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Current through Pub. L. 112-143, except 112-141. (See Public Laws for the current Congress.)

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Sec. 1011. Adjusted basis for determining gain or loss. 1012. Basis of property—cost. 1013. Basis of property included in inventory. 1014. Basis of property acquired from a decedent. 1015. Basis of property acquired by gifts and transfers in trust. 1016. Adjustments to basis. 1017. Discharge of indebtedness. [1018. Repealed.] 1019. Property on which lessee has made improvements. [1020. Repealed.] 1021. Sale of annuities. [1022. Repealed.] 1023. Cross references. [1024. Renumbered.]

Amendment of Analysis

For termination of amendment by section 304 ofPub. L. 111–312, see Effective and Termination Dates of 2010 Amendment note set out under section 121 of this title. For termination of amendment by section 901 ofPub. L. 107–16, see Effective and Termination Dates of 2001 Amendment note set out under section 1 of this title.

Amendments

2010—Pub. L. 111–312, title III, §§ 301(a), 304,Dec. 17, 2010, 124 Stat. 3300, 3304, temporarily amended analysis to read as if amendment by Pub. L. 107–16, § 542(e)(6), had never been enacted. See 2001 Amendment note below.

2001—Pub. L. 107–16, title V, § 542(e)(6), title IX, § 901,June 7, 2001, 115 Stat. 86, 150, temporarily added item 1022.

1980—Pub. L. 96–589, § 6(h)(2),Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3410, struck out item 1018 “Adjustments of capital structure before September 22, 1938”.

Pub. L. 96–223, title IV, § 401(a),Apr. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 299, repealed section 2005(e)(1) ofPub. L. 94–455and the amendment made thereby. See 1986 Amendment note below.

1978—Pub. L. 95–600, title V, § 515(5),Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2884, substituted “December 31, 1979” for “December 31, 1976” in item 1023.

1976—Pub. L. 94–455, title XX, § 2005(e)(1),Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1878, which added item 1023 and redesignated former item 1023 as 1024, was repealed by Pub. L. 96–223, § 401(a). See section 401(b), (e) ofPub. L. 96–223, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendments and Revival of Prior Law note under section 1023 of this title.

Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1901(b)(29)(B), (30)(C),Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1799, struck out item 1020 “Election in respect of depreciation, etc., allowed before 1952”, and item 1022 “Increase in basis with respect to certain foreign personal holding company stock or securities”.

1964—Pub. L. 88–272, title II, § 225(j)(3),Feb. 26, 1964, 78 Stat. 93, added item 1022 and redesignated former item 1022 as 1023.

The table below lists the classification updates, since Jan. 3, 2012, for the contained sections. If there are multiple sections, they are presented in section number order (original document order).

The most recent Classification Table update that we have noticed was Wednesday, February 6, 2013

An empty table indicates that we see no relevant changes listed in the classification tables. If you suspect that our system may be missing something, please double-check with the Office of the Law Revision Counsel.

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The Session Year indicates which session of Congress was responsible for the changes classified. The Congress number forms the first part of the Public Law number; each Congress has two sessions.

Abbreviations used in the Description of Change column:

An empty field implies a standard amendment.
"new" means a new section or new note, or all new text of an existing section or note.
"nt" means note.
"nt [tbl]" means note [table].
"prec" means preceding.
"fr" means a transfer from another section.
"to" means a transfer to another section.
"omitted" means the section is omitted.
"repealed" means the section is repealed.
"nt ed change" and "ed change" - See the Editorial Classification Change Table [pdf].

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