For more information on how to report your income from an installment sale, see Reporting an Installment Sale , later. The rules discussed in this part of the publication apply only in certain circumstances or to certain types of property. The following topics are discussed. To figure the amount of gain to report, use the FMV of the buyer's installment obligation that represents the buyer's debt to you.
Notes, mortgages, and land contracts are examples of obligations that are included at FMV. You must figure the FMV of the buyer's installment obligation, whether or not you would actually be able to sell it. If you use the cash method of accounting, the FMV of the obligation will never be considered to be less than the FMV of the property sold minus any other consideration received.
You decide to elect out of the installment method and report the entire gain in the year of sale. The interest on the note is ordinary income and is reported as interest income each year. Instead, report it on Form , Form , or both. Make this election by the due date, including extensions, for filing your tax return for the year the sale takes place. If you timely file 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.
Once made, the election can be revoked only with IRS approval. A revocation is retroactive. Unless you elected out of the installment method, you must figure your gain each year on the payments you receive, or are treated as receiving, from an installment sale.
These situations occur when the buyer assumes or pays any of your debts, such as a loan, or pays any of your expenses, such as a sales commission. However, as discussed later, the buyer's assumption of your debt is treated as a recovery of your basis rather than as a payment in many cases.
Include these expenses in the selling and contract prices when figuring the gross profit percentage. If the buyer assumes or pays off your mortgage, or otherwise takes the property subject to the mortgage, the following rules apply. The contract price is the selling price minus the mortgage.
You also report all interest you receive as ordinary income. The part of the mortgage greater than your basis is treated as a payment received in the year of sale. To figure the contract price, subtract the mortgage from the selling price. The contract price is then the same as your gross profit from the sale. This amount is included in the contract price and treated as a payment received in the year of sale. If the buyer of your property is the person who holds the mortgage on it, your debt is canceled, not assumed.
If the buyer assumes any other debts, such as a loan or back taxes, it may be considered a payment to you in the year of sale. If the buyer assumes the debt instead of paying it off, only part of it may have to be treated as a payment. Compare the debt to your installment sale basis in the property being sold. These rules are the same as the rules discussed earlier under Buyer Assumes Mortgage.
However, they only apply to the following types of debt the buyer assumes. Those acquired in the ordinary course of your business, such as a balance due for inventory you purchased.
The value of the assumed debt is then considered a payment to you in the year of sale. However, see Like-Kind Exchange , later. Generally, the amount of the payment is the property's FMV on the date you receive it. If the property the buyer gives you is payable on demand or readily tradable, the amount you should consider as payment in the year received is:. The FMV of the property on the date you receive it if you use the cash method of accounting;.
The face amount of the obligation on the date you receive it if you use the accrual method of accounting; or. This is true even if the debt is guaranteed by a third party, including a government agency. The excess of the note's face value over its FMV is interest. Exclude this interest in determining the selling price of the property. However, see Exception under Property Used as a Payment , earlier.
You sold real estate in an installment sale. For more information on the amount you should treat as a payment, see Exception under Property Used as a Payment , earlier. However, its full face value is included when figuring the selling price and the contract price. Payments you receive on the note are used to figure your gain in the year received. If you use an installment obligation to secure any debt, the net proceeds from the debt may be treated as a payment on the installment obligation.
The net debt proceeds are the gross debt minus the direct expenses of getting the debt. The amount treated as a payment is considered received on the later of the following dates.
A debt is secured by an installment obligation to the extent that payment of principal or interest on the debt is directly secured under the terms of the loan or any underlying arrangement by any interest in the installment obligation. For sales after December 16, , payment on a debt is treated as directly secured by an interest in an installment obligation to the extent an arrangement allows you to satisfy all or part of the debt with the installment obligation.
Any payments received on the installment obligation before the date the net debt proceeds are treated as a payment. The pledge rule accelerates the reporting of the installment obligation payments.
The debt was secured by that installment sale obligation on that date and at all times thereafter until the refinancing occurred. A refinancing as a result of the creditor's calling of the debt is treated as a continuation of the original debt so long as a person other than the creditor or a person related to the creditor provides the refinancing. Any excess is treated as a payment on the installment obligation.
In some cases, the sales agreement or a later agreement may call for the buyer to establish an irrevocable escrow account from which the remaining installment payments including interest are to be made.
The buyer's obligation is paid in full when the balance of the purchase price is deposited into the escrow account. When an escrow account is established, you no longer rely on the buyer for the rest of the payments, but on the escrow arrangement.
You report the entire gain in the year of sale. If you make an installment sale and in a later year an irrevocable escrow account is established to pay the remaining installments plus interest, the amount placed in the escrow account represents payment of the balance of the installment obligation. If an escrow arrangement imposes a substantial restriction on your right to receive the sale proceeds, the sale can be reported on the installment method, provided it otherwise qualifies.
For an escrow arrangement to impose a substantial restriction, it must serve a bona fide purpose of the buyer, that is, a real and definite restriction placed on the seller or a specific economic benefit conferred on the buyer. If you sell property for which you claimed or could have claimed a depreciation deduction, you must report any depreciation recapture income in the year of sale, whether or not an installment payment was received that year.
Figure your depreciation recapture income including the section deduction and the section A deduction recapture in Part III of Form Report the recapture income in Part II of Form as ordinary income in the year of sale. The recapture income is also included in Part I of Form However, the gain equal to the recapture income is reported in full in the year of the sale.
Only the gain greater than the recapture income is reported on the installment method. For more information on depreciation recapture, see chapter 3 of Pub. The recapture income reported in the year of sale is included in your installment sale basis in determining your gross profit on the installment sale. Determining gross profit is discussed under General Rules , earlier. If you sell depreciable property to a related person and the sale is an installment sale, you may not be able to report the sale using the installment method.
If you sell property to a related person and the related person disposes of the property before you receive all payments with respect to the sale, you may have to treat the amount realized by the related person as received by you when the related person disposes of the property. Instead, all payments to be received are considered received in the year of sale. However, see Exception below. Depreciable property for this rule is any property the purchaser can depreciate.
Payments to be received include the total of all noncontingent payments and the FMV of any payments contingent as to amount. You can use the installment method to report a sale of depreciable property to a related person if no significant tax deferral benefit will be derived from the sale. Except in the case of a sale or exchange in satisfaction of a pecuniary bequest, an executor of an estate and a beneficiary of that estate.
For information about which entities are controlled entities, see section c. Generally, a special rule applies if you sell or exchange property to a related person on the installment method first disposition who then sells, exchanges, or gives away the property second disposition under the following circumstances. The related person makes the second disposition before making all payments on the first disposition.
The related person disposes of the property within 2 years of the first disposition. See Exception , later. Members of a family, including only brothers and sisters either whole or half , two people married to each other, ancestors, and lineal descendants. A trust other than a section a employees trust and a beneficiary.
Two corporations that are members of the same controlled group as defined in section f. The fiduciaries of two different trusts, and the fiduciary and beneficiary of two different trusts, if the same person is the grantor of both trusts. A tax-exempt educational or charitable organization and a person if an individual, including members of the individual's family who directly or indirectly controls such an organization.
The grantor and fiduciary, and the fiduciary and beneficiary, of any trust. An executor and a beneficiary of an estate unless the sale is in satisfaction of a pecuniary bequest.
Adrian made no improvements to the property and sold it to Alfalfa Inc. Vasyl figures his installment sale income for as follows. The gain for is figured as follows. He figures the installment sale income he must recognize in as follows. Generally, an involuntary second disposition will qualify under the nontax avoidance exception, such as when a creditor of the related person forecloses on the property or the related person declares bankruptcy.
If you trade business or investment real property solely for other business or investment real property of a like kind, you can postpone reporting the gain from the trade. These trades are known as like-kind exchanges. The property you receive in a like-kind exchange is treated as if it were a continuation of the property you gave up. A trade is not a like-kind exchange if the property you trade or the property you receive is property you hold primarily for sale to customers. However, if you also receive money or other property boot in the exchange, you must report your gain to the extent of the money and the FMV of the other property received.
For more information on like-kind exchanges, see Like-Kind Exchanges in chapter 1 of Pub. If, in addition to like-kind property, you receive an installment obligation in the exchange, the following rules apply to determine the installment sale income each year.
The contract price is reduced by the FMV of the like-kind property received in the trade. The gross profit is reduced by any gain on the trade that can be postponed.
Under this type of exchange, the person receiving your property may be required to place funds in an escrow account or trust. See Regulations section 1. Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a trade is not a like-kind exchange unless the taxpayer trades and receives real property, other than real property held primarily for sale. Before enactment of the new tax law, certain exchanges of personal or intangible property qualified as like-kind exchanges.
A transition rule in the new law provides that gain may be postponed on a qualifying exchange of personal or intangible property if the taxpayer disposed of the exchanged property on or before December 31, , or received replacement property on or before that date.
This happens, for example, if you sell your business and the selling price includes a percentage of its profits in future years. For rules on using the installment method for a contingent payment sale, see Regulations section 15a. If you sell different types of assets in a single sale, you must identify each asset to determine whether you can use the installment method to report the sale of that asset. You also have to allocate part of the selling price to each asset.
If you sell assets that constitute a trade or business, see Sale of a Business , later. Unless an allocation of the selling price has been agreed to by both parties in an arm's-length transaction, you must allocate the selling price to an asset based on its FMV.
If the buyer assumes a debt, or takes the property subject to a debt, you must reduce the FMV of the property by the debt. This becomes the net FMV. A sale of separate and unrelated assets of the same type under a single contract is reported as one transaction for the installment method. It must be reported separately.
The remaining assets sold at a gain are reported together. You report the gain on the installment method. The installment sale basis for parcel C was more than its FMV, so it was sold at a loss and must be treated separately. You must allocate the total selling price and the amounts received in the year of sale between parcel C and the remaining parcels.
The allocation is figured as follows. To determine whether any of the gain on the sale of the business can be reported on the installment method, you must allocate the total selling price and the payments received in the year of sale between each of the following classes of assets. All gain or loss on their sale must be reported in the year of sale, even if you receive payment in later years. If inventory items are included in an installment sale, you may have an agreement stating which payments are for inventory and which are for the other assets being sold.
Report the amount you receive or will receive on the sale of inventory items as ordinary business income. Use your basis in the inventory to figure the cost of goods sold. Deduct the part of the selling expenses allocated to inventory as an ordinary business expense. Except for assets exchanged under the like-kind exchange rules, both the buyer and seller of a business must use the residual method to allocate the sale price to each business asset sold.
This method determines gain or loss from the transfer of each asset and the buyer's basis in the assets. The residual method must be used for any transfer of a group of assets that constitutes a trade or business and for which the buyer's basis is determined only by the amount paid for the assets.
This applies to both direct and indirect transfers, such as the sale of a business or the sale of a partnership interest in which the basis of the buyer's share of the partnership assets is adjusted for the amount paid under section b. A group of assets constitutes a trade or business if goodwill or going concern value could, under any circumstances, attach to the assets or if the use of the assets would constitute an active trade or business under section The residual method provides for the consideration to be reduced first by cash and general deposit accounts including checking and savings accounts but excluding certificates of deposit.
The consideration remaining after this reduction must be allocated among the various business assets in a certain order. For asset acquisitions occurring after March 15, , make the allocation among the following assets in proportion to but not more than their FMVs on the purchase date in the following order.
Certificates of deposit, U. Government securities, foreign currency, and actively traded personal property, including stock and securities. Accounts receivable, other debt instruments, and assets that you mark to market at least annually for federal income tax purposes.
However, see Regulations section 1. Property of a kind that would properly be included in inventory if on hand at the end of the tax year or property held by the taxpayer primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of business.
Goodwill and going concern value whether or not they qualify as section intangibles. If an asset described in 1 through 6 is includible in more than one category, include it in the lower number category. For example, if an asset is described in both 4 and 6 , include it in 4.
The buyer and seller may enter into a written agreement as to the allocation of any consideration or the FMV of any of the assets. Both the buyer and seller involved in the sale of business assets must report to the IRS the allocation of the sales price among section intangibles and the other business assets. Use Form to provide this information. The buyer and seller should each attach Form to their federal income tax return for the year in which the sale occurred.
A partner who sells a partnership interest at a gain may be able to report the sale on the installment method. The sale of a partnership interest is treated as the sale of a single capital asset. The part of any gain or loss from unrealized receivables or inventory items will be treated as ordinary income.
The gain allocated to the other assets can be reported under the installment method. For more information on the treatment of unrealized receivables and inventory, see Pub.
The selling expenses are divided among all the assets sold, including inventory. The FMV, adjusted basis, and depreciation claimed on each asset sold are as follows. The assets included in the sale, their selling prices based on their FMVs, the selling expense allocated to each asset, the adjusted basis, and the gain for each asset are shown in the following chart. The selling prices of the truck and machines are also removed from the total selling price because gain on these items is reported in full in the year of sale.
The assets included in the installment sale, their selling price, and their installment sale bases are shown in the following chart. The gross profit percentage for each asset is figured as follows. The sale includes assets sold on the installment method and assets for which the gain is reported in full in the year of sale, so payments must be allocated between the installment part of the sale and the part reported in the year of sale.
This is Multiply principal payments by The balance, The gain on the sale of the inventory, machines, and truck is reported in full in the year of sale. When you receive principal payments in later years, no part of the payment for the sale of these assets is included in gross income. Only the part for the installment sale This amount is used in the installment sale computation.
You figure installment income for years after by applying the same gross profit percentages to An installment sale contract may provide that each deferred payment on the sale will include interest or that there will be an interest payment in addition to the principal payment. Interest provided in the contract is called stated interest. If section applies to the contract, this interest is called unstated interest.
If section applies to the contract, this interest is called OID. See Test rate of interest , later. The seller must report the unstated interest or OID as income. If the debt is subject to the section rules and is also subject to the below-market loan rules, such as a gift loan, compensation-related loan, or corporation-shareholder loan, then both parties are subject to the below-market loan rules rather than the unstated interest rules. If either section applies, you must reduce the stated selling price of the property and increase your interest income by this unstated interest or OID.
Include the unstated interest in income based on your regular method of accounting. Include OID in income over the term of the contract. The OID includible in income each year is based on the constant yield method described in section Reduce the selling price by any stated principal treated as interest to determine the gain. Report unstated interest or OID on your tax return, in addition to stated interest. Any part of the stated selling price of an installment sale contract treated by the buyer as interest reduces the buyer's basis in the property and increases the buyer's interest expense.
An installment sale contract generally provides for adequate stated interest if the contract's stated principal amount is less than or equal to the sum of the present values of all principal and interest payments called for under the contract. The present value of a payment is determined based on the test rate of interest, defined next. If section applies to the contract, payments due within 6 months after the sale are taken into account at face value.
In general, an installment sale contract provides for adequate stated interest if the stated interest rate based on an appropriate compounding period is at least equal to the test rate of interest. The test rate of interest for a contract is the 3-month rate. The 3-month rate is the lower of the following applicable federal rates AFRs. The lowest AFR based on the appropriate compounding period in effect during the 3-month period ending with the month in which the sale or exchange occurs.
The AFR depends on the month the binding contract for the sale or exchange of property is made or the month of the sale or exchange and the term of the instrument. For an installment obligation, the term of the instrument is its weighted average maturity, as defined in Regulations section 1.
The AFR for each term is shown below. For a term of 3 years or less, the AFR is the federal short-term rate. For a term of over 3 years, but not over 9 years, the AFR is the federal mid-term rate. You can get this information on IRS. For information on new section 38 property, see section 48 b as in effect before the enactment of Public Law These sections recharacterize part of the stated principal amount as interest.
Whether either of these sections applies to a particular installment sale contract depends on several factors, including the total selling price and the type of property sold. Determining whether section or section applies. For purposes of determining whether section or section applies to an installment sale contract, all sales or exchanges that are part of the same transaction or related transactions are treated as a single sale or exchange and all contracts arising from the same transaction or a series of related transactions are treated as a single contract.
Also, the total consideration due under an installment sale contract is determined at the time of the sale or exchange. Any payment other than a debt instrument is taken into account at its FMV. Both the borrower issuer and the lender jointly elect to account for interest under the cash method of accounting. The stated principal of the debt instrument issued in the sale or exchange. The total stated principal of any other debt instruments for prior land sales between these individuals during the calendar year.
Related persons include an individual and the members of the individual's family and their spouses. Members of an individual's family include the individual's spouse, brothers and sisters whole or half , ancestors, and lineal descendants. Membership in the individual's family can be the result of a legal adoption. A sale or exchange for which no payments are due more than 1 year after the date of the sale or exchange.
An assumption of a debt instrument in connection with a sale or exchange or the acquisition of property subject to a debt instrument, unless the terms or conditions of the debt instrument are modified in a manner that would constitute a deemed exchange under Regulations section 1.
A debt instrument issued in connection with a sale or exchange of property if either the debt instrument or the property is publicly traded. A sale or exchange of all substantial rights to a patent, or an undivided interest in property that includes part or all substantial rights to a patent, if any amount is contingent on the productivity, use, or disposition of the property transferred.
See chapter 2 of Pub. An annuity contract issued in connection with a sale or exchange of property if the contract is described in section a 1 B and Regulations section 1. A transfer of property subject to section relating to transfers of property between spouses or incident to divorce. A demand loan that is a below-market loan described in section c 1 for example, gift loans and corporation-shareholder loans.
A below-market loan described in section c 1 issued in connection with the sale or exchange of personal-use property. This rule applies only to the holder. For information on figuring unstated interest and OID and other special rules, see sections and and the related regulations. In the case of an installment sale contract that provides for contingent payments, see Regulations sections 1.
A disposition generally includes a sale, exchange, cancellation, bequest, distribution, or transmission of an installment obligation. An installment obligation is the buyer's note, deed of trust, or other evidence that the buyer will make future payments to you.
If the original installment sale produced ordinary income, the disposition of the obligation will result in ordinary income or loss. If the original sale resulted in a capital gain, the disposition of the obligation will result in a capital gain or loss.
If the original installment sale resulted in a section capital gain or loss , the disposition of the obligation will result in either a long-term capital gain or an ordinary loss.
Use the following rules to figure your gain or loss from the disposition of an installment obligation. If you sell or exchange the obligation, or you accept less than face value in satisfaction of the obligation, your gain or loss is the difference between your basis in the obligation and the amount you realize. If you dispose of the obligation in any other way, your gain or loss is the difference between your basis in the obligation and its FMV at the time of the disposition.
This rule applies, for example, when you give the installment obligation to someone else or cancel the buyer's debt to you. Figure your basis in an installment obligation by multiplying the unpaid balance on the obligation by your gross profit percentage.
Subtract that amount from the unpaid balance. The result is your basis in the installment obligation. Several years ago, you sold property on the installment method. This is the unpaid balance on the buyer's installment obligation to you. No gain or loss is recognized on the transfer of an installment obligation between spouses or former spouses if the transfer is incident to a divorce. A transfer is incident to a divorce if it occurs within 1 year after the date on which the marriage ends or is related to the end of the marriage.
The same tax treatment of the transferred obligation applies to the transferee spouse or former spouse as would have applied to the transferor spouse or former spouse. The basis of the obligation to the transferee spouse or former spouse is the adjusted basis of the transferor spouse.
A gift of an installment obligation is a disposition. Your gain or loss is the difference between your basis in the obligation and its FMV at the time you make the gift. For gifts between spouses or former spouses, see Transfer between spouses or former spouses , earlier. Your gain or loss is the difference between your basis in the obligation and its FMV at the time you cancel it. If the parties are related, the FMV of the obligation is considered to be no less than its full face value.
If you accept part payment on the balance of the buyer's installment debt to you and forgive the rest of the debt, you treat the settlement as a disposition of the installment obligation. Your gain or loss is the difference between your basis in the obligation and the amount you realize on the settlement. You must refigure the gross profit percentage and apply it to payments you receive after the reduction. See Selling Price Reduced , earlier.
No income is reported on the decedent's return due to the transfer. Whoever receives the installment obligation as a result of the seller's death is taxed on the installment payments the same as the seller would have been had the seller lived to receive the payments. The estate must figure its gain or loss on the disposition. If the holder and the buyer were related, the FMV of the installment obligation is considered to be no less than its full face value. If you repossess your property after making an installment sale, you must figure the following amounts.
The rules for figuring these amounts depend on the kind of property you repossess. The rules for repossessions of personal property differ from those for real property. Special rules may apply if you repossess property that was your main home before the sale.
The repossession rules apply whether or not title to the property was ever transferred to the buyer. For the repossession rules to apply, the repossession must at least partially discharge satisfy the buyer's installment obligation to you. The discharged obligation must be secured by the property you repossess. This requirement is met if the property is auctioned off after you foreclose and you apply the installment obligation to your bid price at the auction.
You report gain or loss from a repossession on the same form you used to report the original sale. If you reported the sale on Form , use it to report the gain or loss on the repossession. If you repossess personal property, you may have a gain or a loss on the repossession. In some cases, you may also have a bad debt.
To figure your gain or loss, subtract the total of your basis in the installment obligation and any repossession expenses you have from the FMV of the property. If you receive anything from the buyer besides the repossessed property, add its value to the property's FMV before making this calculation.
How you figure your basis in the installment obligation depends on whether or not you reported the original sale on the installment method. The method you used to report the original sale also affects the character of your gain or loss on the repossession. Your basis is figured on the obligation's full face value or its FMV at the time of the original sale, whichever you used to figure your gain or loss in the year of sale.
If only part of the obligation is discharged by the repossession, figure your basis in only that part. Add any repossession costs to your basis in the obligation.
If the FMV of the property you repossess is more than this total, you have a gain. If the FMV of the repossessed property is less than the total of your basis plus repossession costs, you have a loss. You included the full gain in income in the year of sale, so the loss is a bad debt. How you deduct the bad debt depends on whether you sold business or nonbusiness property in the original sale. See chapter 4 of Pub. The following paragraphs explain how to figure your basis in the installment obligation and the character of any gain or loss if you used the installment method to report the gain on the original sale.
Multiply the unpaid balance of your installment obligation by your gross profit percentage. If the FMV of the repossessed property is more than the total of your basis in the obligation plus any repossession costs, you have a gain. If the FMV is less, you have a loss. Your gain or loss on the repossession is of the same character capital or ordinary as your gain on the original sale.
Use Worksheet C to determine the taxable gain or loss on a repossession of personal property reported on the installment method. The payments began in January You reported the sale on the installment method on your income tax return. You figure your gain on the repossession as illustrated in Example—Worksheet C.
Your basis in repossessed personal property is its FMV at the time of the repossession. Capital gains are the profits from the sale of an asset — shares of stock, a piece of land, a business — and generally are considered taxable income. How much these gains are taxed depends a lot on how long you held the asset before selling. Short-term capital gains tax is a tax on profits from the sale of an asset held for one year or less.
The short-term capital gains tax rate equals your ordinary income tax rate — your tax bracket. Review this rundown on federal tax brackets. Long-term capital gains tax is a tax on profits from the sale of an asset held for more than a year. They are generally lower than short-term capital gains tax rates.
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