26 CFR 1.358-3
§ 1.358-3 Treatment of assumption of liabilities.
United States · 26 CFR — Internal Revenue · Status: effective
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- 26 CFR 1.358-3, § 1.358-3 Treatment of assumption of liabilities, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/109677
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(a) For purposes of section 358, where a party to the exchange assumes a liability of a distributee or acquires from him property subject to a liability, the amount of such liability is to be treated as money received by the distributee upon the exchange, whether or not the assumption of liabilities resulted in a recognition of gain or loss to the taxpayer under the law applicable to the year in which the exchange was made.
(b) The application of paragraph (a) of this section may be illustrated by the following examples:
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.