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Amended Form 1065 is a nullity when an AAR is required

Number
201149022
Outcome
Advice
Document type
Chief Counsel Advice
IRS subject
Procedure for Requests
Topics
Procedure, penalties, and administration
Code sections
§ 6227, § 6223, § 6231
Ruling dated
November 17, 2011
Publicly released
December 9, 2011
Source
View Official PDF

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Plain-English summary

Chief Counsel Advice addressed an amended Form 1065 that sought to change the treatment of partnership items. It stated that the amended return was a nullity and that the partnership would need to file an administrative adjustment request using Form 8082 under section 6227, with no guarantee that the requested change would be granted. The advice also discussed whether a TEFRA proceeding had begun and stated that partnership distributions are partnership items under the cited regulation. The analysis applied only if the partnership was a TEFRA partnership.

Ruling snapshot

  • Question: What procedure applies when a partnership files an amended Form 1065 to change partnership items?
  • Outcome: advice given
  • Key authorities: IRC §§ 6227, 6223, and 6231(a)(1); Treas. Reg. § 301.6231(a)(3)-1(c); Roberts v. Commissioner, 94 T.C. 853, 860.

Full text (IRS public release)

ID: CCA_2011111708322137 Number: 201149022
Release Date: 12/9/2011
Office:
UILC: 6227.01-00

From: -------------------
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 8:32:36 AM
To: --------------------------
Cc: -----------
Subject: RE: Amended 1065

1) The amended Form 1065 is a nullity. The partnership would have to file an AAR using a Form 8082 under section 6227 to change the treatment of partnership items and, even in that case, we don't have to grant the requested change. So under Roberts v. Commissioner, 94 T.C. 853, 860 the partner is bound by how the original partnership return reflected the distribution.

2) We don't have to do anything with the purported amended Form 1065. There is no partnership examination to close based on your facts below. I assume that we have not issued a Notice of Beginning of Administrative Proceeding (NBAP) under section 6223 to initiate a TEFRA proceeding.

3) Treas. Reg. 301.6231(a)(3)-1(c) makes partnership distributions a partnership item.

4) All the above applies only if the partnership is a TEFRA partnership. It would be if the S corp is a partner. I.R.C. 6231(a)(1).

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