§ 1234A. Gains or losses from certain terminations

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Gain or loss attributable to the cancellation, lapse, expiration, or other termination of—

(1)a right or obligation (other than a securities futures contract, as defined in section 1234B) with respect to property which is (or on acquisition would be) a capital asset in the hands of the taxpayer, or

(2)a section 1256 contract (as defined in section 1256) not described in paragraph

(1)which is a capital asset in the hands of the taxpayer,

shall be treated as gain or loss from the sale of a capital asset. The preceding sentence shall not apply to the retirement of any debt instrument (whether or not through a trust or other participation arrangement).

(Added Pub. L. 97–34, title V, § 507(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 333; amended Pub. L. 97–448, title I, § 105(e), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2387; Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title I, § 102(e)(4), (9), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 624, 625; Pub. L. 105–34, title X, § 1003(a)(1), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 909; Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(7) [title IV, § 401(b)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–648; Pub. L. 107–147, title IV, § 412(d)(1)(A), Mar. 9, 2002, 116 Stat. 53.)

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