2015 US Code
Title 26 - Internal Revenue Code (Sections 1 - 9834)
Subtitle A - Income Taxes (Sections 1 - 1564)
Chapter 1 - Normal Taxes and Surtaxes (Sections 1 - 1400U-3)
Subchapter O - Gain or Loss on Disposition of Property (Sections 1001 - 1111)
Part II - Basis Rules of General Application (Sections 1011 - 1024)
Sec. 1011 - Adjusted basis for determining gain or loss
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE Subtitle A - Income Taxes CHAPTER 1 - NORMAL TAXES AND SURTAXES Subchapter O - Gain or Loss on Disposition of Property PART II - BASIS RULES OF GENERAL APPLICATION Sec. 1011 - Adjusted basis for determining gain or loss |
| Contains | section 1011 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 296; Pub. L. 91-172, title II, §201(f), Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 564. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 83 Stat. 564 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 91-172 |
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The adjusted basis for determining the gain or loss from the sale or other disposition of property, whenever acquired, shall be the basis (determined under section 1012 or other applicable sections of this subchapter and subchapters C (relating to corporate distributions and adjustments), K (relating to partners and partnerships), and P (relating to capital gains and losses)), adjusted as provided in section 1016.
(b) Bargain sale to a charitable organizationIf a deduction is allowable under section 170 (relating to charitable contributions) by reason of a sale, then the adjusted basis for determining the gain from such sale shall be that portion of the adjusted basis which bears the same ratio to the adjusted basis as the amount realized bears to the fair market value of the property.
(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 296; Pub. L. 91–172, title II, §201(f), Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 564.)
AMENDMENTS1969—Pub. L. 91–172 redesignated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1969 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 91–172 applicable with respect to sales made after Dec. 19, 1969, see section 201(g)(6) of Pub. L. 91–172, set out as a note under section 170 of this title.
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