Publication 954 |
2001 Tax Year |
Exclusion of Capital Gains From DC Zone Assets
If you hold a District of Columbia Enterprise Zone (DC Zone) asset
more than 5 years, you will not have to include any "qualified
capital gain" from its sale or exchange in your gross income. This
exclusion 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.
In determining whether any property is a DC Zone asset, continue to
treat the DC Zone as an empowerment zone for years after 2003.
DC Zone business stock.
DC Zone business stock is any stock in a U.S. corporation that is
originally issued after 1997, if all the following requirements are
met.
- You acquired the stock before January 1, 2004, at its
original issue solely in exchange for cash. (This requirement is also
met if you acquired the stock before, on, or after January 1, 2004,
from another person in whose hands it was DC Zone business
stock.)
- The corporation was a DC Zone business (or was being
organized as a DC Zone business) at the time the stock was
issued.
- The corporation qualified as a DC Zone business during
substantially all of your holding period for the stock. (This
requirement is also met if the corporation ceased to qualify as a DC
Zone business after the 5-year period beginning on the date you
acquired the stock. However, your qualified capital gain cannot be
more than what it would have been if you had sold the stock on the
date the corporation ceased to qualify.)
Redemptions of business stock.
Stock will not qualify as DC Zone business stock if the issuing
corporation makes certain redemptions of its stock within 2 years
before or 2 years after the date the stock was issued. For details,
see sections 1400B(b)(2)(B) and 1202(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code.
DC Zone partnership interest.
A DC Zone partnership interest is any capital or profits interest
in a U.S. partnership that is originally issued after 1997, if all the
following requirements are met.
- You acquired the partnership interest from the partnership
before January 1, 2004, in exchange for cash. (This requirement is
also met if you acquired the partnership interest before, on, or after
January 1, 2004, from another person in whose hands it was a DC Zone
partnership interest.)
- The partnership was a DC Zone business (or was being
organized as a DC Zone business) at the time the partnership interest
was acquired.
- The partnership qualified as a DC Zone business during
substantially all of your holding period for the partnership interest.
(This requirement is also met if the partnership ceased to qualify as
a DC Zone business after the 5-year period beginning on the date you
acquired the partnership interest. However, your qualified capital
gain cannot be more than what it would have been if you had sold the
partnership interest on the date the partnership ceased to
qualify.)
Redemptions of partnership interest.
A partnership interest will not qualify as a DC Zone partnership
interest if the partnership makes certain acquisitions of its
partnership interests within 2 years before or 2 years after the date
the partnership interest was issued. For details, see sections
1400B(b)(3), 1400B(b)(2)(B), and 1202(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code.
DC Zone business property.
DC Zone business property is tangible property acquired after 1997
that meets all the following requirements.
- You acquired the property before January 1, 2004. (This
requirement is also met if you acquired the property before, on, or
after January 1, 2004, from another person in whose hands it was DC
Zone business property.)
- You did not acquire the property from a related person or
member of a controlled group of which you are a member.
- Your basis in the property is not determined either by its
adjusted basis in the hands of the person from whom you acquired it or
under the stepped-up basis rules for property acquired from a
decedent.
- You were the first person to use the property in the DC
Zone. (This requirement is also met if you acquired the property from
another person in whose hands it was DC Zone business
property.)
- Substantially all of the use of the property was in your DC
Zone business during substantially all of your holding period for that
property. (This requirement is also met if you stopped using the
property in your DC Zone business, or your business ceased to qualify
as a DC Zone business, after the 5-year period beginning on the date
you acquired the property. However, your qualified capital gain cannot
be more than what it would have been if you had sold the property on
the date you stopped using the property in your DC Zone business or on
the date your business ceased to qualify.)
Special rule for substantially improved buildings.
Buildings (and land on which they are located) will be treated as
having met requirements (1) and (4) if you substantially improve the
buildings before January 1, 2004. You substantially improve a building
if, during any 24-month period beginning after 1997, your additions to
the basis of the property are more than the greater of the following
amounts.
- 100% of the adjusted basis of the property at the beginning
of the 24-month period.
- $5,000.
DC Zone business.
A DC Zone business for this capital gains exclusion is an
enterprise zone business as defined earlier under Increased
Section 179 Deduction in the discussion of empowerment zones,
with the following exceptions.
- The 35% employee residence requirement listed in item (6)
does not apply.
- The 50% of gross income requirement listed in item (2) is
increased to 80%.
- No area other than the DC Zone can be treated as an
empowerment zone or enterprise community.
For this purpose, the DC Zone is treated as including all
census tracts in the District of Columbia with a poverty rate of 10%
or more as determined by the 1990 census.
Qualified Capital Gain
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 as defined in section 1231(b) of the Internal
Revenue Code (generally real property or depreciable personal
property). But it does not include any of the following gains.
- Gain attributable to periods before 1998 or after December
31, 2008.
- Section 1245 gain. See chapter 3 in Publication 544,
Sales and Other Dispositions of Assets.
- Section 1250 gain figured as if section 1250 applied to
all depreciation rather than the additional depreciation.
See chapter 3 in Publication 544.
- Gain attributable to real property or an intangible asset
that is not an integral part of a DC Zone business.
- Gain attributable, directly or indirectly, in whole or in
part, to a transaction with a related person. For the definition of a
related person, see chapter 2 in Publication 544.
Other rules.
Rules similar to certain rules in section 1202 of the Internal
Revenue Code apply to interests in pass-through entities, certain
tax-free transfers, contributions to capital after the original stock
issuance date, and short positions.
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