CCA 1236028: Advice addresses partner amended adjustment requests under TEFRA

Plain-English summary

Chief Counsel advice answered questions about amended adjustment requests by partners in a TEFRA partnership. It states that the partner-level IRC § 6501(a) period does not extend the IRC § 6227 period, but an unmodified Form 872 at the partner-investor level does. The advice also states that a partner must properly file Form 8082 or a comparable statement, including with the campus where the partnership return was filed, subject to a possible waiver if an agent forwards it to the Service Center. An amended Form 1120X does not substitute for Form 8082, and a later Form 8082 cannot perfect an untimely request after the § 6227(a) period expires. The answers do not change merely because an indirect corporate partner owns the TEFRA partnership.

Ruling snapshot

• Question: What filing and deadline rules govern a partner's amended adjustment request under IRC § 6227?
• Outcome: Advice
• Key authorities: IRC §§ 6227, 6501, and 6511; Treas. Reg. §§ 301.6227(d)-1(a) and 30.6227(d)-1(a); Samueli v. Comm.

Full text (IRS public release)

ID: CCA_2012061313071137 Number: 201236028
Release Date: 9/7/2012
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UILC: 6227.05-00

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Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 1:07:24 PM
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Subject: RE: Need Legal Guidance for Issue Involving No AAR Filed or IRC 6227 Procedures Followed for
Partnership Item Claim

Answers to your questions:

1. Does the IRC 6501(a) statute at the partner level extend the IRC 6227 statute for filing any partner
   AAR? No.

2. Does the form 872 (without modification and revision date 10/2009) at the partner investor level extend
   the IRC 6227 statute for filing any partner AAR? Yes.

3. Is the IRS following the court decision Samueli v. Comm. (132T.C. No.16)(5-18-2009) that determined
   an investor who did not file a form 8082 or similar statement and did not follow the procedures required
   per the form 8082 instructions and Treasury Regulations does not have a valid partner AAR and the
   claim is to be rejected? Yes.

4. Is a partner required to file a form 8082 (or comparable statement) for a partner AAR per the IRC
   6227(a) rules (i.e. time frames) and file it correctly per the Treasury Regulation instructions for
   taxpayers covered under the 9th Circuit? Yes.

5. If the partner files a form1120X amended corporate return timely for partner level items under IRC
   6511(a) claim statute, the 1120X happens to include a "partnership item," the 1120X does not include any
   form 8082 (or comparable statement), and the partner does not file a duplicate form 8082 where the
   partnership return was filed as described in Treasury Reg. 301.6227(d)-1(a) and form 8082 instructions,
   may the partner later file a form 8082 after the IRC 6227(a) statute has expired for attempting to claim it
   is a perfection of a timely filed partner AAR and the IRS and Courts should recognize it? No.

6. Could a form 1120X substitute for a form 8082 for a partner AAR and what information would the form
   1120X amended return need to include to be considered a comparable statement to a form 8082? No.

7. If a form 8082 or comparable statement is filed with an examiner or appeal officer at the partner level,
   would the partner still be required to file the comparable statement with the Campus where the
   partnership return was filed per Treasury Regulation 30.6227(d)-1 (a) to be a valid partner AAR and
   within the IRC 6227(a) guidelines? Yes. Subject to potential waiver if the agent forwards to the Service
   Center.

8. Would any answers change for the above questions, if the TEFRA partnership is ultimately owned 100%
   by the "indirect" corporate partner which is bypassing AAR procedures outlined in the Code and
   Regulations and the revenue agent and appeal officer are aware of the organizational structure and
   ownership interests? (The TEFRA partnership has two direct partners, a LLC solely owned by the
   indirect corporate partner and a subsidiary partner that files with the indirect (parent) corporation in a
   consolidated return.) No.