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26 U.S.C. § 482Allocation of income and deductions among taxpayers

submitted 72 years ago by ch. 736 to r/title-26-INTERNAL-REVENUE-CODE · 191 words · no verdicts yet

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The IRS can move income and deductions between businesses under common ownership. It does this to stop tax evasion or to make sure income is reported accurately. For transfers of things like patents, the income must match the value the transferred property actually earns.

When the same owners or interests directly or indirectly own or control two or more organizations, trades, or businesses — whether or not they are incorporated, whether or not organized in the United States, and whether or not affiliated with each other — the Secretary of the Treasury may distribute, divide, or allocate gross income, deductions, credits, or allowances among them. The Secretary can do this if it is necessary to stop tax evasion or to make sure each business's income is clearly and accurately reported. If a taxpayer transfers or licenses "intangible property" (property with the same meaning as in section 367(d)(4)), the income from that transfer or license must be "commensurate with" — that is, must match — the income the intangible property actually produces. For these transfers, the Secretary must require intangible property to be valued either as a group (when it is transferred along with other property or services) or based on the realistic alternatives to the transfer — whichever method the Secretary decides is the most reliable way to value it.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

In any case of two or more organizations, trades, or businesses (whether or not incorporated, whether or not organized in the United States, and whether or not affiliated) owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the same interests, the Secretary may distribute, apportion, or allocate gross income, deductions, credits, or allowances between or among such organizations, trades, or businesses, if he determines that such distribution, apportionment, or allocation is necessary in order to prevent evasion of taxes or clearly to reflect the income of any of such organizations, trades, or businesses. In the case of any transfer (or license) of intangible property (within the meaning of section 367(d)(4)), the income with respect to such transfer or license shall be commensurate with the income attributable to the intangible. For purposes of this section, the Secretary shall require the valuation of transfers of intangible property (including intangible property transferred with other property or services) on an aggregate basis or the valuation of such a transfer on the basis of the realistic alternatives to such a transfer, if the Secretary determines that such basis is the most reliable means of valuation of such transfers.

Source credit: (Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 162; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1834; Pub. L. 99–514, title XII, § 1231(e)(1), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2562; Pub. L. 115–97, title I, § 14221(b)(2), Dec. 22, 2017, 131 Stat. 2219; Pub. L. 115–141, div. U, title IV, § 401(d)(1)(D)(viii)(III), Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1207.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1954Enacted · Act of Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736
  • 1976Amended · Pub. L. 94-455 · 90 Stat. 1834
  • 1986Amended · Pub. L. 99-514 · 100 Stat. 2562
  • 2017Amended · Pub. L. 115-97 · 131 Stat. 2219
  • 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-141 · 132 Stat. 1207

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 736 on 1954-08-16.

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