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Code · CFR · Title 26 — Internal Revenue · Part 1 · § 1.1016-4

§ 1.1016-4. Exhaustion, wear and tear, obsolescence, amortization, and depletion; periods during which income was not subject to tax.

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(a)Adjustments to basis must be made for exhaustion, wear and tear, obsolescence, amortization, and depletion to the extent actually sustained in respect of:
(1)Any period before March 1, 1913,
(2)Any period since February 28, 1913, during which the property was held by a person or organization not subject to income taxation under chapter 1 of the Code or prior income tax laws,
(3)Any period since February 28, 1913, and before January 1, 1958, during which the property was held by a person subject to tax under part I, subchapter L, chapter 1 of the Code, or prior income tax law, to the extent that section 1016(a)(2) does not apply, and
(4)Any period since February 28, 1913, during which such property was held by a person subject to tax under part II of subchapter L, chapter 1 of the Code, or prior income tax law, to the extent that section 1016(a)(2) does not apply.
(b)The amount of the adjustments described in paragraph
(a)of this section actually sustained is that amount charged off on the books of the taxpayer where such amount is considered by the Commissioner to be reasonable. Otherwise, the amount actually sustained will be the amount that would have been allowable as a deduction:
(1)During the period described in paragraph
(1)or
(2)of this section, had the taxpayer been subject to income tax during those periods, or
(2)During the period described in paragraph
(3)or
(4)of this section, with respect to property held by a taxpayer described in that paragraph, to the extent that section 1016(a)(2) was inapplicable to such property during that period. In the case of a taxpayer subject to the adjustment required by subparagraph
(1)or
(2)of this paragraph, depreciation shall be determined by using the straight line method. [T.D. 6681, 28 FR 11131, Oct. 17, 1963]
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§ 1.1016-4
Exhaustion, wear and tear, obsolescence, amortization, and depletion; periods during which income was not subject to tax.
Treas. Dec.T.D. 6681
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