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Chief Counsel Advice 1125032 Released June 24, 2011 Advice

CCA 1125032: Loans and discharge of indebtedness were partnership items

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Plain-English summary

Chief Counsel Advice addressed a TEFRA question involving loans made to a partnership. The advice concluded that the loans were partnership items. It also treated the discharge of the loans, the resulting cancellation-of-debt income allocated to the partnership and partners, and the partner's loss for unrecovered outside basis upon dissolution as partnership or affected items. The advice further stated that the characterization did not matter for closing-agreement purposes.

Ruling snapshot

  • Question: How should partnership loans, their discharge, resulting cancellation-of-debt income, and related partner losses be characterized?
  • Outcome: Advice given.
  • Key authorities: IRC § 6231.

Full text (IRS public release)

ID: CCA_2011052612334237 Number: 201125032
Release Date: 6/24/2011
Office: ---------
UILC: 6231.03-00

From: --------------------
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 12:33:47 PM
To: ------------------
Cc: ------------
Subject: RE: TEFRA Question

Loans to the partnership are partnership items. The discharge of the loans and the resulting COD income
to the partnership and partners is also a partnership item. The partner's loss for the unrecovered outside
basis upon dissolution of the partnership is an affected item as is any bad debt deduction incurred by the
partner.

For closing agreement purposes the characterization is irrelevant.

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