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Internal Revenue Service (99)
2006
(Also Involuntary Conversions and Recapture Amounts
Under Sections 179 and 280F(b)(2))
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OMB No. 1545-0184
Sales of Business Property
Enter the gross proceeds from sales or exchanges reported to you for 2006 on Form(s) 1099-B or 1099-S (or substitute
statement) that you are including on line 2, 10, or 20 (see instructions)
Part I
27
Identifying number
1
Sales or Exchanges of Property Used in a Trade or Business and Involuntary Conversions From Other
Than Casualty or Theft—Most Property Held More Than 1 Year (see instructions)
(a) Description
of property
(b) Date acquired
(mo., day, yr.)
(c) Date sold
(mo., day, yr.)
(d) Gross
sales price
(e) Depreciation
allowed or
allowable since
acquisition
(f) Cost or other
basis, plus
improvements and
expense of sale
(g) Gain or (loss)
Subtract (f) from the
sum of (d) and (e)
2
3
Gain, if any, from Form 4684, line 42
3
4
Section 1231 gain from installment sales from Form 6252, line 26 or 37
4
5
Section 1231 gain or (loss) from like-kind exchanges from Form 8824
5
6
Gain, if any, from line 32, from other than casualty or theft
6
7
Combine lines 2 through 6. Enter the gain or (loss) here and on the appropriate line as follows:
7
Partnerships (except electing large partnerships) and S corporations. Report the gain or (loss) following the
instructions for Form 1065, Schedule K, line 10, or Form 1120S, Schedule K, line 9. Skip lines 8, 9, 11, and 12 below.
Individuals, partners, S corporation shareholders, and all others. If line 7 is zero or a loss, enter the amount
from line 7 on line 11 below and skip lines 8 and 9. If line 7 is a gain and you did not have any prior year section
1231 losses, or they were recaptured in an earlier year, enter the gain from line 7 as a long-term capital gain
on the Schedule D filed with your return and skip lines 8, 9, 11, and 12 below.
8
9
Nonrecaptured net section 1231 losses from prior years (see instructions)
Subtract line 8 from line 7. If zero or less, enter -0-. If line 9 is zero, enter the gain from line 7 on line 12 below.
If line 9 is more than zero, enter the amount from line 8 on line 12 below and enter the gain from line 9 as a
long-term capital gain on the Schedule D filed with your return (see instructions)
Part II
8
9
Ordinary Gains and Losses (see instructions)
10
Ordinary gains and losses not included on lines 11 through 16 (include property held 1 year or less):
11
Loss, if any, from line 7
Gain, if any, from line 7 or amount from line 8, if applicable
11 (
Gain, if any, from line 31
Net gain or (loss) from Form 4684, lines 34 and 41a
13
Ordinary gain from installment sales from Form 6252, line 25 or 36
Ordinary gain or (loss) from like-kind exchanges from Form 8824
15
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
12
14
16
17
Combine lines 10 through 16
For all except individual returns, enter the amount from line 17 on the appropriate line of your return and skip
lines a and b below. For individual returns, complete lines a and b below:
a If the loss on line 11 includes a loss from Form 4684, line 38, column (b)(ii), enter that part of the loss here. Enter
the part of the loss from income-producing property on Schedule A (Form 1040), line 27, and the part of the
loss from property used as an employee on Schedule A (Form 1040), line 22. Identify as from “Form 4797, line
18a.” See instructions
18a
b Redetermine the gain or (loss) on line 17 excluding the loss, if any, on line 18a. Enter here and on Form 1040,
line 14
18b
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Form
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Form 4797 (2006)
Part III
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Gain From Disposition of Property Under Sections 1245, 1250, 1252, 1254, and 1255
(see instructions)
(a) Description of section 1245, 1250, 1252, 1254, or 1255 property:
(b) Date acquired
(mo., day, yr.)
(c) Date sold
(mo., day, yr.)
Property C
Property D
A
B
C
D
These columns relate to the properties on lines 19A through 19D.
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20
Gross sales price (Note: See line 1 before completing.)
20
21
Cost or other basis plus expense of sale
21
22
23
Depreciation (or depletion) allowed or allowable
22
Adjusted basis. Subtract line 22 from line 21
23
24
Total gain. Subtract line 23 from line 20
24
If section 1245 property:
a Depreciation allowed or allowable from line 22
b Enter the smaller of line 24 or 25a
Property A
Property B
25
26
25a
25b
If section 1250 property: If straight line depreciation was used, enter
-0- on line 26g, except for a corporation subject to section 291.
a Additional depreciation after 1975 (see instructions)
26a
b Applicable percentage multiplied by the smaller of line 24 or
line 26a (see instructions)
26b
c Subtract line 26a from line 24. If residential rental property or
line 24 is not more than line 26a, skip lines 26d and 26e
26c
d Additional depreciation after 1969 and before 1976
26d
e Enter the smaller of line 26c or 26d
f Section 291 amount (corporations only)
g Add lines 26b, 26e, and 26f
26e
27
If section 1252 property: Skip this section if you did not
dispose of farmland or if this form is being completed for a
partnership (other than an electing large partnership).
a Soil, water, and land clearing expenses
b Line 27a multiplied by applicable percentage (see instructions)
c Enter the smaller of line 24 or 27b
28
27a
27b
27c
If section 1254 property:
a Intangible drilling and development costs, expenditures for
development of mines and other natural deposits, and
mining exploration costs (see instructions)
b Enter the smaller of line 24 or 28a
29
26f
26g
28a
28b
If section 1255 property:
a Applicable percentage of payments excluded from income
under section 126 (see instructions)
b Enter the smaller of line 24 or 29a (see instructions)
29a
29b
Summary of Part III Gains. Complete property columns A through D through line 29b before going to line 30.
30
Total gains for all properties. Add property columns A through D, line 24
30
31
32
Add property columns A through D, lines 25b, 26g, 27c, 28b, and 29b. Enter here and on line 13
Subtract line 31 from line 30. Enter the portion from casualty or theft on Form 4684, line 36. Enter the portion from
other than casualty or theft on Form 4797, line 6
31
Part IV
32
Recapture Amounts Under Sections 179 and 280F(b)(2) When Business Use Drops to 50% or Less
(see instructions)
(a) Section
179
33
34
35
Section 179 expense deduction or depreciation allowable in prior years
Recomputed depreciation (see instructions)
Recapture amount. Subtract line 34 from line 33. See the instructions for where to report
(b) Section
280F(b)(2)
33
34
35
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Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Instructions for Form 4797
Sales of Business Property
(Also Involuntary Conversions and Recapture Amounts
Under Sections 179 and 280F(b)(2))
Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless otherwise noted.
General Instructions
What’s New
New recapture rules apply to the
disposition of amortizable section 197
intangibles after August 8, 2005. See
the instructions for line 25 on page 8
for more information.
Purpose of Form
Use Form 4797 to report:
• The sale or exchange of:
1. Property used in your trade or
business;
2. Depreciable and amortizable
property;
3. Oil, gas, geothermal, or other
mineral properties; and
4. Section 126 property.
• The involuntary conversion (from
other than casualty or theft) of
property used in your trade or
business and capital assets held in
connection with a trade or business
or a transaction entered into for profit.
• The disposition of noncapital
assets (other than inventory or
property held primarily for sale to
customers in the ordinary course of
your trade or business).
• The disposition of capital assets
not reported on Schedule D.
• The gain or loss (including any
related recapture) for partners and S
corporation shareholders from certain
section 179 property dispositions by
partnerships (other than electing
large partnerships) and S
corporations.
• The computation of recapture
amounts under sections 179 and
280F(b)(2) when the business use of
section 179 or listed property
decreases to 50% or less.
Other Forms To Use
• Use Form 4684, Casualties and
Thefts, to report involuntary
conversions from casualties and
thefts.
• Use Form 6252, Installment Sale
Income, to report the sale of property
under the installment method.
• Use Form 8824, Like-Kind
Exchanges, to report exchanges of
qualifying business or investment
property for property of a like kind.
For exchanges of property used in a
trade or business (and other
noncapital assets), enter the gain or
(loss) from Form 8824, if any, on line
5 or 16.
• If you sold property on which you
claimed investment credit, see Form
4255, Recapture of Investment
Credit, to find out if you must
recapture some or all of the credit.
Special Rules
At-Risk Rules
If you report a loss on an asset used
in an activity for which you are not at
risk, in whole or in part, see the
instructions for Form 6198, At-Risk
Limitations. Also, see Pub. 925,
Passive Activity and At-Risk Rules.
Losses from passive activities are
subject first to the at-risk rules and
then to the passive activity rules.
Depreciable Property and
Other Property Disposed of
in the Same Transaction
If you disposed of both depreciable
property and other property (for
Where To Make First Entry for Certain Items Reported on This Form
(b)
Held 1 year
or less
(a)
Type of property
1 Depreciable trade or business property:
a Sold or exchanged at a gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b
2
a
b
3
Sold or exchanged at a loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Depreciable residential rental property:
Sold or exchanged at a gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sold or exchanged at a loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Farmland held less than 10 years upon which soil,
water, or land clearing expenses were deducted:
a Sold at a gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b Sold at a loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 All other farmland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5 Disposition of cost-sharing payment property
described in section 126 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6
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Part II
Part III (1245,
1250)
Part I
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Part II
Part II
Part III (1250)
Part I
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Part II
Part II
Part II
Part III (1252)
Part I
Part I
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Part II
Part III (1255)
Held less
than 24
months
Held 24
months
or more
Part II
Part II
Part II
Part III (1245)
Part I
Part I
Held less
than 12
months
Held 12
months
or more
Part II
Part II
Part II
Part III (1245)
Part I
Part I
Cattle and horses used in a trade or business for
draft, breeding, dairy, or sporting purposes:
a Sold at a gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b Sold at a loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
c Raised cattle and horses sold at a gain . . . . . . . . .
7
Livestock other than cattle and horses used in a
trade or business for draft, breeding, dairy, or
sporting purposes:
a Sold at a gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b Sold at a loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
c Raised livestock sold at a gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Part II
(c)
Held more
than 1 year
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example, a building and land) in the
same transaction and realized a gain,
you must allocate the amount
realized between the two types of
property based on their respective fair
market values (FMVs) to figure the
part of the gain to be recaptured as
ordinary income because of
depreciation. The disposition of each
type of property is reported
separately in the appropriate part of
Form 4797 (for example, for property
held more than 1 year, report the sale
of a building in Part III and land in
Part I).
Disposition of Assets That
Constitute a Trade or
Business
If you sell a group of assets that
makes up a trade or business, both
you and the buyer generally must
allocate the total sales price to the
assets transferred and file Form
8594, Asset Acquisition Statement.
Pub. 544, Sales and Other
Dispositions of Assets, discusses the
sale of business assets in chapter 2
under Other Dispositions.
Installment Sales
If you sold property at a gain and you
will receive a payment in a tax year
after the year of sale, you generally
must report the sale on the
installment method unless you elect
not to do so.
Use Form 6252 to report the sale
on the installment method. Also use
Form 6252 to report any payment
received during your 2005 tax year
from a sale made in an earlier year
that you reported on the installment
method.
To elect out of the installment
method, report the full amount of the
gain on a timely filed return (including
extensions). If you timely filed your
tax return without making the
election, you can still make the
election by filing an amended return
within 6 months of the due date of
your return (excluding extensions).
Write “Filed pursuant to section
301.9100-2” at the top of the
amended return.
See Pub. 537, Installment Sales,
for more details.
Traders Who Made a
Mark-To-Market Election
A trader in securities or commodities
may elect under section 475(f) to use
the mark-to-market method to
account for securities or commodities
held in connection with a trading
business. Under this method of
accounting, any security or
commodity held at the end of the tax
year is treated as sold (and
reacquired) at its FMV on the last
business day of that year.
Unless you are a new taxpayer,
the election must be made by the due
date (not including extensions) of the
tax return for the year prior to the
year for which the election becomes
effective.
If you are a trader in securities or
commodities with a mark-to-market
election under section 475(f) in effect
for the tax year, the following special
rules apply.
• Gains and losses from all securities
or commodities held in connection
with your trading business (including
those marked to market) are treated
as ordinary income and losses,
instead of capital gains and losses.
As a result, the lower capital gain tax
rates and the limitation on capital
losses do not apply.
• The gain or loss from each security
or commodity held in connection with
your trading business (including those
marked to market) is reported on
Form 4797, line 10 (see the
instructions for line 10 on page 6).
• The wash sale rule does not apply
to securities or commodities held in
connection with your trading
business.
For details on the mark-to-market
election and how to make it, see Pub.
550, Investment Income and
Expenses; sections 475(e) and
475(f); and Rev. Proc. 99-17, 1999-1
C.B. 503. You can find Rev. Proc.
99-17 on page 52 of Internal
Revenue Bulletin 1999-7 at
www.irs.gov/pub/irs-irbs/irb99-07.pdf
Involuntary Conversion of
Property
You may not have to pay tax on a
gain from an involuntary or
compulsory conversion of property.
See Pub. 544 for details.
Exclusion of Gain on Sale of
a Home Used for Business
If the property sold was used for
business or to produce rental income
and was also owned and used as
your home during the 5-year period
ending on the date of the sale, you
may be able to exclude part or all of
the gain figured on Form 4797. For
details on the exclusion (including
how to figure the amount of the
exclusion), see Pub. 523, Selling
Your Home.
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If the property was held more than
1 year, complete Part III to figure the
amount of the gain. Do not take the
exclusion into account when figuring
the gain on line 24. If line 22 includes
depreciation for periods after May 6,
1997, you cannot exclude gain to the
extent of that depreciation. On line 2
of Form 4797, write “Section 121
exclusion,” and enter the amount of
the exclusion as a (loss) in column
(g).
If the property was held for 1 year
or less, report the sale and the
amount of the exclusion, if any, in a
similar manner on line 10 of Form
4797.
Passive Loss Limitations
If you have an overall loss from
passive activities and you report a
loss on an asset used in a passive
activity, use Form 8582, Passive
Activity Loss Limitations, or Form
8810, Corporate Passive Activity
Loss and Credit Limitations, to see
how much loss is allowed before
entering it on Form 4797.
You cannot claim unused passive
activity credits when you dispose of
your interest in an activity. However,
if you dispose of your entire interest
in an activity, you may elect to
increase the basis of the credit
property by the original basis
reduction of the property to the extent
that the credit has not been allowed
because of the passive activity rules.
Make the election on Form 8582-CR,
Passive Activity Credit Limitations, or
Form 8810. No basis adjustment may
be elected on a partial disposition of
your interest in an activity.
Recapture of Preproductive
Expenses
If you elected out of the uniform
capitalization rules of section 263A,
any plant that you produce is treated
as section 1245 property. For
dispositions of plants reportable on
Form 4797, enter the recapture
amount taxed as ordinary income on
line 22 of Form 4797. See chapter 9
of Pub. 225, Farmer’s Tax Guide, for
details.
Section 197(f)(9)(B)(ii)
Election
If you elected under section
197(f)(9)(B)(ii) to recognize gain on
the disposition of a section 197
intangible and to pay a tax on that
gain at the highest tax rate, include
the additional tax on Form 1040, line
44 (or the appropriate line of other
income tax returns). On the dotted
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line next to that line, enter “197” and
the amount. The additional tax is the
amount that, when added to any
other income tax on the gain, equals
the gain multiplied by the highest tax
rate.
Rollover of Gain From Sale
of Empowerment Zone
Assets
If you sold a qualified empowerment
zone asset that you held for more
than 1 year, you may be able to elect
to postpone part or all of the gain that
you would otherwise include on Form
4797, Part I. If you make the election,
the gain on the sale generally is
recognized only to the extent, if any,
that the amount realized on the sale
exceeds the cost of qualified
empowerment zone assets
(replacement property) you
purchased during the 60-day period
beginning on the date of the sale.
The following rules apply.
• No portion of the cost of the
replacement property may be taken
into account to the extent the cost is
taken into account to exclude gain on
a different empowerment zone asset.
• The replacement property must
qualify as an empowerment zone
asset with respect to the same
empowerment zone as the asset
sold.
• You must reduce the basis of the
replacement property by the amount
of postponed gain.
• This election does not apply to any
gain (a) treated as ordinary income or
(b) attributable to real property, or an
intangible asset, which is not an
integral part of an enterprise zone
business.
• The District of Columbia enterprise
zone is not treated as an
empowerment zone for this purpose.
• The election is irrevocable without
IRS consent.
See Pub. 954, Tax Incentives for
Distressed Communities, for the
definition of empowerment zone and
enterprise zone business. You can
find out if your business is located
within an empowerment zone by
using the RC/EZ/EC Address Locator
at www.hud.gov/crlocator.
Qualified empowerment zone
assets are:
• Tangible property, if:
1. You acquired the property after
December 21, 2000,
2. The original use of the property
in the empowerment zone began with
you, and
3. Substantially all of the use of
the property, during substantially all
of the time that you held it, was in
your enterprise zone business; and
• Stock in a domestic corporation or
a capital or profits interest in a
domestic partnership, if:
1. You acquired the stock or
partnership interest after December
21, 2000, solely in exchange for cash,
from the corporation at its original
issue (directly or through an
underwriter) or from the partnership;
2. The business was an enterprise
zone business (or a new business
being organized as an enterprise
zone business) as of the time you
acquired the stock or partnership
interest; and
3. The business qualified as an
enterprise zone business during
substantially all of the time during
which you held the stock or
partnership interest.
How to report. Report the entire
gain realized from the sale as you
otherwise would without regard to the
election. On Form 4797, line 2, enter
“Section 1397B Rollover” in column
(a) and enter as a (loss) in column (g)
the amount of gain included on Form
4797 that you are electing to
postpone. If you are reporting the
sale directly on Form 4797, line 2,
use the line directly below the line on
which you reported the sale.
See section 1397B for more
details.
Exclusion of Gain From Sale
of DC Zone Assets
If you sold or exchanged a District of
Columbia Enterprise Zone (DC Zone)
asset that you held for more than 5
years, you may be able to exclude
the “qualified capital gain.” The
qualified gain is, generally, any gain
recognized in a trade or business that
you would otherwise include on Form
4797, Part I. This exclusion also
applies to an interest in, or property
of, certain businesses operating in
the District of Columbia.
DC Zone asset. A DC Zone asset is
any of the following:
• DC Zone business stock.
• DC Zone partnership interest.
• DC Zone business property.
Qualified capital gain. The qualified
capital gain is any gain recognized on
the sale or exchange of a DC Zone
asset that is a capital asset or
property used in a trade or business.
It does not include any of the
following gains.
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• Gain treated as ordinary income
under section 1245;
• Gain treated as unrecaptured
section 1250 gain. The section 1250
gain must be figured as if it applied to
all depreciation rather than the
additional depreciation;
• Gain attributable to real property,
or an intangible asset, which is not an
integral part of a DC Zone business;
and
• Gain from a related-party
transaction. See Sales and
Exchanges Between Related Persons
in chapter 2 of Pub. 544.
See Pub. 954, Tax Incentives for
Distressed Communities, and section
1400B for more details on DC Zone
assets and special rules.
How to report. Report the entire
gain realized from the sale or
exchange as you otherwise would
without regard to the exclusion. To
report the exclusion, enter “DC Zone
Asset Exclusion” on Form 4797, line
2, column (a) and enter as a (loss) in
column (g) the amount of the
exclusion that offsets the gain
reported in Part I, line 6.
Any unrecaptured section
1250 gain is not qualified
CAUTION capital gain. Identify the
amount of gain that is unrecaptured
section 1250 gain and report it on the
Schedule D for the form you are filing.
!
Election To Defer Gain From
Qualifying Electric
Transmission Transactions
If you sold or exchanged qualifying
electric transmission property after
October 22, 2004, you may elect to
defer part of the realized gain. The
sale or disposition must be made to
an independent transmission
company. If you make the election,
part or all of the realized gain is
recognized ratably over the 8-year
period that begins with the tax year
that includes the date of the
disposition. The amount of gain that
is not eligible to be recognized over
the 8-year period is the excess, if
any, of the amount realized from the
disposition over the cost of the
exempt utility property purchased
during the 4-year period beginning on
the date of the disposition.
To make the election, you must
attach a statement to your tax return
for the tax year in which the
transaction takes place that states
you are making an election under
section 451(i). The statement should
also provide a description and the
cost of any exempt utility property
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purchased to defer gain as of the
date of the filing of the election. See
section 451(i) for more details.
How to report. Report the sale or
disposition of the qualifying electric
transmission property in Part III of the
Form 4797 without regard to any
deferred gain. Enter the amounts
from lines 31 and 32 on lines 13 and
6, respectively, of Form 4797.
Figure the gain eligible for deferral
and enter it as a loss in column (g) of
line 2, but not to exceed the gain from
the transaction included on line 6.
Enter “Deferred gain under section
451(i)” in column (a) of line 2. Enter
any remaining gain eligible for
deferral as a loss in column (g) of line
10. Enter “Deferred gain under
section 451(i)” in column (a) of line
10. The recognized gain for the tax
year of the disposition must equal the
gain, if any, not eligible for deferral
plus 1/8 of the deferred gain.
Specific Instructions
To show losses, enclose figures in
(parentheses).
If you disposed of property you
acquired by inheritance, enter
“INHERITED” in column (b) instead of
the date you acquired the property.
Disposition by a Partnership
or S Corporation of Section
179 Property
Partnerships (other than electing
large partnerships) and S
corporations that sell or otherwise
dispose of property for which the
section 179 expense deduction was
previously claimed and passed
through to the partners or
shareholders must follow these
instructions to report the transaction.
Partners and shareholders who
receive a Schedule K-1 showing such
a disposition must also follow these
instructions to report the transaction.
Partnerships and S corporations.
Partnerships and S corporations do
not report these transactions on Form
4797, 4684, 6252, or 8824. Instead,
all details of the sale or other
disposition must be separately
reported on Schedule K-1, including:
• Description of the property.
• Date the property was acquired
and placed in service.
• Date of the sale or other disposition
of the property.
• The partner’s or shareholder’s
share of the gross sales price or
amount realized.
• The partner’s or shareholder’s
share of the cost or other basis plus
the expense of sale (reduced as
explained in the instructions for Form
4797, line 21).
• The partner’s or shareholder’s
share of the depreciation allowed or
allowable, determined as described in
the instructions for Form 4797, line
22, but excluding the section 179
expense deduction.
• The partner’s or shareholder’s
share of the section 179 expense
deduction (if any) passed through for
the property and the partnership’s or
S corporation’s tax year(s) in which
the amount was passed through.
• If the disposition is due to a
casualty or theft, a statement
indicating so, and any additional
information needed by the partner or
shareholder to complete Form 4684.
• If the disposition was an installment
sale made during the partnership’s or
S corporation’s tax year reported
using the installment method, any
information needed by the partner or
shareholder to complete Form 6252.
The partnership or S corporation also
must separately report the partner’s
or shareholder’s share of all
payments received for the property in
the following tax years. (Installment
payments received for sales made in
prior tax years should be reported in
the same manner used in the prior
tax years.) See the instructions for
Form 6252 for details.
• If the disposition was a disposition
of property given up in an exchange
involving like-kind property made
during the partnership’s or S
corporation’s tax year, any
information needed by the partner or
shareholder to complete Form 8824.
See the instructions for Schedule
K (Form 1065 or 1120S) for more
details.
Partners and S corporation
shareholders. If you receive a
Schedule K-1 reporting such a
transaction, you must report your
share of the transaction on Form
4797, 4684, 6252, or 8824 (whether
or not you were a partner or
shareholder at the time the section
179 expense deduction was claimed).
If you have a carryforward of unused
section 179 expense deduction that
includes section 179 expense
deduction previously passed through
to you for the disposed asset, you
must reduce your carryforward by
your share of the section 179
expense deduction shown on
Schedule K-1 (or the amount
attributable to that property included
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in your carryforward amount). See the
worksheet on the next page to figure
the amounts to report on Form 4797,
4684, 6252, or 8824, and to figure
any reduction in your carryforward of
unused section 179 expense
deduction.
Line 1
Enter on line 1 the total gross
proceeds from:
• Sales or exchanges of real estate
reported to you for 2005 on Form(s)
1099-S (or substitute statement) that
you are including on line 2, 10, or 20
and
• Sales of securities or commodities
reported to you for 2005 on Forms
1099-B (or substitute statements) that
you are including on line 10 because
you are a trader with a
mark-to-market election under section
475(f) in effect for the tax year. See
Traders Who Made a Mark-To-Market
Election on page 2 and the
instructions for line 10 on page 6.
Part I
Use Part I to report section 1231
transactions that are not required to
be reported in Part III.
Section 1231 transactions. The
following are section 1231
transactions.
• Sales or exchanges of real or
depreciable property used in a trade
or business and held for more than 1
year. To figure the holding period,
begin counting on the day after you
received the property and include the
day you disposed of it.
• Cutting of timber that the taxpayer
elects to treat as a sale or exchange
under section 631(a).
• Disposal of timber with a retained
economic interest that is treated as a
sale, or an outright sale of timber,
under section 631(b).
• Disposal of coal (including lignite)
or domestic iron ore with a retained
economic interest that is treated as a
sale under section 631(c).
• Sales or exchanges of cattle and
horses, regardless of age, used in a
trade or business for draft, breeding,
dairy, or sporting purposes and held
for 24 months or more from
acquisition date.
• Sales or exchanges of livestock
other than cattle and horses,
regardless of age, used in a trade or
business for draft, breeding, dairy, or
sporting purposes and held for 12
months or more from acquisition date.
Note. Livestock does not include
poultry, chickens, turkeys, pigeons,
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Worksheet for Partners and S Corporation Shareholders to Figure Gain
or Loss on Dispositions of Property for Which a Section 179 Deduction Was Claimed
(Keep for Your Records)
Caution: See the instructions below before starting this worksheet.
1. Gross sales price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.
2. Cost or other basis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.
3. a
Depreciation (excluding section 179 expense deduction) . . . . . . . . . . . . 3a.
b
Section 179 expense deduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3b.
c
Unused carryover of section 179 expense deduction . . . 3c.
d
Subtract line 3c from line 3b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3d.
e
Add lines 3a and 3d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3e.
4. Adjusted basis. Subtract line 3e from line 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.
5. Gain or loss. Subtract line 4 from line 1 (see Where To Report Amounts From Worksheet, below) . . . . . . . . . . 5.
Worksheet Instructions
Caution: For a disposition due to casualty or theft, skip lines 1 and 5 and enter the amount from line 4 on Form 4684, line 23, and
complete the rest of Form 4684.
Lines 1, 2, 3a, and 3b. Enter these amounts from Schedule K-1 (Form 1065 or 1120S).
Line 3c. If you were unable to claim all of the section 179 expense deduction previously passed through to you for the property (if
any), enter the smaller of line 3b or the portion of your unused carryover of section 179 expense deduction attributable to the
property. Make sure you reduce your carryover of disallowed section 179 expense deduction shown on Form 4562 by the amount on
line 3c.
Where To Report Amounts From Worksheet
Generally, the information from the above worksheet is reported on the lines specified below for Form 4797, Part III. However, for a
disposition under the installment method, complete the lines shown below for Form 6252. For dispositions of property given up in an
exchange involving like-kind property, complete the lines shown below for Form 8824.
䊳 If line 5 is a gain and the property was held more than 1 year, report the disposition as follows.
• Complete Form 4797, line 19, columns (a), (b), and (c); Form 6252, lines 1 through 4; or Form 8824, Parts I and II.
• Report the amount from line 1 above on Form 4797, line 20; Form 6252, line 5; or Form 8824, line 12 or 16.
• Report the amount from line 2 above on Form 4797, line 21; or Form 6252, line 8.
• Report the amount from line 3e above on Form 4797, line 22; or Form 6252, line 9.
• Report the amount from line 4 above on Form 4797, line 23; Form 6252, line 10; or Form 8824, line 13 or 18.
• Complete the rest of the applicable form.
䊳 If line 5 is zero or a loss and the property was held more than 1 year, report the disposition as follows. Do not report a loss on
Form 6252; instead, report the disposition on the lines shown for Form 4797.
• Complete Form 4797, line 2, columns (a), (b), and (c); or Form 8824, Parts I and II.
• Report the amount from line 1 above on Form 4797, line 2, column (d); or Form 8824, line 12 or 16.
• Report the amount from line 2 above on Form 4797, line 2, column (f).
• Report the amount from line 3e above on Form 4797, line 2, column (e).
• Report the amount from line 4 above on Form 8824, line 13 or 18.
• Complete the rest of the applicable form.
䊳 If the property was held one year or less, report the gain or loss on the disposition as shown below. Do not report a loss on
Form 6252; instead, report the disposition on the lines shown for Form 4797.
• Complete Form 4797, line 10, columns (a), (b), and (c); Form 6252, lines 1 through 4; or Form 8824, Parts I and II.
• Report the amount from line 1 above on Form 4797, line 10, column (d); Form 6252, line 5; or Form 8824, line 12 or 16.
• Report the amount from line 2 above on Form 4797, line 10, column (f); or Form 6252, line 8.
• Report the amount from line 3e above on Form 4797, line 10, column (e); or Form 6252, line 9.
• Report the amount from line 4 above on Form 6252, line 10; or Form 8824, line 13 or 18.
• Complete the rest of the applicable form.
geese, other birds, fish, frogs,
reptiles, etc.
• Sales or exchanges of unharvested
crops. See section 1231(b)(4).
• Involuntary conversions of trade or
business property or capital assets
held more than 1 year in connection
with a trade or business or a
transaction entered into for profit.
These conversions may result from
(a) part or total destruction, (b) theft
or seizure, or (c) requisition or
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condemnation (whether threatened or
carried out). If any recognized losses
were from involuntary conversions
from fire, storm, shipwreck, or other
casualty or from theft and the losses
exceed the recognized gains from the
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conversions, do not include any gains
or losses from such conversions
when figuring your net section 1231
losses.
Transactions to which section
1231 does not apply. Section 1231
transactions do not include sales or
exchanges of:
• Inventory or property held primarily
for sale to customers;
• Copyrights, literary, musical, or
artistic compositions, letters or
memoranda, or similar property (a)
created by your personal efforts, (b)
prepared or produced for you (in the
case of letters, memoranda, or similar
property), or (c) received from
someone who created them or for
whom they were created, as
mentioned in (a) or (b), in a way that
entitled you to the basis of the
previous owner (such as by gift); or
• U.S. Government publications,
including the Congressional Record,
that you received from the
Government other than by purchase
at the normal sales price or that you
got from someone who had received
it in a similar way, if your basis is
determined by reference to the
previous owner’s basis.
$2,000 in 2004 and 2005,
respectively. The 2005 net section
1231 gain of $2,000 is entered on line
7 and the nonrecaptured net section
1231 losses of $7,000 ($10,000 net
section 1231 losses minus the $3,000
that was applied against the 2004 net
section 1231 gain) are entered on line
8. The entire $2,000 net section 1231
gain on line 7 is treated as ordinary
income and is entered on line 12 of
Form 4797. For recordkeeping
purposes, the $4,000 loss from 2000
is all recaptured ($3,000 in 2004 and
$1,000 in 2005), and you have
$5,000 of section 1231 losses from
2001 left to recapture ($6,000 minus
the $1,000 recaptured this year).
Line 7
For recordkeeping purposes, if line 9
is zero, the amount on line 7 is the
amount of net section 1231 loss
recaptured in 2005. If line 9 is more
than zero, you have recaptured all of
your net section 1231 losses from
prior years.
Partners and S corporation
shareholders receive a Schedule K-1
(Form 1065 or 1120S), which
includes amounts that must be
reported on the Form 4797. Following
the instructions for Schedule K-1,
enter any amounts from your
Schedule K-1 (Form 1120S), box 9,
or Schedule K-1 (Form 1065), box 10,
in Part I of the Form 4797.
If the amount from line 7 is a gain
and you do not have nonrecaptured
section 1231 losses from prior years
(see instructions for line 8), enter the
gain from line 7 as a long-term capital
gain on the Schedule D for the return
you are filing.
Line 8
Your net section 1231 gain on line 7
is treated as ordinary income to the
extent of your “nonrecaptured section
1231 losses.” Your nonrecaptured
section 1231 losses are your net
section 1231 losses deducted during
the 5 preceding tax years that have
not yet been applied against any net
section 1231 gain to determine how
much net section 1231 gain is treated
as ordinary income under this rule.
Example. You had net section
1231 losses of $4,000 and $6,000 in
2000 and 2001, respectively, and net
section 1231 gains of $3,000 and
Figuring the Prior Year Losses
You had a net section 1231 loss if
section 1231 losses exceeded
section 1231 gains. Gains are
included only to the extent taken into
account in figuring gross income.
Losses are included only to the extent
taken into account in figuring taxable
income except that the limitation on
capital losses does not apply.
Line 9
Enter the gain from line 9 as a
long-term capital gain on the
Schedule D for the return you are
filing.
Part II
If a transaction is not reportable in
Part I or Part III and the property is
not a capital asset reportable on
Schedule D, report the transaction in
Part II.
If you received ordinary income
from a sale or other disposition of
your interest in a partnership, see
Pub. 541, Partnerships.
Line 10
Report other ordinary gains and
losses, including gains and losses
from property held 1 year or less, on
this line.
Deduct the loss from a qualifying
abandonment of business or
investment property on line 10. See
Abandonments in Pub. 544 for more
information.
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Securities or Commodities Held
by a Trader Who Made a
Mark-To-Market Election
Report on line 10 all gains and losses
from sales and dispositions of
securities or commodities held in
connection with your trading
business, including gains and losses
from marking to market securities and
commodities held at the end of the
tax year (see Traders Who Made a
Mark-To-Market Election on page 2).
Attach to your tax return a statement,
using the same format as line 10,
showing the details of each
transaction. Separately show and
identify securities or commodities
held and marked to market at the end
of the year. On line 10, enter
“Trader —see attached” in column (a)
and the totals from the statement in
columns (d), (f), and (g). Also, see the
instructions for line 1 on page 4.
Small Business Investment
Company Stock
Report on line 10 ordinary losses
from the sale or exchange (including
worthlessness) of stock in a small
business investment company
operating under the Small Business
Investment Act of 1958. See section
1242.
Also attach a statement that
includes the name and address of the
small business investment company
and, if applicable, the reason the
stock is worthless and the
approximate date it became
worthless.
Section 1244 (Small Business)
Stock
Individuals report ordinary losses
from the sale or exchange (including
worthlessness) of section 1244 (small
business) stock on line 10.
To qualify as section 1244 stock,
all six of the following requirements
must be met.
1. You acquired the stock after
June 30, 1958, upon original
issuance of the shares from a
domestic corporation (or the stock
was acquired by a partnership in
which you were a partner
continuously from the date the stock
was issued until the time of the loss).
2. If the stock was issued before
November 7, 1978, it was issued
under a written plan that met the
requirements of Regulations section
1.1244(c)-1(f), and when that plan
was adopted, the corporation was
treated as a small business
corporation under Regulations
section 1.1244(c)-2(c).
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3. If the stock was issued after
November 6, 1978, the corporation
was treated as a small business
corporation at the time the stock was
issued under Regulations section
1.1244(c)-2(b). To be treated as a
small business corporation, the total
amount of money and other property
received by the corporation for its
stock as a contribution to capital and
paid-in surplus generally may not
exceed $1 million.
4. The stock was issued for
money or other property (excluding
stock or securities).
5. The corporation, for its 5 most
recent tax years ending before the
date of the loss, derived more than
50% of its gross receipts from
sources other than royalties, rents,
dividends, interest, annuities, and
gains from sales and exchanges of
stocks or securities. (If the
corporation was in existence for at
least 1 tax year but fewer than 5 tax
years ending before the date of the
loss, the 50% test applies for the tax
years ending before that date. If the
corporation was not in existence for
at least 1 tax year ending before the
date of the loss, the 50% test applies
for the entire period ending before
that date.) The 50% test does not
apply if the corporation’s deductions
(other than the net operating loss and
dividends-received deductions)
exceeded its gross income during the
applicable period. But this exception
to the 50% test applies only if the
corporation was largely an operating
company within the 5 most recent tax
years ending before the date of the
loss (or, if less, the entire period the
corporation was in existence).
6. If the stock was issued before
July 19, 1984, it must have been
common stock.
The maximum amount that may be
treated as an ordinary loss is $50,000
($100,000 if married filing jointly).
Special rules may limit the amount of
your ordinary loss if (a) you received
section 1244 stock in exchange for
property with a basis in excess of its
FMV or (b) your stock basis
increased because of contributions to
capital or otherwise. See Pub. 550 for
more details. Report on Schedule D
losses in excess of the maximum
amount that may be treated as an
ordinary loss (and all gains) from the
sale or exchange of section 1244
stock.
Keep adequate records to
distinguish section 1244 stock from
any other stock owned in the same
corporation.
Line 18a
You must complete this line if there is
a gain on Form 4797, line 3; a loss on
Form 4797, line 11; and a loss on
Form 4684, line 38, column (b)(ii).
Enter on this line the smaller of the
loss on Form 4797, line 11, or the
loss on Form 4684, line 38, column
(b)(ii). To figure which loss is smaller,
treat both losses as positive numbers.
Enter the part of the loss from
income-producing property on
Schedule A (Form 1040), line 27, and
the part of the loss from property
used as an employee on Schedule A
(Form 1040), line 22.
Part III
Partnerships and S
TIP corporations, see
Partnerships and S
corporations at the beginning of the
Specific Instructions. Partners and
shareholders reporting a disposition
of section 179 property which was
separately reported to you on
Schedule K-1 (Form 1065 or 1120S),
see Partners and S corporation
shareholders at the beginning of the
Specific Instructions.
Generally, for property held 1 year
or less, do not complete Part III;
instead use Part II. For exceptions,
see the chart on page 1.
Use Part III to figure recapture of
depreciation and certain other items
that must be reported as ordinary
income on the disposition of property.
Fill out lines 19 through 24 to
determine the gain on the disposition
of the property. If you have more than
four properties to report, use
additional forms. For more details on
depreciation recapture, see Pub. 544.
Note. If the property was sold on the
installment sale basis, see the
Instructions for Form 6252 before
completing Part III. Also, if you have
both installment sales and
noninstallment sales, you may want
to use separate Forms 4797, Part III,
for the installment sales and the
noninstallment sales.
Line 20
The gross sales price includes
money, the FMV of other property
received, and any existing mortgage
or other debt the buyer assumes or
takes the property subject to. For
casualty or theft gains, include
insurance or other reimbursement
you received or expect to receive for
each item. Include on this line your
insurance coverage, whether or not
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you are submitting a claim for
reimbursement.
For section 1255 property
disposed of in a sale, exchange, or
involuntary conversion, enter the
amount realized. For section 1255
property disposed of in any other
way, enter the FMV.
Line 21
Reduce the cost or other basis of the
property by the amount of any
diesel-powered highway vehicle
credit, enhanced oil recovery credit,
or disabled access credit. However,
do not adjust the cost or other basis
for any of the items taken into
account on line 22.
Line 22
Complete the following steps to figure
the amount to enter on line 22.
Step 1. Add the following amounts.
• Deductions allowed or allowable for
depreciation (including any special
depreciation allowance (see the Form
4562 Instructions)), amortization,
depletion, or preproductive expenses
(see chapter 9 of Pub. 225).
• The section 179 expense
deduction.
• The commercial revitalization
deduction.
• The downward basis adjustment
under section 50(c) (or the
corresponding provision of prior law).
• The deduction for qualified
clean-fuel vehicle property or
refueling property.
• Deductions claimed under section
190, 193, or 1253(d)(2) or (3) (as in
effect before the enactment of P.L.
103-66).
• The basis reduction for the
qualified electric vehicle credit.
• The basis reduction for the
employer-provided childcare facility
credit.
Step 2. From the Step 1 total,
subtract the following amounts.
• Any investment credit recapture
amount if the basis of the property
was reduced in the tax year the
property was placed in service under
section 50(c)(1) (or the corresponding
provision of prior law). See section
50(c)(2) (or the corresponding
provision of prior law).
• Any section 179 or 280F(b)(2)
recapture amount included in gross
income in a prior tax year because
the business use of the property
decreased to 50% or less.
• Any qualified clean-fuel vehicle
property or refueling property
deduction you were required to
recapture because the property
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ceased to be eligible for the
deduction.
• Any basis increase for qualified
electric vehicle credit recapture.
• Any basis increase for recapture of
the employer-provided childcare
facility credit.
You may have to include
depreciation allowed or allowable on
another asset (and refigure the basis
amount for line 21) if you use its
adjusted basis in determining the
adjusted basis of the property
described on line 19. An example is
property acquired by a trade-in. See
Regulations section 1.1245-2(a)(4).
Also, see Like-Kind Exchanges under
Nontaxable Exchanges in chapter 1
of Pub. 544.
extraction or of furnishing
transportation, communications, or
certain public utility services.
2. As a research facility in these
activities.
3. For the bulk storage of fungible
commodities (including commodities
in a liquid or gaseous state) used in
these activities.
• A single purpose agricultural or
horticultural structure (as defined in
section 168(i)(13)).
• A storage facility (not including a
building or its structural components)
used in connection with the
distribution of petroleum or any
primary petroleum product.
• Any railroad grading or tunnel bore
(as defined in section 168(e)(4)).
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Exceptions and limits. See section
1245(b) for exceptions and limits
involving the following.
• Gifts.
• Transfers at death.
• Certain tax-free transactions.
• Certain like-kind exchanges,
involuntary conversions, etc.
• Exchanges to comply with SEC
orders.
• Property distributed by a
partnership to a partner.
• Transfers to tax-exempt
organizations where the property will
be used in an unrelated business.
• Timber property.
For section 1255 property, enter the
adjusted basis of the section 126
property disposed of.
Line 25
New recapture rules apply to
TIP the disposition of amortizable
section 197 intangibles after
August 8, 2005. If you dispose of
more than one amortizable section
197 intangible (as defined in section
197(c)) in a single transaction (or a
series of related transactions), all of
these intangibles are treated as one
section 1245 property. However, if
the adjusted basis of any amortizable
section 197 intangible exceeds its fair
market value, this rule does not apply
to that intangible. See section
1245(b)(9) for more information.
Section 1245 property is property
that is depreciable (or amortizable
under section 185 (repealed), 197, or
1253(d)(2) or (3) (as in effect before
the enactment of P.L. 103-66)) and is
one of the following.
• Personal property.
• Elevators and escalators placed in
service before 1987.
• Real property (other than property
described under tangible real
property below) subject to
amortization or deductions under
section 169, 179, 179A, 179B, 179C
(for property placed in service after
August 8, 2005), 179D (for property
placed in service after December 31,
2005), 185 (repealed), 188
(repealed), 190, 193, or 194.
• Tangible real property (except
buildings and their structural
components) if it is used in any of the
following ways.
1. As an integral part of
manufacturing, production, or
Special rules. See the following
sections for special rules.
• Section 1245(a)(4) (repealed) for
player contracts and section 1056(c)
(repealed) for information required
from the transferor of a franchise of
any sports enterprise, for sales or
exchanges before October 23, 2004,
involving the transfer of player
contracts.
• Section 1245(a)(5) (repealed) for
property placed in service before
1987, if only a portion of a building is
section 1245 recovery property.
• Section 1245(a)(6) (repealed) for
qualified leased property placed in
service before 1987.
• Section 1245(b)(9) for dispositions
of amortizable section 197
intangibles.
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Section 1250 property is depreciable
real property (other than section 1245
property). Generally, section 1250
recapture applies if you used an
accelerated depreciation method or
you claimed the 30% or 50% special
depreciation allowance, or the
commercial revitalization deduction.
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Section 1250 recapture does
TIP not apply to dispositions of the
following MACRS property
placed in service after 1986 (or after
July 31, 1986, if elected). You are not
required to calculate additional
depreciation for these properties on
line 26.
• 27.5-year (or 40-year, if elected)
residential rental property (except for
27.5 year qualified New York Liberty
Zone property acquired after
September 10, 2001).
• 22-, 31.5-, or 39-year (or 40-year, if
elected) nonresidential real property
(except for 39-year qualified New
York Liberty Zone property acquired
after September 10, 2001, and
property for which you elected to
claim a commercial revitalization
deduction).
ACRS property. Real property
depreciable under ACRS (pre-1987
rules) is subject to recapture under
section 1245, except for the following,
which are treated as section 1250
property.
• 15-, 18-, or 19-year real property
and low-income housing that is
residential rental property.
• 15-, 18-, or 19-year real property
and low-income housing that is used
mostly outside the United States.
• 15-, 18-, or 19-year real property
and low-income housing for which a
straight line election was made.
• Low-income rental housing
described in clause (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv)
of section 1250(a)(1)(B). See the
instructions for line 26b.
Exceptions and limits. See section
1250(d) for exceptions and limits
involving the following.
• Gifts.
• Transfers at death.
• Certain tax-free transactions.
• Certain like-kind exchanges,
involuntary conversions, etc.
• Exchanges to comply with SEC
orders.
• Property distributed by a
partnership to a partner.
• Disposition of qualified low-income
housing.
• Transfers of property to tax-exempt
organizations if the property will be
used in an unrelated business.
• Dispositions of property as a result
of foreclosure proceedings.
Special rules. Special rules apply in
the following cases.
• For additional depreciation
attributable to rehabilitation
expenditures, see section 1250(b)(4).
• If substantial improvements have
been made, see section 1250(f).
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Line 26a
Enter the additional depreciation for
the period after 1975. Additional
depreciation is the excess of actual
depreciation (including any 30% or
50% special depreciation allowance,
or commercial revitalization
deduction) over depreciation figured
using the straight line method. For
this purpose, do not reduce the basis
under section 50(c)(1) (or the
corresponding provision of prior law)
to figure straight line depreciation.
Also, if you claimed a commercial
revitalization deduction, figure
straight-line depreciation using the
property’s applicable recovery period
under section 168.
Line 26b
Generally, use 100% as the
percentage for this line. However, for
low-income rental housing described
in clause (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of section
1250(a)(1)(B), see that section for the
percentage to use.
Line 26d
Enter the additional depreciation after
1969 and before 1976. If straight line
depreciation exceeds the actual
depreciation for the period after 1975,
reduce line 26d by the excess. Do not
enter less than zero on line 26d.
Line 26f
The amount the corporation treats as
ordinary income under section 291 is
20% of the excess, if any, of the
amount that would be treated as
ordinary income if such property were
section 1245 property, over the
amount treated as ordinary income
under section 1250. If the corporation
used the straight line method of
depreciation, the ordinary income
under section 291 is 20% of the
amount figured under section 1245.
Line 27
Partnerships (other than electing
large partnerships) skip this section.
Partners must enter on the applicable
lines of Part III amounts subject to
section 1252 according to instructions
from the partnership.
You may have ordinary income on
the disposition of certain farmland
held more than 1 year but less than
10 years.
Refer to section 1252 to determine
if there is ordinary income on the
disposition of certain farmland for
which deductions were allowed under
sections 175 (soil and water
conservation) and 182 (land clearing)
(repealed). Skip line 27 if you dispose
of such farmland during the 10th or
later year after you acquired it.
Gain from disposition of certain
farmland is subject to ordinary
income rules under section 1252
before the application of section 1231
(Part I).
Enter 100% of line 27a on line 27b
except as follows.
• 80% if the farmland was disposed
of within the 6th year after it was
acquired.
• 60% if disposed of within the 7th
year.
• 40% if disposed of within the 8th
year.
• 20% if disposed of within the 9th
year.
Line 28
If you had a gain on the disposition of
oil, gas, or geothermal property
placed in service before 1987, treat
all or part of the gain as ordinary
income. Include on line 22 of Form
4797 any depletion allowed (or
allowable) in determining the adjusted
basis of the property.
If you had a gain on the disposition
of oil, gas, geothermal, or other
mineral properties (section 1254
property) placed in service after 1986,
you must recapture all expenses that
were deducted as intangible drilling
costs, depletion, mine exploration
costs, and development costs under
sections 263, 616, and 617.
Exception. Property placed in
service after 1986 and acquired
under a written contract entered into
before September 26, 1985, and
binding at all times thereafter is
treated as placed in service before
1987.
Note. A corporation that is an
integrated oil company completes line
28a by treating amounts amortized
under section 291(b)(2) as
deductions under section 263(c).
Line 28a
If the property was placed in service
before 1987, enter the total expenses
after 1975 that:
• Were deducted by the taxpayer or
any other person as intangible drilling
and development costs under section
263(c) (except previously expensed
mining costs that were included in
income upon reaching the producing
state), and
• Would have been reflected in the
adjusted basis of the property if they
had not been deducted.
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If the property was placed in
service after 1986, enter the total
expenses that:
• Were deducted under section 263,
616, or 617 by the taxpayer or any
other person; and
• But for such deduction, would have
been included in the basis of the
property, plus
• The deduction under section 611
that reduced the adjusted basis of
such property.
If you disposed of a portion of
section 1254 property or an undivided
interest in it, see section 1254(a)(2).
Line 29a
Use 100% if the property is disposed
of less than 10 years after receipt of
payments excluded from income. Use
100% minus 10% for each year, or
part of a year, that the property was
held over 10 years after receipt of the
excluded payments. Use zero if 20
years or more.
Line 29b
If any part of the gain shown on line
24 is treated as ordinary income
under sections 1231 through 1254
(for example, section 1252), enter the
smaller of (a) line 24 reduced by the
part of the gain treated as ordinary
income under the other provision or
(b) line 29a.
Part IV
Column (a)
If you took a section 179 expense
deduction for property placed in
service after 1986 (other than listed
property, as defined in section
280F(d)(4)) and the business use of
the property decreased to 50% or
less this year, complete column (a) of
lines 33 through 35 to figure the
recapture amount.
Column (b)
If you have listed property that you
placed in service in a prior year and
the business use decreased to 50%
or less this year, figure the amount to
be recaptured under section
280F(b)(2). Complete column (b),
lines 33 through 35. See Pub. 463,
Travel, Entertainment, Gift, and Car
Expenses, for more details on
recapture of excess depreciation.
Note. If you have more than one
property subject to the recapture
rules, figure the recapture amounts
separately for each property. Show
these calculations on a separate
statement and attach it to your tax
return.
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Line 33
In column (a), enter the section 179
expense deduction you claimed when
the property was placed in service. In
column (b), enter the depreciation
allowable on the property in prior tax
years (plus any section 179 expense
deduction you claimed when the
property was placed in service).
Line 34
In column (a), enter the depreciation
that would have been allowable on
the section 179 property from the
year the property was placed in
service through (and including) the
current year. See Pub. 946, How To
Depreciate Property.
In column (b), enter the
depreciation that would have been
allowable if the property had not been
used more than 50% in a qualified
business. Figure the depreciation
from the year it was placed in service
up to (but not including) the current
year. See Pub. 463 and Pub. 946.
Line 35
Subtract line 34 from line 33 and
enter the recapture amount as “other
income” on the same form or
schedule on which you took the
deduction. For example, if you took
the deduction on Schedule C (Form
1040), report the recapture amount
as other income on Schedule C
(Form 1040).
Note. If you filed Schedule C or F
(Form 1040) and the property was
used in both your trade or business
and for the production of income, the
portion of the recapture amount
attributable to your trade or business
is subject to self-employment tax.
Allocate the amount on line 35 to the
appropriate schedules.
Be sure to increase your basis in
the property by the recapture amount.
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The time needed to complete and file this form will vary depending on individual circumstances. The estimated
burden for individual taxpayers filing this form is approved under OMB control number 1545-0074 and is included in the
estimates shown in the instructions for their individual income tax return. The estimated burden for all other taxpayers
who file this form is shown below.
Recordkeeping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Learning about the law or the form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Preparing, copying, assembling, and sending the form to the IRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35 hr., 23 min.
8 hr., 20 min.
9 hr., 17 min.
If you have comments concerning the accuracy of these time estimates or suggestions for making this form simpler,
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| File Type | application/pdf |
| File Title | 2005 Form 1040 |
| Subject | U.S. Individual Income Tax Return |
| Author | SE:W:CAR:MP |
| File Modified | 2006-12-30 |
| File Created | 2006-12-30 |