Recognition and Deferral of Section 987 Gain or Loss, 20790-20801 [2019-09552]

Agencies

• Internal Revenue Service
• DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 92 (Monday, May 13, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 20790-20801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-09552]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

26 CFR Part 1

[TD 9857]
RIN 1545-BL11


Recognition and Deferral of Section 987 Gain or Loss

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

ACTION: Final regulations and removal of temporary regulations.

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SUMMARY: This document contains final regulations relating to 
combinations and separations of qualified business units (QBUs) subject 
to section 987 and the recognition and deferral of foreign currency 
gain or loss with respect to a QBU subject to section 987 in connection 
with certain QBU terminations and certain other transactions involving 
partnerships. In addition, this document withdraws temporary 
regulations regarding the allocation of assets and liabilities of 
certain partnerships for purposes of section 987. The final regulations 
affect taxpayers that own certain QBUs.

DATES: 
    Effective date: These regulations are effective on May 13, 2019.
    Applicability dates: For dates of applicability, see Sec. Sec.  
1.987-2(e), 1.987-4(h), and 1.987-12(j).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven D. Jensen at (202) 317-6938 
(not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    This document contains final regulations under Sec. Sec.  1.987-2 
and 1.987-4 relating to combinations and separations of QBUs subject to 
section 987. This document also contains final regulations under Sec.  
1.987-12 relating to the recognition and deferral of foreign currency 
gain or loss under section 987

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with respect to a QBU subject to section 987 in connection with certain 
QBU terminations and certain other transactions involving partnerships 
(together with the final regulations under Sec. Sec.  1.987-2 and 
1.987-4, the final regulations). In addition, this document withdraws 
temporary regulations under Sec.  1.987-7T regarding the allocation of 
assets and liabilities of certain partnerships for purposes of section 
987.

I. Background on Section 987 Regulations

    On December 8, 2016, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury 
Department) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published Treasury 
Decision 9794 (the 2016 final regulations) in the Federal Register (81 
FR 88806), which contains rules relating to the determination of the 
taxable income or loss of a taxpayer with respect to a section 987 QBU; 
the timing, amount, character, and source of any section 987 gain or 
loss; and other provisions.
    On the same date, the Treasury Department and the IRS also 
published Treasury Decision 9795 (the temporary regulations) in the 
Federal Register (81 FR 88854) and a notice of proposed rulemaking 
(REG-128276-12) in the Federal Register (81 FR 88882) by cross-
reference to the temporary regulations. The temporary regulations 
include the following rules that are not specifically affected by this 
Treasury decision: An annual deemed termination election for a section 
987 QBU; an elective method, available to taxpayers that make the 
annual deemed termination election, for translating all items of income 
or loss with respect to a section 987 QBU at the yearly average 
exchange rate; rules regarding the treatment of section 988 
transactions of a section 987 QBU; rules regarding QBUs with the U.S. 
dollar as their functional currency; rules regarding the translation of 
income used to pay creditable foreign income taxes; and rules under 
section 988 requiring the deferral of certain section 988 loss that 
arises with respect to related-party loans.
    In addition, the temporary regulations contain the following 
provisions that are specifically affected by this Treasury decision: 
Sec. Sec.  1.987-2T and 1.987-4T, relating to combinations and 
separations of QBUs; Sec.  1.987-7T, which provides a liquidation value 
percentage methodology for allocating assets and liabilities of certain 
partnerships (section 987 aggregate partnerships, as defined in Sec.  
1.987-1(b)(5) of the 2016 final regulations); and Sec.  1.987-12T, 
which requires deferral of foreign currency gain or loss under section 
987 with respect to certain transactions defined as deferral events or 
outbound loss events--transactions that generally include QBU 
terminations and certain partnerships transactions.
    On January 17, 2017, the Treasury Department and the IRS published 
Notice 2017-07, 2017-3 I.R.B. 423, announcing that certain rules under 
Sec.  1.987-12T would be modified to prevent potential abuse by 
taxpayers making retroactive check-the-box elections. Section 1.987-
12T(j)(1) states that Sec.  1.987-12T generally applies to any deferral 
event or outbound loss event that occurs on or after January 6, 2017 
(that is, thirty days after the date that Sec.  1.987-12T was filed 
with the Federal Register). Under Sec.  1.987-12T(j)(2), however, Sec.  
1.987-12T also applies to any deferral event or outbound loss event 
that occurs on or after December 7, 2016, if such deferral event or 
outbound loss event is undertaken with a principal purpose of 
recognizing section 987 loss. Notice 2017-07 indicated that Sec.  
1.987-12T(j)(2) would be modified so that Sec.  1.987-12T also will 
apply to any deferral event or outbound loss event that is undertaken 
with a principal purpose of recognizing section 987 loss \1\ and that 
occurs as a result of an entity classification election made under 
Sec.  301.7701-3 that is filed on or after December 22, 2016, and that 
is effective before December 7, 2016. Additionally, Notice 2017-07 
provided that Sec.  1.987-12T(j)(1) would be modified so that Sec.  
1.987-12T also will apply to any deferral event or outbound loss event 
that occurs as a result of an entity classification election made under 
Sec.  301.7701-3 that is filed on or after January 6, 2017, and that is 
effective before January 6, 2017.
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    \1\ Notice 2017-07 inadvertently referred to a principal purpose 
of recognizing section 987 gain or loss. These final regulations, by 
contrast, finalize the rule in the temporary regulations by applying 
Sec.  1.987-12(j)(2) solely to deferral events and outbound loss 
events undertaken with a principal purpose of recognizing section 
987 loss.
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    On October 16, 2017, the Treasury Department and the IRS issued 
Notice 2017-57, 2017-42 I.R.B. 325, announcing that future guidance 
would defer the applicability dates of Sec. Sec.  1.987-2T, 1.987-4T, 
and 1.987-7T (along with certain other provisions of the 2016 final 
regulations and temporary regulations) by one year. The temporary 
regulations provide that these sections apply to taxable years 
beginning on or after the day that is one year after the first day of 
the first taxable year following December 7, 2016. See Sec. Sec.  
1.987-2T(e); 1.987-4T(h); 1.987-7T(d).
    On June 25, 2018, the Treasury Department and the IRS published 
Notice 2018-57, 2018-26 IRB 774, announcing that future guidance would 
defer the applicability dates of Sec. Sec.  1.987-2T, 1.987-4T, and 
1.987-7T (along with certain other provisions of the 2016 final 
regulations and temporary regulations) by one additional year.

II. Executive Order 13789

    Executive Order 13789, issued on April 21, 2017, instructs the 
Secretary of the Treasury (the Secretary) to review all significant tax 
regulations issued on or after January 1, 2016, and to take concrete 
action to alleviate the burdens of regulations that (i) impose an undue 
financial burden on U.S. taxpayers; (ii) add undue complexity to the 
Federal tax laws; or (iii) exceed the statutory authority of the IRS. 
Executive Order 13789 further instructs the Secretary to submit to the 
President within 60 days an interim report that identifies regulations 
that meet these criteria. Notice 2017-38, 2017-30 I.R.B. 147, which was 
published on July 24, 2017, included the 2016 final regulations in a 
list of eight regulations identified by the Secretary in the interim 
report as meeting at least one of the first two criteria specified in 
E.O. 13789.
    E.O. 13789 further instructs the Secretary to submit to the 
President by September 18, 2017, a final report that recommends 
specific actions to mitigate the burden imposed by regulations 
identified in the interim report. On October 16, 2017, the Secretary 
published in the Federal Register this final report (82 FR 48013), 
which indicated, among other things, that the Treasury Department and 
the IRS intend to propose certain modifications to the 2016 final 
regulations to reduce burden and compliance challenges associated with 
those regulations and are actively considering other rules in 
connection with that proposal.

III. Deferral of Section 987 Gain or Loss on Certain Terminations and 
Other Transactions Involving Partnerships

    Under the 2016 final regulations, the owner of a section 987 QBU 
that terminates includes in income all of the net unrecognized section 
987 gain or loss with respect to the section 987 QBU in the year it 
terminates. Under these rules, a termination can result, for example, 
solely from a transfer of a section 987 QBU from a taxpayer to a 
related party, notwithstanding that the QBU's assets continue to be 
used in the same trade or business by the related party.
    Because a termination can result in the deemed remittance of all 
the assets

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of a section 987 QBU in circumstances in which the assets continue to 
be used by a related person in the conduct of the same trade or 
business that formerly was conducted by the section 987 QBU, 
terminations can facilitate the selective recognition of section 987 
losses. In issuing the temporary regulations, the Treasury Department 
and the IRS determined that terminations of section 987 QBUs generally 
should not be permitted to facilitate the selective recognition of 
losses when the assets and liabilities of the section 987 QBU are 
transferred to a related person and remain subject to section 987 in 
the hands of the transferee. Similar policy considerations arise when 
the transfer of a partnership interest to a related person results in 
deemed transfers that cause the recognition of section 987 loss with 
respect to a section 987 QBU owned through the partnership, 
notwithstanding that the trade or business of the section 987 QBU 
continues without interruption and remains subject to section 987, and 
in the context of certain outbound transfers even when the assets do 
not remain subject to section 987 in the hands of the transferee 
(because, for example, the transferee has the same functional currency 
as the QBU). In order to address these policy concerns, the temporary 
regulations defer section 987 losses resulting from certain termination 
events, partnership transactions, and certain other transactions 
involving outbound transfers.
    In addition, the temporary regulations generally apply to defer the 
recognition of section 987 gains as well as losses when the transferee 
is subject to section 987 with respect to the assets of the section 987 
QBU. The temporary regulations do not, however, defer gain to the 
extent the assets of a section 987 QBU are transferred by a U.S. person 
to a related foreign person, consistent with the policies underlying 
section 367.

IV. Combinations and Separations of QBUs

    The temporary regulations also include rules to prevent similarly 
inappropriate results when certain section 987 QBUs are combined or 
separated. Absent a special rule, the combination of multiple section 
987 QBUs that have the same owner, or the separation of a section 987 
QBU into two or more section 987 QBUs that have the same owner, would 
give rise to a transfer between an owner and one or more section 987 
QBUs under the 2016 final regulations.
    Consistent with the policy of deferring section 987 gain or loss 
under Sec.  1.987-12T when assets of a section 987 QBU are reflected on 
the books and records of another section 987 QBU in the same controlled 
group as a result of certain transactions that result in deemed 
transfers, the temporary regulations provide that section 987 gain or 
loss generally is not recognized when two or more section 987 QBUs 
(combining QBUs) with the same owner combine into a single section 987 
QBU (combined QBU) or when a section 987 QBU (separating QBU) separates 
into multiple section 987 QBUs (each, a separated QBU).
    The temporary regulations also include certain mechanical rules 
applicable in this context, including (i) rules related to determining 
the net unrecognized section 987 gain or loss of combined QBUs and 
separated QBUs, and (ii) provisions regarding combining section 987 
QBUs that have different functional currencies than their respective 
combined QBUs.

V. Determination of a Partner's Share of Assets and Liabilities of a 
Section 987 Aggregate Partnership

    The 2016 final regulations set forth rules applicable to section 
987 aggregate partnerships, which are defined as partnerships for which 
all of the capital and profits interests are owned, directly or 
indirectly, by persons that are related within the meaning of section 
267(b) or section 707(b). Under the aggregate approach set forth in the 
2016 final regulations, assets and liabilities reflected on the books 
and records of an eligible QBU of a section 987 aggregate partnership 
are allocated to each partner, which is considered an indirect owner of 
the eligible QBU. If the eligible QBU has a different functional 
currency than its indirect owner, then the assets and liabilities of 
the eligible QBU that are allocated to the partner are treated as a 
section 987 QBU of the indirect owner.
    The temporary regulations provide specific rules for determining a 
partner's share of the assets and liabilities reflected on the books 
and records of an eligible QBU owned indirectly through a section 987 
aggregate partnership. Specifically, Sec.  1.987-7T(b) provides that, 
in any taxable year, a partner's share of each asset and liability of a 
section 987 aggregate partnership is proportional to the partner's 
liquidation value percentage with respect to the aggregate partnership. 
A partner's liquidation value percentage is defined as the ratio of the 
liquidation value of the partner's interest in the partnership to the 
aggregate liquidation value of all the partners' interests in the 
partnership. The liquidation value of the partner's interest in the 
partnership is the amount of cash the partner would receive with 
respect to its interest if, immediately following the applicable 
determination date, the partnership sold all of its assets for cash 
equal to the fair market value of such assets (taking into account 
section 7701(g)), satisfied all of its liabilities (other than those 
described in Sec.  1.752-7), paid an unrelated third party to assume 
all of its Sec.  1.752-7 liabilities in a fully taxable transaction, 
and then liquidated.

Summary of Comments and Explanation of Revisions

    The Treasury Department and the IRS received one comment regarding 
the temporary regulations. In addition, the Treasury Department and the 
IRS received several comments in response to Notice 2017-38 pertaining 
to the temporary regulations. After consideration of all the comments, 
the regulations under Sec. Sec.  1.987-2T, 1.987-4T, and 1.987-12T, as 
revised by this Treasury decision, are adopted as final regulations. In 
addition, the regulations under Sec.  1.987-7T are withdrawn. The 
Treasury Department and the IRS are continuing to study the other 
provisions of the temporary regulations that are not specifically 
addressed by this Treasury decision. In addition, several comments were 
received that relate to rules in the 2016 final regulations. Comments 
on the 2016 final regulations, and provisions of the temporary 
regulations that are not specifically addressed by this Treasury 
decision, are beyond the scope of this rulemaking and are not addressed 
in this preamble. The Treasury Department and the IRS will consider 
these comments in connection with any future guidance projects 
addressing the issues discussed in the comments.

I. Comments Recommending Withdrawal of the Temporary Regulations

    A number of comments recommended that all of the temporary 
regulations, including Sec. Sec.  1.987-2T, 1.987-4T, and 1.987-12T, be 
withdrawn. Comments generally indicated that the 2016 final regulations 
and the temporary regulations are unduly complex and present 
significant financial and compliance burdens for taxpayers subject to 
the 2016 final regulations.
    As described in the Background section of this Preamble, in its 
final report to the President in response to E.O. 13789, the Treasury 
Department indicated that the 2016 final regulations have proved 
difficult to apply for many taxpayers. The final report indicated that 
the Treasury Department and the IRS intend to propose modifications to 
the 2016 final regulations that will

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reduce the compliance burdens associated with the regulations. While 
the Treasury Department and the IRS intend to reduce those burdens as 
described in the final report, the Treasury Department and the IRS 
continue to consider it inappropriate to permit the selective 
recognition of section 987 losses and the deferral of section 987 
gains. This is particularly true when such selective loss recognition 
may be accomplished through related-party transactions that do not 
significantly impact the conduct of the trade or business of a section 
987 QBU or its owner but nonetheless generate significant tax benefits, 
as is true of deferral events and outbound loss events.
    Accordingly, the Treasury Department and the IRS have determined 
that finalizing Sec. Sec.  1.987-2T, 1.987-4T, and 1.987-12T, while 
simultaneously deferring the applicability date of the 2016 final 
regulations and developing guidance to mitigate the complexity and 
administrative challenges associated with, the 2016 final regulations, 
appropriately balances taxpayers' burdens with the need to prevent 
abuse under the 2016 final regulations or under another method of 
complying with section 987 utilized by a taxpayer during a period for 
which the 2016 final regulations are not applicable. Accordingly, this 
Treasury decision finalizes the rules in Sec. Sec.  1.987-2T, 1.987-4T, 
and 1.987-12T with certain clarifications.

II. Comments Recommending a Delay of the Applicability Date of the 
Temporary Regulations

    Comments recommended that the applicability date for the 2016 final 
regulations and the temporary regulations, including Sec. Sec.  1.987-
2T, 1.987-4T, and 1.987-12T, be delayed for a specified period, such as 
one or two years. Similarly, comments recommended that the final and 
temporary regulations, including Sec. Sec.  1.987-2T, 1.987-4T, and 
1.987-12T, be withdrawn in their entirety and reproposed (in one case, 
with an effective date at least two years after such regulations are 
finalized) to allow taxpayers time to effectively plan to implement the 
final and temporary regulations. Generally, the comments indicated that 
taxpayers required additional time to update and implement existing 
systems to comply with the 2016 final regulations and the temporary 
regulations. One comment specifically recommended that the 
applicability date for Sec.  1.987-12T be delayed until the 
applicability date of the 2016 final regulations. The comment indicated 
that, in certain instances, the applicability date of Sec.  1.987-12T 
prevented the recognition of losses in connection with certain 
transactions that were in the planning and implementation stages when 
the temporary regulations were issued. No comments identified specific 
compliance challenges associated with Sec.  1.987-12T.
    The Treasury Department and the IRS decline to delay the 
applicability date of Sec.  1.987-12T. As discussed in Part I of this 
Summary of Comments and Explanation of Revisions, Sec.  1.987-12T 
prevents taxpayers from selectively recognizing section 987 losses 
through certain technical terminations of a section 987 QBU and similar 
transactions that would be relatively easy to effect through related-
party transactions without meaningfully impacting a taxpayer's business 
operations. If the applicability date were delayed, taxpayers would be 
incentivized to engage in such selective recognition of section 987 
losses, which would be contrary to the purposes of section 987 and 
Sec.  1.987-12T. Delaying the application of related provisions under 
Sec. Sec.  1.987-2T and 1.987-4T concerning combinations and 
separations of a section 987 QBU could similarly incentivize 
transactions designed to accelerate section 987 losses for taxpayers 
that have elected to apply the 2016 final regulations early. In this 
regard, the Treasury Department and the IRS observe that the 
transactions to which Sec. Sec.  1.987-2T, 1.987-4T, and 1.987-12T are 
applicable occur exclusively among related persons, such that taxpayers 
may avoid the application of those sections by avoiding undertaking 
such transactions.
    Accordingly, the final regulations retain the applicability dates 
of the temporary regulations, as modified by Notice 2017-07, Notice 
2017-57, and Notice 2018-57. Specifically, the final regulations 
provide that Sec. Sec.  1.987-2(c)(9), 1.987-4(c)(2), and 1.987-4(f) 
apply to taxable years beginning on or after the day that is three 
years after the first day of the first taxable year following December 
7, 2016. If, however, a taxpayer makes an election under Sec.  1.987-
11(b), then Sec. Sec.  1.987-2(c)(9), 1.987-4(c)(2), and 1.987-4(f) 
apply to taxable years to which Sec. Sec.  1.987-1 through 1.987-10 
apply as a result of such election.
    Similarly, Sec.  1.987-12 incorporates the applicability date 
provisions of Sec.  1.987-12T, as modified by Notice 2017-07. Thus, the 
final regulations under Sec.  1.987-12 generally apply to any deferral 
event or outbound loss event that occurs on or after January 6, 2017. 
Section 1.987-12 also applies to any deferral event or outbound loss 
event that occurs as a result of an entity classification election made 
under Sec.  301.7701-3 that is filed on or after January 6, 2017, and 
that is effective before January 6, 2017. However, Sec.  1.987-12 
applies to any deferral event or outbound loss event occurring on or 
after December 7, 2016, if such deferral event or outbound loss event 
was undertaken with a principal purpose of recognizing section 987 
loss. Similarly, Sec.  1.987-12 applies to any deferral event or 
outbound loss event that occurs as a result of an entity classification 
election made under Sec.  301.7701-3 that was filed on or after 
December 22, 2016, that was effective before December 7, 2016, and that 
was undertaken with a principal purpose of recognizing section 987 
loss.

III. Comments Regarding the Determination of a Partner's Share of 
Assets and Liabilities of a Section 987 Aggregate Partnership

    Comments recommended alternative approaches for determining a 
partner's share of the assets and liabilities of a section 987 
aggregate partnership. Comments recommended that Sec.  1.987-7 be 
withdrawn and replaced with the approach of the 2006 proposed 
regulations under section 987, which provided that a partner's share of 
assets and liabilities reflected on the books and records of an 
eligible QBU held indirectly through the partnership must be determined 
in a manner consistent with how the partners have agreed to share the 
economic benefits and burdens corresponding to those partnership assets 
and liabilities, taking into account the rules and principles of 
subchapter K. The comment indicated that that the liquidation value 
percentage approach was inconsistent with certain principles of 
subchapter K, resulting in distortions in the calculation of section 
987 gain or loss in certain cases.
    The Treasury Department and the IRS have determined that, in the 
absence of a more comprehensive set of rules for determining a 
partner's share of assets and liabilities reflected on the books and 
records of an eligible QBU held indirectly through the partnership that 
also articulates the interaction of those rules with applicable rules 
in subchapter K, a more flexible approach is warranted. Moreover, the 
Treasury Department and the IRS have determined that, in certain 
instances, the liquidation value percentage methodology set forth in 
Sec.  1.987-7T may be interpreted as applying in a way that 
inappropriately distorts the computation of section 987 gain or loss.

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Specifically, under such an interpretation, certain changes in a 
partner's liquidation value percentage may introduce distortions in the 
calculation of net unrecognized section 987 gain or loss under Sec.  
1.987-4, giving rise to net unrecognized section 987 gain or loss that 
is not attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates. For example, an 
appreciation or depreciation in property value can result in a change 
in liquidation value percentage that causes a change in owner 
functional currency net value for purposes of Step 1 of the Sec.  
1.987-4(d) calculation of unrecognized section 987 gain or loss for a 
taxable year without an offsetting adjustment under Step 6 or otherwise 
that would prevent the change in liquidation value percentage from 
distorting the calculation of unrecognized section 987 gain or loss. As 
a result, such unrecognized appreciation or depreciation generally can 
result in unrecognized section 987 gain or loss for a taxable year 
being allocated to each partner that indirectly owns a section 987 QBU 
even when there is no change in exchange rates.
    Accordingly, the Treasury Department and the IRS are withdrawing 
Sec.  1.987-7T (and making a conforming change to an example in Sec.  
1.987-12). Until new regulations are proposed and finalized, taxpayers 
may use any reasonable method for determining a partner's share of 
assets and liabilities reflected on the books and records of an 
eligible QBU held indirectly through the partnership. For this purpose, 
taxpayers may rely on subchapter K principles (consistent with the 2006 
proposed regulations under section 987) or an approach similar to the 
liquidation value percentage method set forth in Sec.  1.987-7T. 
However, the Treasury Department and the IRS do not believe that it 
would be reasonable to apply the liquidation value percentage method 
without corresponding adjustments to the determination of net 
unrecognized section 987 gain or loss. Thus, for example, a taxpayer 
using the liquidation value percentage method may be required to adjust 
its determination of net unrecognized section 987 gain or loss of a 
section 987 QBU that is owned indirectly through a partnership to 
prevent the determination of unrecognized section 987 gain or loss that 
is not attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates. These 
adjustments may include, for example, treating any change in a 
partner's owner functional currency net value that is attributable to a 
change in the partner's liquidation value percentage as resulting in a 
transfer to or from an indirectly owned section 987 QBU.

Special Analyses

I. Regulatory Planning and Review--Economic Analysis

    Executive Orders 13563 and 12866 direct agencies to assess costs 
and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is 
necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits, 
including potential economic, environmental, public health and safety 
effects, distributive impacts, and equity. Executive Order 13563 
emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and benefits, of 
reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting flexibility.
    This regulation is not subject to review under section 6(b) of 
Executive Order 12866 pursuant to the Memorandum of Agreement (April 
11, 2018) between the Department of the Treasury and the Office of 
Management and Budget regarding review of tax regulations. Therefore, a 
regulatory impact assessment is not required.

II. Paperwork Reduction Act

    This regulation does not establish a new collection of information 
nor modify an existing collection that requires the approval of the 
Office of Management and Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35).

III. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    It is hereby certified that these regulations will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities 
within the meaning of section 601(6) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act 
(5 U.S.C. chapter 6). Accordingly, a regulatory flexibility analysis is 
not required. This certification is based on the fact that these 
regulations will primarily affect U.S. corporations that have foreign 
operations, which tend to be larger businesses. Accordingly, a 
regulatory flexibility analysis under the Regulatory Flexibility Act is 
not required.
    Pursuant to section 7805(f), the notice of proposed rulemaking 
preceding this regulation was submitted to the Chief Counsel for 
Advocacy of the Small Business Administration for comment on its impact 
on small businesses. No comments were received.

IV. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    Section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 requires 
that agencies assess anticipated costs and benefits and take certain 
other actions before issuing a final rule that includes any Federal 
mandate that may result in expenditures in any one year by a state, 
local, or tribal government, in the aggregate, or by the private 
sector, of $100 million in 1995 dollars, updated annually for 
inflation. In 2018, that threshold is approximately $150 million. This 
rule does not include any Federal mandate that may result in 
expenditures by state, local, or tribal governments, or by the private 
sector in excess of that threshold.

V. Executive Order 13132: Federalism

    Executive Order 13132 (entitled ``Federalism'') prohibits an agency 
from publishing any rule that has federalism implications if the rule 
either imposes substantial, direct compliance costs on state and local 
governments, and is not required by statute, or preempts state law, 
unless the agency meets the consultation and funding requirements of 
section 6 of the Executive Order. This proposed rule does not have 
federalism implications, does not impose substantial direct compliance 
costs on state and local governments, and does not preempt state law 
within the meaning of the Executive Order.

Drafting Information

    The principal author of these final regulations is Steven D. Jensen 
of the Office of Associate Chief Counsel (International). However, 
other personnel from the IRS and the Treasury Department participated 
in their development.

List of Subjects in 26 CFR Part 1

    Income taxes, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

Adoption of Amendments to the Regulations

    Accordingly, 26 CFR part 1 is amended as follows:

PART 1--INCOME TAXES

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Paragraph 1. The authority citation for part 1 is amended by adding an 
entry for Sec.  1.987-12 in numerical order to read in part as follows:

    Authority: 26 U.S.C. 7805 * * *
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    Section 1.987-12 is issued under 26 U.S.C. 987 and 989.
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Par. 2. Section 1.987-0 is amended by:
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1. Revising the entries for Sec.  1.987-2(c)(9), Sec.  1.987-4(c)(2), 
(f), Sec.  1.987-12(a), (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (b), (b)(1), (b)(2), 
(b)(3), (b)(4), (c), (c)(1), (c)(2), (c)(3), (c)(4), (d), (d)(1), 
(d)(2), (d)(3), (d)(4), (d)(5), (e), (e)(1), (e)(2), (f), (f)(1), 
(f)(2), (g), and (h).

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2. Adding entries for Sec.  1.987-2(e), (e)(1), (e)(2), Sec.  1.987-
4(f)(1), (f)(2), (f)(3), (h), (h)(1), (h)(2), Sec.  1.987-12(i), 
(i)(1), (i)(2), (i)(3), (j), (j)(1), and (j)(2).
    The revisions and additions read as follows:


Sec.  1.987-0  Table of contents.

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Sec.  1.987-2 Attribution of items to eligible QBUs; definition of a 
transfer and related rules.
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    (c)(9) Certain disregarded transactions not treated as 
transfers.
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    (e) Effective/applicability date.
    (1) In general.
    (2) Certain disregarded transactions not treated as transfers.
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Sec.  1.987-4 Determination of net unrecognized section 987 gain or 
loss of a section 987 QBU.
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    (c)(2) Coordination with Sec.  1.987-12.
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    (f) Combinations and separations.
    (1) Combinations.
    (2) Separations.
    (3) Examples.
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    (h) Effective/applicability date.
    (1) In general.
    (2) Combinations and separations.
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Sec.  1.987-12 Deferral of section 987 gain or loss.
    (a) In general.
    (1) Overview.
    (2) Scope.
    (3) Exceptions.
    (b) Gain or loss recognition in connection with a deferral 
event.
    (1) In general.
    (2) Deferral event.
    (3) Gain or loss recognized under Sec.  1.987-5 in the taxable 
year of a deferral event.
    (4) Successor QBU.
    (c) Recognition of deferred section 987 gain or loss in the 
taxable year of a deferral event and in subsequent taxable years.
    (1) In general.
    (2) Recognition upon a subsequent remittance.
    (3) Recognition of deferred section 987 loss in certain outbound 
successor QBU terminations.
    (4) Special rules regarding successor QBUs.
    (d) Loss recognition upon an outbound loss event.
    (1) In general.
    (2) Outbound loss event.
    (3) Loss recognized upon an outbound loss event.
    (4) Adjustment of basis of stock received in certain 
nonrecognition transactions.
    (5) Recognition of outbound section 987 loss that is not 
converted into stock basis.
    (e) Source and character.
    (1) Deferred section 987 gain or loss and certain outbound 
section 987 loss.
    (2) Outbound section 987 loss reflected in stock basis.
    (f) Definitions.
    (1) Controlled group.
    (2) Qualified successor.
    (g) Anti-abuse.
    (h) Examples.
    (i) Coordination with fresh start transition method.
    (1) In general.
    (2) Adjustment to deferred section 987 gain or loss.
    (3) Adjustments in the case of an outbound loss event.
    (j) Effective/applicability date.
    (1) In general.
    (2) Exceptions.


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Sec.  1.987-2  Attribution of items to eligible QBUs; definition of a 
transfer and related rules.

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    (9) Certain disregarded transactions not treated as transfers--(i) 
Combinations of section 987 QBUs. The combination of two or more 
separate section 987 QBUs (combining QBUs) that are directly owned by 
the same owner, or that are indirectly owned by the same partner 
through a single section 987 aggregate partnership, into one section 
987 QBU (combined QBU) does not give rise to a transfer of any 
combining QBU's assets or liabilities to the owner under Sec.  1.987-
2(c). In addition, transactions between the combining QBUs occurring in 
the taxable year of the combination do not result in a transfer of the 
combining QBUs' assets or liabilities to the owner under Sec.  1.987-
2(c). For this purpose, a combination occurs when the assets and 
liabilities that are properly reflected on the books and records of two 
or more combining QBUs begin to be properly reflected on the books and 
records of a combined QBU and the separate existence of the combining 
QBUs ceases. A combination may result from any transaction or series of 
transactions in which the combining QBUs become a combined QBU. For 
rules regarding the determination of net unrecognized section 987 gain 
or loss of a combined QBU, see Sec.  1.987-4(f)(1).
    (ii) Change in functional currency from a combination. If, 
following a combination of section 987 QBUs described in paragraph 
(c)(9)(i) of this section, the combined section 987 QBU has a different 
functional currency than one or more of the combining section 987 QBUs, 
any such combining section 987 QBU is treated as changing its 
functional currency and the owner of the combined section 987 QBU must 
comply with the regulations under section 985 regarding the change in 
functional currency. See Sec. Sec.  1.985-1(c)(6) and 1.985-5.
    (iii) Separation of section 987 QBUs. The separation of a section 
987 QBU (separating QBU) into two or more section 987 QBUs (separated 
QBUs) that, after the separation, are directly owned by the same owner, 
or that are indirectly owned by the same partner through a single 
section 987 aggregate partnership, does not result in a transfer of the 
separating QBU's assets or liabilities to the owner under Sec.  1.987-
2(c). Additionally, transactions that occurred between the separating 
QBUs in the taxable year of the separation prior to the completion of 
the separation do not result in transfers for purposes of section 987. 
For this purpose, a separation occurs when the assets and liabilities 
that are properly reflected on the books and records of a separating 
QBU begin to be properly reflected on the books and records of two or 
more separated QBUs. A separation may result from any transaction or 
series of transactions in which a separating QBU becomes two or more 
separated QBUs. A separation may also result when a section 987 QBU 
that is subject to a grouping election under Sec.  1.987-1(b)(2)(ii)(A) 
changes its functional currency. For rules regarding the determination 
of net unrecognized section 987 gain or loss of a separated QBU, see 
Sec.  1.987-4(f)(2).
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    (e) Effective/applicability date--(1) In general. Except as set 
forth in paragraph (h)(2) of this section, this section is applicable 
as specified in Sec.  1.987-11.
    (2) Certain disregarded transactions not treated as transfers. 
Paragraph (c)(9) of this section applies to taxable years beginning on 
or after the day that is three years after the first day of the first 
taxable year following December 7, 2016. Notwithstanding the preceding 
sentence, if a taxpayer makes an election under Sec.  1.987-11(b), then 
paragraph (c)(9) of this section applies to taxable years to which 
Sec. Sec.  1.987-1 through 1.987-10 apply as a result of such election.


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Sec.  1.987-4  Determination of net unrecognized section 987 gain or 
loss of a section 987 QBU.

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    (c) * * *
    (2) Coordination with Sec.  1.987-12. For purposes of paragraph 
(c)(1) of this section, amounts taken into account under Sec.  1.987-5 
are determined without regard to Sec.  1.987-12.
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    (f) Combinations and separations--(1) Combinations. The net 
unrecognized section 987 gain or loss of a combined QBU (as defined in 
Sec.  1.987-2(c)(9)(i)) for a taxable year is determined under 
paragraph (b) of this section by taking into account the net 
accumulated unrecognized section 987 gain or loss of each combining QBU 
(as defined in Sec.  1.987-2(c)(9)(i)) for all prior taxable years to 
which the regulations under section 987 apply, as determined under 
paragraph (c) of this section, and by treating the combining QBUs as 
having combined immediately prior to the beginning of the taxable year 
of combination. See paragraph (f)(3) of this section, Example 1, for an 
illustration of this rule.
    (2) Separations. The net unrecognized section 987 gain or loss of a 
separated QBU (as defined in Sec.  1.987-2(c)(9)(iii)) for a taxable 
year is determined under paragraph (b) of this section by taking into 
account the separated QBU's share of the net accumulated unrecognized 
section 987 gain or loss of the separating QBU (as defined in Sec.  
1.987-2(c)(9)(iii)) for all prior taxable years to which the 
regulations under section 987 apply, as determined under paragraph (c) 
of this section, and by treating the separating QBU as having separated 
immediately prior to the beginning of the taxable year of separation. A 
separated QBU's share of the separating QBU's net accumulated 
unrecognized section 987 gain or loss for all such prior taxable years 
is determined by apportioning the separating QBU's net accumulated 
unrecognized section 987 gain or loss for all such prior taxable years 
to each separated QBU in proportion to the aggregate adjusted basis of 
the gross assets properly reflected on the books and records of each 
separated QBU immediately after the separation. For purposes of 
determining the owner functional currency net value of the separated 
QBUs on the last day of the taxable year preceding the taxable year of 
separation under Sec.  1.987-5(d)(1)(B) and (e), the balance sheets of 
the separated QBUs on that day will be deemed to reflect the assets and 
liabilities reflected on the balance sheet of the separating QBU on 
that day, apportioned between the separated QBUs in a reasonable manner 
that takes into account the assets and liabilities reflected on the 
balance sheets of the separated QBUs immediately after the separation. 
See paragraph (f)(3) of this section, Example 2, for an illustration of 
this rule.
    (3) Examples. The following examples illustrate the rules of 
paragraphs (f)(1) and (2) of this section.

    (i) Example 1. Combination of two section 987 QBUs that have the 
same owner. (A) Facts. DC1, a domestic corporation, owns Entity A, a 
DE. Entity A conducts a business in France that constitutes a 
section 987 QBU (French QBU) that has the euro as its functional 
currency. French QBU has a net accumulated unrecognized section 987 
loss from all prior taxable years to which the regulations under 
section 987 apply of $100. DC1 also owns Entity B, a DE. Entity B 
conducts a business in Germany that constitutes a section 987 QBU 
(German QBU) that has the euro as its functional currency. German 
QBU has a net accumulated unrecognized section 987 gain from all 
prior taxable years to which the regulations under section 987 apply 
of $110. During the taxable year, Entity A and Entity B merge under 
local law. As a result, the books and records of French QBU and 
German QBU are combined into a new single set of books and records. 
The combined entity has the euro as its functional currency.
    (B) Analysis. Pursuant to Sec.  1.987-2(c)(9)(i), French QBU and 
German QBU are combining QBUs, and their combination does not give 
rise to a transfer that is taken into account in determining the 
amount of a remittance (as defined in Sec.  1.987-5(c)). For 
purposes of computing net unrecognized section 987 gain or loss 
under this section for the year of the combination, the combination 
is deemed to have occurred on the last day of the owner's prior 
taxable year, such that the owner functional currency net value of 
the combined section 987 QBU at the end of that taxable year 
described under paragraph (d)(1)(B) of this section takes into 
account items reflected on the balance sheets of both French QBU and 
German QBU at that time. Additionally, any transactions between 
French QBU and German QBU occurring during the year of the merger 
will not result in transfers to or from a section 987 QBU. Pursuant 
to paragraph (f)(1) of this section, the combined QBU will have a 
net accumulated unrecognized section 987 gain from all prior taxable 
years of $10 (the $100 loss from French QBU plus the $110 gain from 
German QBU).
    (ii) Example 2. Separation of two section 987 QBUs that have the 
same owner. (A) Facts. DC1, a domestic corporation, owns Entity A, a 
DE. Entity A conducts a business in the Netherlands that constitutes 
a section 987 QBU (Dutch QBU) that has the euro as its functional 
currency. The business of Dutch QBU consists of manufacturing and 
selling bicycles and scooters and is recorded on a single set of 
books and records. On the last day of Year 1, the adjusted basis of 
the gross assets of Dutch QBU is [euro]1,000. In Year 2, the net 
accumulated unrecognized section 987 loss of Dutch QBU from all 
prior taxable years is $200. During Year 2, Entity A separates the 
bicycle and scooter business such that each business begins to have 
its own books and records and to meet the definition of a section 
987 QBU under Sec.  1.987-1(b)(2) (hereafter, ``bicycle QBU'' and 
``scooter QBU''). There are no transfers between DC1 and Dutch QBU 
before the separation. After the separation, the aggregate adjusted 
basis of bicycle QBU's assets is [euro]600 and the aggregate 
adjusted basis of scooter QBU's assets is [euro]400. Each section 
987 QBU continues to have the euro as its functional currency.
    (B) Analysis. Pursuant to Sec.  1.987-2(c)(9)(iii), bicycle QBU 
and scooter QBU are separated QBUs, and the separation of Dutch QBU, 
a separating QBU, does not give rise to a transfer taken into 
account in determining the amount of a remittance (as defined in 
Sec.  1.987-5(c)). For purposes of computing net unrecognized 
section 987 gain or loss under this section for Year 2, the 
separation will be deemed to have occurred on the last day of the 
owner's prior taxable year, Year 1. Pursuant to paragraph (f)(2) of 
this section, bicycle QBU will have a net accumulated unrecognized 
section 987 loss of $120 ([euro]600/[euro]1,000 x $200), and scooter 
QBU will have a net accumulated unrecognized section 987 loss of $80 
([euro]400/[euro]1,000 x $200).
* * * * *
    (h) Effective/applicability date--(1) In general. Except as set 
forth in paragraph (h)(2) of this section, this section is applicable 
as specified in Sec.  1.987-11.
    (2) Combinations and separations. Paragraphs (c)(2) and (f) of this 
section apply to taxable years beginning on or after the day that is 
three years after the first day of the first taxable year following 
December 7, 2016. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if a taxpayer 
makes an election under Sec.  1.987-11(b), then paragraphs (c)(2) and 
(f) of this section applies to taxable years to which Sec. Sec.  1.987-
1 through 1.987-10 apply as a result of such election.


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Sec.  1.987-7   [Amended]

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Sec.  1.987-12   Deferral of section 987 gain or loss.

    (a) In general--(1) Overview. This section provides rules that 
defer the recognition of section 987 gain or loss that, but for this 
section, would be recognized in connection with certain QBU 
terminations and certain other transactions involving partnerships. 
This paragraph (a) provides an overview of this section and describes 
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with respect to QBUs subject to section 987 but to which Sec. Sec.  
1.987-1 through 1.987-11 generally do not apply. Paragraph (b) of this 
section describes the extent to which section 987 gain or loss is 
recognized under Sec.  1.987-5 or similar principles in the taxable 
year of a deferral event (as defined in paragraph (b)(2) of this 
section) with respect to a QBU. Paragraph (c) of this section describes 
the extent to which section 987 gain or loss that, as a result of 
paragraph (b), is not recognized under Sec.  1.987-5 or similar 
principles is recognized upon the occurrence of subsequent events. 
Paragraph (d) of this section describes the extent to which section 987 
loss is recognized under Sec.  1.987-5 or similar principles in the 
taxable year of an outbound loss event (as defined in paragraph (d)(2) 
of this section) with respect to a QBU. Paragraph (e) of this section 
provides rules for determining the source and character of gains and 
losses that, as a result of this section, are not recognized under 
Sec.  1.987-5 or similar principles in the taxable year of a deferral 
event or outbound loss event. Paragraph (f) of this section defines 
controlled group and qualified successor for purposes of this section. 
Paragraph (g) of this section provides an anti-abuse rule. Paragraph 
(h) of this section provides examples illustrating the rules described 
in this section. Paragraph (i) of this section provides rules 
coordinating the application of this section with the fresh start 
transition method. Paragraph (j) of this section provides dates of 
applicability.
    (2) Scope. This section applies to any foreign currency gain or 
loss realized under section 987(3), including foreign currency gain or 
loss of an entity described in Sec.  1.987-1(b)(1)(ii) (certain 
entities not otherwise subject to the regulations under section 987). 
References in this section to section 987 gain or loss refer to any 
foreign currency gain or loss realized under section 987(3), references 
to a section 987 QBU refer to any eligible QBU (as defined in Sec.  
1.987-1(b)(3)(i), but without regard to Sec.  1.987-1(b)(3)(ii)) that 
is subject to section 987, and references to a section 987 aggregate 
partnership refer to any partnership for which the acquisition or 
disposition of a partnership interest could give rise to foreign 
currency gain or loss realized under section 987(3). Additionally, 
references to recognition of section 987 gain or loss under Sec.  
1.987-5 encompass any determination and recognition of gain or loss 
under section 987(3) that would occur but for this section. 
Accordingly, the principles of this section apply to a QBU subject to 
section 987 regardless of whether the QBU otherwise is subject to 
Sec. Sec.  1.987-1 through 1.987-11. An owner of a QBU that is not 
subject to Sec.  1.987-5 must adapt the rules set forth in this section 
as necessary to recognize section 987 gains or losses that are subject 
to this section consistent with the principles of this section.
    (3) Exceptions--(i) Annual deemed termination elections. This 
section does not apply to section 987 gain or loss of a section 987 QBU 
with respect to which the annual deemed termination election described 
in Sec.  1.987-8(d) is in effect.
    (ii) De minimis exception. This section does not apply to a section 
987 QBU for a taxable year if the net unrecognized section 987 gain or 
loss of the section 987 QBU that, as a result of this section, would 
not be recognized under Sec.  1.987-5 in the taxable year does not 
exceed $5 million.
    (b) Gain and loss recognition in connection with a deferral event--
(1) In general. Notwithstanding Sec.  1.987-5, the owner of a section 
987 QBU with respect to which a deferral event occurs (a deferral QBU) 
includes in taxable income section 987 gain or loss in connection with 
the deferral event only to the extent provided in paragraphs (b)(3) and 
(c) of this section. However, if the deferral event also constitutes an 
outbound loss event described in paragraph (d) of this section, the 
amount of loss recognized by the owner may be further limited under 
that paragraph.
    (2) Deferral event--(i) In general. A deferral event with respect 
to a section 987 QBU means any transaction or series of transactions 
that satisfy the conditions described in paragraphs (b)(2)(ii) and 
(iii) of this section.
    (ii) Transactions. The transaction or series of transactions 
include either:
    (A) A termination of the section 987 QBU other than any of the 
following terminations: A termination described in Sec.  1.987-8(b)(3), 
a termination described in Sec.  1.987-8(c), or a termination described 
solely in Sec.  1.987-8(b)(1); or
    (B) A disposition of part of an interest in a section 987 aggregate 
partnership or DE through which the section 987 QBU is owned, a 
disposition of part of a directly held section 987 QBU, or any 
contribution by another person to a section 987 aggregate partnership, 
DE, or section 987 QBU of assets that, immediately after the 
contribution, are not considered to be included on the books and 
records of an eligible QBU, provided that the contribution gives rise 
to a deemed transfer from the section 987 QBU to the owner. See 
paragraph (h) of this section, Examples 1, 2, and 4, for illustrations 
of this rule.
    (iii) Assets on books of successor QBU. Immediately after the 
transaction or series of transactions, assets of the section 987 QBU 
are reflected on the books and records of a successor QBU (as defined 
in paragraph (b)(4) of this section).
    (3) Gain or loss recognized under Sec.  1.987-5 in the taxable year 
of a deferral event. In the taxable year of a deferral event with 
respect to a deferral QBU, the owner of the deferral QBU recognizes 
section 987 gain or loss as determined under Sec.  1.987-5, except 
that, solely for purposes of applying Sec.  1.987-5, all assets and 
liabilities of the deferral QBU that, immediately after the deferral 
event, are reflected on the books and records of a successor QBU are 
treated as not having been transferred and therefore as remaining on 
the books and records of the deferral QBU notwithstanding the deferral 
event.
    (4) Successor QBU. For purposes of this section, a section 987 QBU 
(potential successor QBU) is a successor QBU with respect to a section 
987 QBU referred to in paragraph (b)(2)(ii) of this section if, 
immediately after the transaction or series of transactions described 
in that paragraph, the potential successor QBU satisfies all of the 
conditions described in paragraphs (b)(4)(i) through (iii) of this 
section.
    (i) The books and records of the potential successor QBU reflect 
assets that, immediately before the transaction or series of 
transactions described in paragraph (b)(2)(ii) of this section, were 
reflected on the books and records of the section 987 QBU referred to 
in that paragraph.
    (ii) The owner of the potential successor QBU and the owner of the 
section 987 QBU referred to in paragraph (b)(2)(ii) of this section 
immediately before the transaction or series of transactions described 
in that paragraph are members of the same controlled group.
    (iii) In the case of a section 987 QBU referred to in paragraph 
(b)(2)(ii)(A) of this section, if the owner of the section 987 QBU 
immediately before the transaction or series of transactions described 
in that paragraph was a U.S. person, the potential successor QBU is 
owned by a U.S. person.
    (c) Recognition of deferred section 987 gain or loss in the taxable 
year of a deferral event and in subsequent taxable years--(1) In 
general--(i) Deferred section 987 gain or loss. A deferral QBU owner 
(as defined in paragraph (c)(1)(ii) of this section) recognizes section 
987 gain or loss attributable to the deferral QBU that, as a result of 
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this section, is not recognized in the taxable year of the deferral 
event under Sec.  1.987-5 (deferred section 987 gain or loss) in the 
taxable year of the deferral event and in subsequent taxable years as 
provided in paragraphs (c)(2) through (4) of this section.
    (ii) Deferral QBU owner. For purposes of this paragraph (c), a 
deferral QBU owner means, with respect to a deferral QBU, the owner of 
the deferral QBU immediately before the deferral event, or the owner's 
qualified successor.
    (2) Recognition upon a subsequent remittance--(i) In general. 
Except as provided in paragraph (c)(3) of this section, a deferral QBU 
owner recognizes deferred section 987 gain or loss in the taxable year 
of the deferral event and in subsequent taxable years upon a remittance 
from a successor QBU to the owner of the successor QBU (successor QBU 
owner) in the amount described in paragraph (c)(2)(ii) of this section.
    (ii) Amount. The amount of deferred section 987 gain or loss that 
is recognized pursuant to this paragraph (c)(2) in a taxable year of 
the deferral QBU owner is the outstanding deferred section 987 gain or 
loss (that is, the amount of deferred section 987 gain or loss not 
previously recognized) multiplied by the remittance proportion of the 
successor QBU owner with respect to the successor QBU for the taxable 
year ending with or within the taxable year of the deferral QBU owner, 
as determined under Sec.  1.987-5(b) (and, to the extent relevant, 
paragraphs (b) and (c)(2)(iii) of this section) without regard to any 
election under Sec.  1.987-8(d). For purposes of computing this 
remittance proportion, multiple successor QBUs of the same deferral QBU 
are treated as a single successor QBU. See paragraph (h) of this 
section, Example 5, for an illustration of this rule.
    (iii) Deemed remittance when a successor QBU ceases to be owned by 
a member of the deferral QBU owner's controlled group. For purposes of 
this paragraph (c)(2), in a taxable year of the deferral QBU owner in 
which a successor QBU ceases to be owned by a member of a controlled 
group that includes the deferral QBU owner, the successor QBU owner is 
treated as having a remittance proportion of 1. Accordingly, if there 
is only one successor QBU with respect to a deferral QBU and that 
successor QBU ceases to be owned by a member of the controlled group 
that includes the deferral QBU owner, all outstanding deferred section 
987 gain or loss with respect to that deferral QBU will be recognized. 
This paragraph (c)(2)(iii) does not affect the application of 
Sec. Sec.  1.987-1 through 1.987-11 to the successor QBU owner with 
respect to its ownership of the successor QBU.
    (3) Recognition of deferred section 987 loss in certain outbound 
successor QBU terminations. Notwithstanding paragraph (c)(2) of this 
section, if assets of the successor QBU (transferred assets) are 
transferred (or deemed transferred) in a transaction that would 
constitute an outbound loss event if the successor QBU had a net 
accumulated section 987 loss at the time of the exchange, then the 
deferral QBU owner recognizes outstanding deferred section 987 loss, if 
any, to the extent it would recognize loss under paragraph (d)(1) of 
this section if (i) the deferral QBU owner owned the successor QBU, 
(ii) the deferral QBU owner had net unrecognized section 987 loss with 
respect to the successor QBU equal to its outstanding deferred section 
987 loss with respect to the deferral QBU, and (iii) the transferred 
assets were transferred (or deemed transferred) in an outbound loss 
event. Any outstanding deferred section 987 loss with respect to the 
deferral QBU that is not recognized as a result of the preceding 
sentence is recognized by the deferral QBU owner in the first taxable 
year in which the deferral QBU owner (including any qualified 
successor) ceases to be a member of a controlled group that includes 
the acquirer of the transferred assets or any qualified successor of 
such acquirer.
    (4) Special rules regarding successor QBUs--(i) Successor QBU with 
respect to a deferral QBU that is a successor QBU. If a section 987 QBU 
is a successor QBU with respect to a deferral QBU that is a successor 
QBU with respect to another deferral QBU, the first-mentioned section 
987 QBU is considered a successor QBU with respect to the second-
mentioned deferral QBU. For example, if QBU A is a successor QBU with 
respect to QBU B, and QBU B is a successor QBU with respect to QBU C, 
then QBU A is a successor QBU with respect to QBU C.
    (ii) Separation of a successor QBU. If a successor QBU with respect 
to a deferral QBU separates into two or more separated QBUs (as defined 
in Sec.  1.987-2(c)(9)(iii)), each separated QBU is considered a 
successor QBU with respect to the deferral QBU.
    (iii) Combination of a successor QBU. If a successor QBU with 
respect to a deferral QBU combines with another section 987 QBU of the 
same owner, resulting in a combined QBU (as defined in Sec.  1.987-
2(c)(9)(i)), the combined QBU is considered a successor QBU with 
respect to the deferral QBU.
    (d) Loss recognition upon an outbound loss event--(1) In general. 
Notwithstanding Sec.  1.987-5, the owner of a section 987 QBU with 
respect to which an outbound loss event occurs (an outbound loss QBU) 
includes in taxable income in the taxable year of an outbound loss 
event section 987 loss with respect to that section 987 QBU only to the 
extent provided in paragraph (d)(3) of this section.
    (2) Outbound loss event. An outbound loss event means, with respect 
to a section 987 QBU:
    (i) Any termination of the section 987 QBU in connection with a 
transfer by a U.S. person of assets of the section 987 QBU to a foreign 
person that is a member of the same controlled group as the U.S. 
transferor immediately before the transaction or, if the transferee did 
not exist immediately before the transaction, immediately after the 
transaction (related foreign person), provided that the termination 
would result in the recognition of section 987 loss with respect to the 
section 987 QBU under Sec.  1.987-5 and paragraph (b) of this section 
but for this paragraph (d); or
    (ii) Any transfer by a U.S. person of part of an interest in a 
section 987 aggregate partnership or DE through which the U.S. person 
owns the section 987 QBU to a related foreign person that has the same 
functional currency as the section 987 QBU, or any contribution by such 
a related foreign person to such a partnership or DE of assets that, 
immediately after the contribution, are not considered to be included 
on the books and records of an eligible QBU, provided that the transfer 
would result in the recognition of section 987 loss with respect to the 
section 987 QBU under Sec.  1.987-5 and paragraph (b) of this section 
but for this paragraph (d). See paragraph (h) of this section, Example 
3, for an illustration of this rule.
    (3) Loss recognized upon an outbound loss event. In the taxable 
year of an outbound loss event with respect to an outbound loss QBU, 
the owner of the outbound loss QBU recognizes section 987 loss as 
determined under Sec.  1.987-5 and paragraphs (b) and (c) of this 
section, except that, solely for purposes of applying Sec.  1.987-5, 
the following assets and liabilities of the outbound loss QBU are 
treated as not having been transferred and therefore as remaining on 
the books and records of the outbound loss QBU notwithstanding the 
outbound loss event:
    (i) In the case of an outbound loss event described in paragraph 
(d)(2)(i) of this section, assets and liabilities that,

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immediately after the outbound loss event, are reflected on the books 
and records of the related foreign person described in that paragraph 
or of an eligible QBU owned by such related foreign person; and
    (ii) In the case of an outbound loss event described in paragraph 
(d)(2)(ii) of this section, assets and liabilities that, immediately 
after the outbound loss event, are reflected on the books and records 
of the eligible QBU from which the assets and liabilities of the 
outbound loss QBU are allocated and not on the books and records of a 
section 987 QBU.
    (4) Adjustment of basis of stock received in certain nonrecognition 
transactions. If an outbound loss event results from the transfer of 
assets of the outbound loss QBU in a transaction described in section 
351 or section 361, the basis of the stock that is received in the 
transaction is increased by an amount equal to the section 987 loss 
that, as a result of this paragraph (d), is not recognized with respect 
to the outbound loss QBU in the taxable year of the outbound loss event 
(outbound section 987 loss).
    (5) Recognition of outbound section 987 loss that is not converted 
into stock basis. Outbound section 987 loss attributable to an outbound 
loss event that is not described in paragraph (d)(4) of this section is 
recognized by the owner of the outbound loss QBU in the first taxable 
year in which the owner or any qualified successor of the owner ceases 
to be a member of a controlled group that includes the related foreign 
person referred to in paragraph (d)(2)(i) or (ii) of this section, or 
any qualified successor of such person.
    (e) Source and character--(1) Deferred section 987 gain or loss and 
certain outbound section 987 loss. The source and character of deferred 
section 987 gain or loss recognized pursuant to paragraph (c) of this 
section, and of outbound section 987 loss recognized pursuant to 
paragraph (d)(5) of this section, is determined under Sec.  1.987-6 as 
if such deferred section 987 gain or loss were recognized pursuant to 
Sec.  1.987-5 without regard to this section on the date of the related 
deferral event or outbound loss event.
    (2) Outbound section 987 loss reflected in stock basis. If loss is 
recognized on the sale or exchange of stock described in paragraph 
(d)(4) of this section within two years of the outbound loss event 
described in that paragraph, then, to the extent of the outbound 
section 987 loss, the source and character of the loss recognized on 
the sale or exchange is determined under Sec.  1.987-6 as if such loss 
were section 987 loss recognized pursuant to Sec.  1.987-5 without 
regard to this section on the date of the outbound loss event.
    (f) Definitions--(1) Controlled group. For purposes of this 
section, a controlled group means all persons with the relationships to 
each other specified in sections 267(b) or 707(b).
    (2) Qualified successor. For purposes of this section, a qualified 
successor with respect to a corporation (transferor corporation) means 
another corporation (acquiring corporation) that acquires the assets of 
the transferor corporation in a transaction described in section 
381(a), but only if (A) the acquiring corporation is a domestic 
corporation and the transferor corporation was a domestic corporation, 
or (B) the acquiring corporation is a controlled foreign corporation 
(as defined in section 957(a)) (CFC) and the transferor corporation was 
a CFC. A qualified successor of a corporation includes the qualified 
successor of a qualified successor of the corporation.
    (g) Anti-abuse. No section 987 loss is recognized under Sec.  
1.987-5 or this section in connection with a transaction or series of 
transactions that are undertaken with a principal purpose of avoiding 
the purposes of this section.
    (h) Examples. The following examples illustrate the application of 
this section. For purposes of the examples, DC1 is a domestic 
corporation that owns all of the stock of DC2, which is also a domestic 
corporation, and CFC1 and CFC2 are CFCs. In addition, DC1, DC2, CFC1, 
and CFC2 are members of a controlled group as defined in paragraph 
(f)(1) of this section, and the de minimis rule of paragraph (a)(3)(ii) 
of this section is not applicable. Finally, except as otherwise 
provided, Business A is a section 987 QBU with the euro as its 
functional currency, there are no transfers between Business A and its 
owner, and Business A's assets are not depreciable or amortizable.

    (1) Example 1. Contribution of a section 987 QBU to a member of 
the controlled group. (i) Facts. DC1 owns all of the interests in 
Business A. The balance sheet of Business A reflects assets with an 
aggregate adjusted basis of [euro]1,000x and no liabilities. DC1 
contributes [euro]900x of Business A's assets to DC2 in an exchange 
to which section 351 applies. Immediately after the contribution, 
the remaining [euro]100x of Business A's assets are no longer 
reflected on the books and records of a section 987 QBU. DC2, which 
has the U.S. dollar as its functional currency, uses the former 
Business A assets in a business (Business B) that constitutes a 
section 987 QBU. At the time of the contribution, Business A has net 
accumulated unrecognized section 987 gain of $100x.
    (ii) Analysis. (A) Under Sec.  1.987-2(c)(2)(ii), DC1's 
contribution of [euro]900x of Business A's assets to DC2 is treated 
as a transfer of all of the assets of Business A to DC1, immediately 
followed by DC1's contribution of [euro]900x of Business A's assets 
to DC2. The contribution of Business A's assets is a deferral event 
within the meaning of paragraph (b)(2) of this section because:
    (1) The transfer from Business A to DC1 is a transfer of 
substantially all of Business A's assets to DC1, resulting in a 
termination of Business A under Sec.  1.987-8(b)(2); and
    (2) Immediately after the transaction, assets of Business A are 
reflected on the books and records of Business B, a section 987 QBU 
owned by a member of DC1's controlled group and a successor QBU 
within the meaning of paragraph (b)(4) of this section. Accordingly, 
Business A is a deferral QBU within the meaning of paragraph (b)(1) 
of this section, and DC1 is a deferral QBU owner of Business A 
within the meaning of paragraph (c)(1)(ii) of this section.
    (B) Under paragraph (b)(3) of this section, DC1's taxable income 
in the taxable year of the deferral event includes DC1's section 987 
gain or loss determined with respect to Business A under Sec.  
1.987-5, except that, for purposes of applying Sec.  1.987-5, all 
assets and liabilities of Business A that are reflected on the books 
and records of Business B immediately after Business A's termination 
are treated as not having been transferred and therefore as though 
they remained on Business A's books and records (notwithstanding the 
deemed transfer of those assets under Sec.  1.987-8(e)). 
Accordingly, in the taxable year of the deferral event, DC1 is 
treated as making a remittance of [euro]100x, corresponding to the 
assets of Business A that are no longer reflected on the books and 
records of a section 987 QBU, and is treated as having a remittance 
proportion with respect to Business A of 0.1, determined by dividing 
the [euro]100x remittance by the sum of the remittance and the 
[euro]900x aggregate adjusted basis of the gross assets deemed to 
remain on Business A's books at the end of the year. Thus, DC1 
recognizes $10x of section 987 gain in the taxable year of the 
deferral event. DC1's deferred section 987 gain equals $90x, which 
is the amount of section 987 gain that, but for the application of 
paragraph (b) of this section, DC1 would have recognized under Sec.  
1.987-5 ($100x), less the amount of section 987 gain recognized by 
DC1 under Sec.  1.987-5 and this section ($10x).
    (2) Example 2.  Election to be classified as a corporation. (i) 
Facts. DC1 owns all of the interests in Entity A, a DE. Entity A 
conducts Business A, which has net accumulated unrecognized section 
987 gain of $500x. Entity A elects to be classified as a corporation 
under Sec.  301.7701-3(a). As a result of the election and pursuant 
to Sec.  301.7701-3(g)(1)(iv), DC1 is treated as contributing all of 
the assets and liabilities of Business A to newly-formed CFC1, which 
has the euro as its functional currency. Immediately after the 
contribution, the assets and liabilities of Business A are reflected 
on CFC1's balance sheet.
    (ii) Analysis. Under Sec.  1.987-2(c)(2)(ii), DC1's contribution 
of all of the assets and liabilities of Business A to CFC1 is 
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of Business A to DC1, followed immediately by DC1's contribution of 
those assets and liabilities to CFC1. Because the deemed transfer 
from Business A to DC1 is a transfer of substantially all of 
Business A's assets to DC1, the Business A QBU terminates under 
Sec.  1.987-8(b)(2). The contribution of Business A's assets is not 
a deferral event within the meaning of paragraph (b)(2) of this 
section because, immediately after the transaction, no assets of 
Business A are reflected on the books and records of a successor QBU 
within the meaning of paragraph (b)(4) of this section due to the 
fact that the assets of Business A are not reflected on the books 
and records of a section 987 QBU immediately after the termination 
as well as the fact that the requirement of paragraph (b)(4)(iii) of 
this section is not met. Accordingly, DC1 recognizes section 987 
gain with respect to Business A under Sec.  1.987-5 without regard 
to this section. Because the requirement of paragraph (b)(4)(iii) of 
this section is not met, the result would be the same even if the 
assets of Business A were transferred in a section 351 exchange to 
an existing foreign corporation that had a different functional 
currency than Business A.
    (3) Example 3.  Outbound loss event. (i) Facts. The facts are 
the same as in Example 2 in paragraph (h)(2) of this section, except 
that Business A has net accumulated unrecognized section 987 loss of 
$500x rather than net accumulated unrecognized section 987 gain of 
$500x.
    (ii) Analysis. (A) The analysis of the transactions under 
Sec. Sec.  1.987-2(c)(2)(ii), 1.987-8(b)(2), and paragraph (b) of 
this section is the same as in Example 2 in paragraph (h)(2) of this 
section. However, the termination of Business A as a result of the 
transfer of the assets of Business A by a U.S. person (DC1) to a 
foreign person (CFC1) that is a member of DC1's controlled group is 
an outbound loss event described in paragraph (d)(2) of this 
section.
    (B) Under paragraphs (d)(1) and (3) of this section, in the 
taxable year of the outbound loss event, DC1 includes in taxable 
income section 987 loss recognized with respect to Business A as 
determined under Sec.  1.987-5, except that, for purposes of 
applying Sec.  1.987-5, all assets and liabilities of Business A 
that are reflected on the books and records of CFC1, a related 
foreign person described in paragraph (d)(2) of this section, are 
treated as not having been transferred. Accordingly, DC1's 
remittance proportion with respect to Business A is 0, and DC1 
recognizes no section 987 loss with respect to Business A. DC1's 
outbound section 987 loss is $500x, which is the amount of section 
987 loss that DC1 would have recognized under Sec.  1.987-5 ($500x) 
without regard to paragraph (d) of this section, less the amount of 
section 987 loss recognized by DC1 under paragraph (d)(3) of this 
section ($0). Under paragraph (d)(4) of this section, DC1 must 
increase its basis in its CFC1 shares by the amount of the outbound 
section 987 loss ($500x).
    (4) Example 4.  Conversion of a DE to a partnership. (i) Facts. 
(A) DC1 owns all of the interests in Entity A, a DE that conducts 
Business A. On the last day of Year 1, DC1 sells 50 percent of its 
interest in Entity A to DC2 (the Entity A sale).
    (B) For Federal income tax purposes, Entity A is converted to a 
partnership when DC2 purchases the 50 percent interest in Entity A. 
DC2's purchase is treated as the purchase of 50 percent of the 
assets of Entity A (that is, the assets of Business A), which, prior 
to the purchase, were treated as held directly by DC1 for Federal 
income tax purposes. Immediately after DC2's deemed purchase of 50 
percent of Business A assets, DC1 and DC2 are treated as 
contributing their respective interests in Business A assets to a 
partnership. See Rev. Rul. 99-5, 1999-1 CB 434 (situation 1). In 
connection with the deemed contribution, DC1 and DC2 agree to share 
equally in all items of the partnership's profits and loss, and, for 
purposes of Sec.  1.987-7, to determine their share of assets and 
liabilities of the resulting partnership in accordance with their 
respective shares of partnership profits.
    (ii) Analysis. (A) The transactions deemed to occur under Rev. 
Rul. 99-5 are not taken into account for purposes of this section. 
The Entity A sale and resulting existence of a partnership, however, 
have consequences under section 987 and this section, as described 
in this Example 4 in paragraphs (h)(4)(ii)(B) through (D) of this 
section.
    (B) Immediately after the Entity A sale, Entity A is a section 
987 aggregate partnership within the meaning of Sec.  1.987-1(b)(5) 
because DC1 and DC2 own all the interests in partnership capital and 
profits, DC1 and DC2 are related within the meaning of section 
267(b), and the partnership has an eligible QBU (Business A) that 
would be a section 987 QBU with respect to a partner if owned by the 
partner directly. As a result of the Entity A sale, 50 percent of 
the assets and liabilities of Business A ceased to be reflected on 
the books and records of DC1's Business A section 987 QBU. As a 
result, such assets and liabilities are treated as if they were 
transferred from DC1's Business A section 987 QBU to DC1. 
Additionally, following DC2's acquisition of 50 percent of the 
interest in Entity A, DC2 is allocated 50 percent of the assets and 
liabilities of Business A under Sec. Sec.  1.987-2(b). Because DC2 
and Business A have different functional currencies, DC2's portion 
of the Business A assets and liabilities constitutes a section 987 
QBU. Accordingly, 50 percent of the assets and liabilities of 
Business A are treated as transferred by DC2 to DC2's Business A 
section 987 QBU.
    (C) The Entity A sale is a deferral event described in paragraph 
(b)(2) of this section because:
    (1) The sale constitutes the disposition of part of an interest 
in a DE; and
    (2) Immediately after the transaction, assets of DC1's Business 
A section 987 QBU are reflected on the books and records of DC1's 
Business A section 987 QBU and DC2's Business A section 987 QBU, 
each of which is a successor QBU with respect to DC1's Business A 
section 987 QBU within the meaning of paragraph (b)(4) of this 
section. Accordingly, DC1's Business A section 987 QBU is a deferral 
QBU within the meaning of paragraph (b)(1) of this section, and DC1 
is a deferral QBU owner within the meaning of paragraph (c)(1)(ii) 
of this section. Under paragraph (b)(1) of this section, DC1 
includes in taxable income section 987 gain or loss with respect to 
Business A in connection with the deferral event to the extent 
provided in paragraphs (b)(3) and (c) of this section.
    (D) Under paragraph (b) of this section, in the taxable year of 
the Entity A sale, DC1 includes in taxable income section 987 gain 
or loss with respect to Business A as determined under Sec.  1.987-
5, except that, for purposes of applying Sec.  1.987-5, all assets 
and liabilities of Business A that, immediately after the Entity A 
sale, are reflected on the books and records of successor QBUs are 
treated as though they were not transferred and therefore as 
remaining on the books and records of DC1's Business A section 987 
QBU notwithstanding the Entity A sale. Accordingly, DC1's remittance 
amount under Sec.  1.987-5 is $0, and DC1 recognizes no section 987 
gain or loss with respect to Business A.
    (5) Example 5.  Partial recognition of deferred gain or loss. 
(i) Facts. DC1 owns all of the interests in Entity A, a DE that 
conducts Business A in Country X. During Year 1, DC1 contributes all 
of its interests in Entity A to DC2 in an exchange to which section 
351 applies. At the time of the contribution, Business A has net 
accumulated unrecognized section 987 gain of $100x. After the 
contribution, Entity A continues to conduct business in Country X 
(Business B). In Year 3, as a result of a net transfer of property 
from Business B to DC2, DC2's remittance proportion with respect to 
Business B, as determined under Sec.  1.987-5, is 0.25.
    (ii) Analysis. (A) For the reasons described in Example 1 in 
paragraph (h)(1) of this section, the contribution of Entity A by 
DC1 to DC2 results in a termination of Business A and a deferral 
event with respect to Business A, a deferral QBU; DC1 is a deferral 
QBU owner within the meaning of paragraph (c)(1)(ii) of this 
section; Business B is a successor QBU with respect to Business A; 
DC2 is a successor QBU owner; and the $100x of net accumulated 
unrecognized section 987 gain with respect to Business A becomes 
deferred section 987 gain as a result of the deferral event.
    (B) Under paragraph (c)(1) of this section, DC1 recognizes 
deferred section 987 gain with respect to Business A in accordance 
with paragraphs (c)(2) through (4) of this section. Under paragraph 
(c)(2)(i) of this section, DC1 recognizes deferred section 987 gain 
in Year 3 as a result of the remittance from Business B to DC2. 
Under paragraph (c)(2)(ii) of this section, the amount of deferred 
section 987 gain that DC1 recognizes is $25x, which is DC1's 
outstanding deferred section 987 gain or loss ($100x) with respect 
to Business A multiplied by the remittance proportion (0.25) of DC2 
with respect to Business B for the taxable year as determined under 
Sec.  1.987-5(b).

    (i) Coordination with fresh start transition method--(1) In 
general. If a taxpayer is a deferral QBU owner, or is or was the owner 
of an outbound loss QBU, and the taxpayer is required under Sec.  
1.987-10(a) to apply the fresh start transition method described in 
Sec.  1.987-10(b) to the deferral QBU or outbound

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loss QBU, or would have been so required if the taxpayer had owned the 
deferral QBU or outbound loss QBU on the transition date (as defined in 
Sec.  1.987-11(c)), the adjustments described in paragraphs (i)(2) and 
(3) of this section, as applicable, must be made on the transition 
date.
    (2) Adjustment to deferred section 987 gain or loss. The amount of 
any outstanding deferred section 987 gain or loss of a deferral QBU 
owner with respect to a deferral QBU described in paragraph (i)(1) of 
this section must be adjusted to equal the amount of outstanding 
deferred section 987 gain or loss that the deferral QBU owner would 
have had with respect to the deferral QBU on the transition date if, 
immediately before the deferral event, the deferral QBU had 
transitioned to the method prescribed by Sec. Sec.  1.987-1 through 
1.987-10 pursuant to the fresh start transition method.
    (3) Adjustments in the case of an outbound loss event. The basis of 
any stock described in paragraph (d)(4) of this section that was 
received in connection with the transfer (or deemed transfer) of assets 
of an outbound loss QBU described in paragraph (i)(1) of this section 
and that is held on the transition date must be adjusted to equal the 
basis that such stock would have had on the transition date if, 
immediately prior to the outbound loss event, the outbound loss QBU had 
transitioned to the method prescribed by Sec. Sec.  1.987-1 through 
1.987-10 pursuant to the fresh start transition method. If no such 
stock was received, the amount of any outbound section 987 loss with 
respect to the outbound loss QBU that may be recognized on or after the 
transition date pursuant to paragraph (d)(5) of this section must be 
adjusted to equal the amount of such loss that would be outstanding and 
that may be recognized pursuant to that paragraph if, immediately 
before the outbound loss event, the outbound loss QBU had transitioned 
to the method prescribed by Sec. Sec.  1.987-1 through 1.987-10 
pursuant to the fresh start transition method.
    (j) Applicability date--(1) In general. Except as described in 
paragraph (j)(2) of this section, this section applies to any deferral 
event or outbound loss event that occurs on or after January 6, 2017. 
This section also applies to any deferral event or outbound loss event 
that occurs as a result of an entity classification election made under 
Sec.  301.7701-3 that is filed on or after January 6, 2017, and that is 
effective before January 6, 2017.
    (2) Exceptions--(i) Principal purpose. This section applies to any 
deferral event or outbound loss event occurring on or after December 7, 
2016, if such deferral event or outbound loss event was undertaken with 
a principal purpose of recognizing section 987 loss.
    (ii) Entity classification. This section also applies to any 
deferral event or outbound loss event that occurs as a result of an 
entity classification election made under Sec.  301.7701-3 that was 
filed on or after December 22, 2016, that was effective before December 
7, 2016, and that was undertaken with a principal purpose of 
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Sec.  1.987-12T   [Removed]

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Par. 10. Section 1.987-12T is removed.

Kirsten Wielobob,
Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement.
    Approved: April 8, 2019.
David J. Kautter,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Tax Policy).
[FR Doc. 2019-09552 Filed 5-10-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4830-01-P