reports undistributed capital gains to shareholders under section 
852(b)(3)(D) or a real estate investment trust (REIT) that reports 
undistributed capital gains to shareholders under section 857(b)(3)(D) 
is deemed to have satisfied the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) 
of this section for undistributed capital gains affecting the basis of 
its stock if the RIC or REIT timely files and furnishes the information 
returns required under section 852(b)(3)(D) or section 857(b)(3)(D) to 
all proper parties for the organizational action.
    (e) Acquiring and successor entities. An acquiring or successor 
entity of an issuer that fails to satisfy the reporting obligations of 
paragraphs (a) or (b) of this section must satisfy these reporting 
obligations. If neither the issuer nor the acquiring or successor 
entity satisfies these reporting obligations, both parties are jointly 
and severally liable for any applicable penalties.
    (f) Penalties. An issuer may use an agent to satisfy the 
requirements of this section for the issuer. Nonetheless, the issuer 
remains liable for penalty for any failure to comply unless it is shown 
that the failure is due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect. 
See sections 6721 through 6724.
    (g) Examples. The following examples illustrate the rules of this 
section:

    Example 1. (i) C, a corporation, distributes stock to 
shareholders on March 31, 2013.
    (ii) Under paragraph (a)(2)(i) of this section, C must file an 
issuer return with the IRS on or before May 15, 2013 (45 days after 
the distribution date), reporting the quantitative effect of this 
distribution on the basis of C's stock. Under paragraph (b)(2) of 
this section, C must furnish issuer statements to its nominees and 
certificate holders on or before January 15, 2014.
    (iii) Alternatively, under paragraphs (a)(3) and (b)(4) of this 
section, C may post by May 15, 2013, and maintain for ten years, the 
return with the required information in a readily accessible format 
in an area of its primary public Web site dedicated to this purpose.
    Example 2. (i) D, a corporation, makes a cash distribution to 
shareholders on December 10, 2013.
    (ii) Under paragraphs (a)(2)(i) and (b)(2) of this section, D is 
required to file an issuer return with the IRS and furnish issuer 
statements to its nominees and certificate holders on or before 
January 15, 2014.
    (iii) On January 15, 2014, D is unsure whether the distribution 
will exceed its earnings and profits for the fiscal year. For 
purposes of section 6042(b)(3) and Sec.  1.6042-3(c), D must treat 
the distribution as a dividend. Therefore, under paragraph 
(a)(2)(ii) of this section, D is not required to file an issuer 
return. If D later determines that dividend treatment was incorrect, 
D must file an issuer return reporting the correct quantitative 
effect on basis.
    Example 3. E, a corporation, undertakes a stock split as of 
April 1, 2014. E furnishes issuer statements under paragraph (b) of 
this section on April 1, 2014, at which time the books and records 
of E show that 90 percent of its outstanding stock is owned by 
shareholders through a clearing organization as their nominee, 7 
percent is owned by 5,000 individuals, and the remaining 3 percent 
is owned by a dividend reinvestment plan operated by E that has 
1,000 members. Under paragraph (b)(3) of this section, E must 
furnish statements to the clearing organization, the 5,000 
individuals, and the 1,000 members of the dividend reinvestment 
plan.

    (h) Effective/applicability dates. This section applies to 
organizational actions occurring on or after January 1, 2011, that 
affect the basis of specified

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securities within the meaning of Sec.  1.6045-1(a)(14) other than stock 
in a regulated investment company within the meaning of Sec.  1.1012-
1(e)(5) and to organizational actions occurring on or after January 1, 
2012, that affect stock in a regulated investment company.

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Par. 14. Section 1.6049-6 is amended by adding two new sentences to the 
end of paragraphs (c) and (e)(2) to read as follows:


Sec.  1.6049-6  Statements to recipients of interest payments and 
holders of obligations for attributed original issue discount.

* * * * *
    (c) * * * However, for a statement required to be furnished after 
December 31, 2008, the February 15 due date under section 6045 applies 
to the statement if the statement is furnished in a consolidated 
reporting statement under section 6045. See Sec. Sec.  1.6045-1(k)(3), 
1.6045-2(d)(2), 1.6045-3(e)(2), 1.6045-4(m)(3), and 1.6045-5(a)(3)(ii).
* * * * *
    (e) * * *
    (2) * * * However, for a statement required to be furnished after 
December 31, 2008, the February 15 due date under section 6045 applies 
to the statement if the statement is furnished in a consolidated 
reporting statement under section 6045. See Sec. Sec.  1.6045-1(k)(3), 
1.6045-2(d)(2), 1.6045-3(e)(2), 1.6045-4(m)(3), and 1.6045-5(a)(3)(ii).
* * * * *

PART 31--EMPLOYMENT TAXES AND COLLECTION OF INCOME TAX AT THE 
SOURCE

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Par. 15. The authority citation for part 31 continues to read in part 
as follows:

    Authority:  26 U.S.C. 7805 * * *


0
Par. 16. Section 31.6051-4 is amended by revising paragraph (c)(2) and 
adding two new sentences at the end of paragraph (d) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  31.6051-4  Statement required in case of backup withholding.

* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    (2) Except as provided in the prescribed form or instructions, the 
amount subject to reporting under section 6041, 6041A(a), 6042, 6044, 
6045, 6049, 6050A, 6050N, or 6050W whether or not the amount of the 
reportable payment is less than the amount for which an information 
return is required or, if tax is withheld under section 3406, the 
amount of the payment withheld upon;
* * * * *
    (d) * * * However, for a statement required to be furnished after 
December 31, 2008, the February 15 due date under section 6045 applies 
to the statement if the statement reports tax withheld from a payment 
reportable under section 6045 or is furnished in a consolidated 
reporting statement under section 6045. See Sec. Sec.  1.6045-1(k)(3), 
1.6045-2(d)(2), 1.6045-3(e)(2), 1.6045-4(m)(3), and 1.6045-5(a)(3)(ii) 
of this chapter.
* * * * *

PART 301--PROCEDURE AND ADMINISTRATION

0
Par. 17. The authority citation for part 301 continues to read in part 
as follows:

    Authority:  26 U.S.C. 7805 * * *


0
Par. 18. Section 301.6721-1 is amended by revising paragraphs (g)(2) 
and (g)(3) to read as follows:


Sec.  301.6721-1  Failure to file correct information returns.

* * * * *
    (g) * * *
    (2) Statements. The statements subject to this section are the 
statements required by--
    (i) Section 6041(a) or (b) (relating to certain information at 
source, generally reported on Form 1099-MISC, ``Miscellaneous Income''; 
Form W-2, ``Wage and Tax Statement''; Form W-2G, ``Certain Gambling 
Winnings''; and Form 1099-INT, ``Interest Income'');
    (ii) Section 6042(a)(1) (relating to payments of dividends, 
generally reported on Form 1099-DIV, ``Dividends and Distributions'');
    (iii) Section 6044(a)(1) (relating to payments of patronage 
dividends, generally reported on Form 1099-PATR, ``Taxable 
Distributions Received From Cooperatives'');
    (iv) Section 6049(a) (relating to payments of interest, generally 
reported on Form 1099-INT or Form 1099-OID, ``Original Issue 
Discount'');
    (v) Section 6050A(a) (relating to reporting requirements of certain 
fishing boat operators, generally reported on Form 1099-MISC);
    (vi) Section 6050N(a) (relating to payments of royalties, generally 
reported on Form 1099-MISC);
    (vii) Section 6051(d) (relating to information returns with respect 
to income tax withheld, generally reported on Form W-2);
    (viii) Section 6050R (relating to returns relating to certain 
purchases of fish, generally reported on Form 1099-MISC);
    (ix) Section 110(d) (relating to qualified lessee construction 
allowances for short-term leases, generally reported by attaching a 
statement to an income tax return);
    (x) Section 408(i) (relating to reports with respect to individual 
retirement accounts or annuities on Form 1099-R, ``Distributions From 
Pensions, Annuities, Retirement or Profit-Sharing Plans, IRAs, 
Insurance Contracts, etc.''); or
    (xi) Section 6047(d) (relating to reports by employers, plan 
administrators, etc., on Form 1099-R).
    (3) Returns. The returns subject to this section are the returns 
required by--
    (i) Section 6041A(a) or (b) (relating to returns of direct sellers, 
generally reported on Form 1099-MISC);
    (ii) Section 6043A(a) (relating to returns relating to taxable 
mergers and acquisitions);
    (iii) Section 6045(a) or (d) (relating to returns of brokers, 
generally reported on Form 1099-B, ``Proceeds From Broker and Barter 
Exchange Transactions,'' for broker transactions; Form 1099-S, 
``Proceeds From Real Estate Transactions,'' for gross proceeds from the 
sale or exchange of real estate; and Form 1099-MISC for certain 
substitute payments and payments to attorneys);
    (iv) Section 6045B(a) (relating to returns relating to actions 
affecting basis of specified securities);
    (v) Section 6050H(a) or (h)(1) (relating to mortgage interest 
received in trade or business from individuals, generally reported on 
Form 1098, ``Mortgage Interest Statement'');
    (vi) Section 6050I(a) or (g)(1) (relating to cash received in trade 
or business, etc., generally reported on Form 8300, ``Report of Cash 
Payments Over $10,000 Received In a Trade or Business'');
    (vii) Section 6050J(a) (relating to foreclosures and abandonments 
of security, generally reported on Form 1099-A, ``Acquisition or 
Abandonment of Secured Property'');
    (viii) Section 6050K(a) (relating to exchanges of certain 
partnership interests, generally reported on Form 8308, ``Report of a 
Sale or Exchange of Certain Partnership Interests'');
    (ix) Section 6050L(a) (relating to returns relating to certain 
dispositions of donated property, generally reported on Form 8282, 
``Donee Information Return'');
    (x) Section 6050P (relating to returns relating to the cancellation 
of indebtedness by certain financial entities, generally reported on 
Form 1099-C, ``Cancellation of Debt'');
    (xi) Section 6050Q (relating to certain long-term care benefits, 
generally reported on Form 1099-LTC, ``Long-Term Care and Accelerated 
Death Benefits'');
    (xii) Section 6050S (relating to returns relating to payments for 
qualified tuition and related expenses, generally

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reported on Form 1098-E, ``Student Loan Interest Statement,'' or Form 
1098-T, ``Tuition Statement'');
    (xiii) Section 6050T (relating to returns relating to credit for 
health insurance costs of eligible individuals, generally reported on 
Form 1099-H, ``Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) Advance Payments'');
    (xiv) Section 6052(a) (relating to reporting payment of wages in 
the form of group-life insurance, generally reported on Form W-2);
    (xv) Section 6050V (relating to returns relating to applicable 
insurance contracts in which certain exempt organizations hold 
interests, generally reported on Form 8921, ``Applicable Insurance 
Contract Information Return'');
    (xvi) Section 6053(c)(1) (relating to reporting with respect to 
certain tips, generally reported on Form 8027, ``Employer's Annual 
Information Return of Tip Income and Allocated Tips'');
    (xvii) Section 1060(b) (relating to reporting requirements of 
transferors and transferees in certain asset acquisitions, generally 
reported on Form 8594, ``Asset Acquisition Statement''), or section 
1060(e) (relating to information required in the case of certain 
transfers of interests in entities (effective for acquisitions after 
October 9, 1990, except any acquisition pursuant to a written binding 
contract in effect on October 9, 1990, and at all times thereafter 
before such acquisition));
    (xviii) Section 4101(d) (relating to information reporting with 
respect to fuel oils (effective for information returns required to be 
filed after November 30, 1990));
    (xix) Section 338(h)(10)(C) (relating to information required to be 
furnished to the Secretary in case of elective recognition of gain or 
loss (effective for acquisitions after October 9, 1990, except any 
acquisition pursuant to a written binding contract in effect on October 
9, 1990, and at all times thereafter before such acquisition));
    (xx) Section 264(f)(5)(A)(iv) (relating to reporting with respect 
to certain life insurance and annuity contracts);
    (xxi) Section 6050U (relating to charges or payments for qualified 
long-term care insurance contracts under combined arrangements, 
generally reported on Form 1099-R);
    (xxii) Section 6039(a) (relating to returns required with respect 
to certain options); or
    (xxiii) Section 6050W (relating to information returns with respect 
to payments made in settlement of payment card and third party network 
transactions).
* * * * *

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Par. 19. Section 301.6722-1 is amended by revising paragraph (d)(2) to 
read as follows:


Sec.  301.6722-1  Failure to furnish correct payee statements.

* * * * *
    (d) * * *
    (2) Payee statement. The term payee statement means any statement 
required to be furnished under--
    (i) Section 6031(b) or (c), 6034A, or 6037(b) (relating to 
statements furnished by certain pass-thru entities, generally a 
Schedule K-1 (Form 1065), ``Partner's Share of Income, Deductions, 
Credits, etc.,'' for section 6031(b) or (c), a copy of the Schedule K-1 
(Form 1041), ``Beneficiary's Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, 
etc.,'' for section 6034A, and a copy of Schedule K-1 (Form 1120S), 
``Shareholder's Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, etc.,'' for 
section 6037(b));
    (ii) Section 6039(b) (relating to information required in 
connection with certain options);
    (iii) Section 6041(d) (relating to information at source, generally 
the recipient copy of Form 1099-MISC, ``Miscellaneous Income''; Form W-
2, ``Wage and Tax Statement''; Form 1099-INT, ``Interest Income''; and 
the winner's copies of Form W-2G, ``Certain Gambling Winnings'');
    (iv) Section 6041A(e) (relating to returns regarding payments of 
remuneration for services and direct sales, generally the recipient 
copy of Form 1099-MISC);
    (v) Section 6042(c) (relating to returns regarding payments of 
dividends and corporate earnings and profits, generally the recipient 
copy of Form 1099-DIV, ``Dividends and Distributions'');
    (vi) Section 6043A(b) or (d) (relating to returns relating to 
taxable mergers and acquisitions);
    (vii) Section 6044(e) (relating to returns regarding payments of 
patronage dividends, generally the recipient copy of Form 1099-PATR, 
``Taxable Distributions Received From Cooperatives'');
    (viii) Section 6045(b) or (d) (relating to returns of brokers, 
generally the recipient copy of Form 1099-B, ``Proceeds From Broker and 
Barter Exchange Transactions,'' for broker transactions; the transferor 
copy of Form 1099-S, ``Proceeds From Real Estate Transactions,'' for 
reporting proceeds from real estate transactions; and the recipient 
copy of Form 1099-MISC for certain substitute payments and payments to 
attorneys);
    (ix) Section 6045A (relating to information required in connection 
with transfers of covered securities to brokers);
    (x) Section 6045B(c) or (e) (relating to returns relating to 
actions affecting basis of specified securities);
    (xi) Section 6049(c) (relating to returns regarding payments of 
interest, generally the recipient copy of Form 1099-INT or Form 1099-
OID, ``Original Issue Discount'');
    (xii) Section 6050A(b) (relating to reporting requirements of 
certain fishing boat operators, generally the recipient copy of Form 
1099-MISC);
    (xiii) Section 6050H(d) or (h)(2) (relating to returns relating to 
mortgage interest received in trade or business from individuals, 
generally the payor copy of Form 1098, ``Mortgage Interest 
Statement'');
    (xiv) Section 6050I(e), (g)(4), or (g)(5) (relating to returns 
relating to cash received in trade or business, etc., generally a copy 
of Form 8300, ``Report of Cash Payments Over $10,000 Received In a 
Trade or Business'');
    (xv) Section 6050J(e) (relating to returns relating to foreclosures 
and abandonments of security, generally the borrower copy of Form 1099-
A, ``Acquisition or Abandonment of Secured Property'');
    (xvi) Section 6050K(b) (relating to returns relating to exchanges 
of certain partnership interests, generally a copy of Form 8308, 
``Report of a Sale or Exchange of Certain Partnership Interests'');
    (xvii) Section 6050L(c) (relating to returns relating to certain 
dispositions of donated property, generally a copy of Form 8282, 
``Donee Information Return'');
    (xviii) Section 6050N(b) (relating to returns regarding payments of 
royalties, generally the recipient copy of Form 1099-MISC);
    (xix) Section 6050P(d) (relating to returns relating to the 
cancellation of indebtedness by certain financial entities, generally 
the recipient copy of Form 1099-C, ``Cancellation of Debt'');
    (xx) Section 6050Q(b) (relating to certain long-term care benefits, 
generally the policyholder and insured copies of Form 1099-LTC, ``Long-
Term Care and Accelerated Death Benefits'');
    (xxi) Section 6050R(c) (relating to returns relating to certain 
purchases of fish, generally the recipient copy of Form 1099-MISC);
    (xxii) Section 6051 (relating to receipts for employees, generally 
the employee copy of Form W-2);
    (xxiii) Section 6052(b) (relating to returns regarding payment of 
wages in the form of group-term life insurance, generally the employee 
copy of Form W-2);

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    (xxiv) Section 6053(b) or (c) (relating to reports of tips, 
generally the employee copy of Form W-2);
    (xxv) Section 6048(b)(1)(B) (relating to foreign trust reporting 
requirements, generally copies of the owner and beneficiary statements 
of Form 3520-A, ``Annual Information Return of Foreign Trust With a 
U.S. Owner'');
    (xxvi) Section 408(i) (relating to reports with respect to 
individual retirement plans on the recipient copies of Form 1099-R, 
``Distributions From Pensions, Annuities, Retirement or Profit-Sharing 
Plans, IRAs, Insurance Contracts, etc.'');
    (xxvii) Section 6047(d) (relating to reports by plan administrators 
on the recipient copies of Form 1099-R);
    (xxviii) Section 6050S(d) (relating to returns relating to 
qualified tuition and related expenses, generally the borrower copy of 
Form 1098-E, ``Student Loan Interest Statement,'' or the student copy 
of Form 1098-T, ``Tuition Statement'');
    (xxix) Section 264(f)(5)(A)(iv) (relating to reporting with respect 
to certain life insurance and annuity contracts);
    (xxx) Section 6050T (relating to returns relating to credit for 
health insurance costs of eligible individuals, generally the recipient 
copy of Form 1099-H, ``Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) Advance 
Payments'');
    (xxxi) Section 6050U (relating to charges or payments for qualified 
long-term care insurance contracts under combined arrangements, 
generally the recipient copy of Form 1099-R); or
    (xxxii) Section 6050W (relating to information returns with respect 
to payments made in settlement of payment card and third party network 
transactions).
* * * * *

PART 602--OMB CONTROL NUMBERS UNDER THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT

0
Par. 20. The authority citation for part 602 continues to read in part 
as follows:

    Authority:  26 U.S.C. 7805 * * *

0
Par. 21. In Sec.  602.101, paragraph (b) is amended by adding the 
following entries to the table in numerical order to read in part as 
follows:


Sec.  602.101  OMB Control numbers.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *

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                                                             Current OMB
     CFR part or section where identified and described      control No.
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1.6045-1(c)(3)(xi)(C)......................................    1545-2186
1.6045A-1..................................................    1545-2186
 
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Steven T. Miller,
Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement.
    Approved: October 1, 2010.
Michael Mundaca,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Tax Policy).
[FR Doc. 2010-25504 Filed 10-12-10; 4:15 pm]
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