§1043 — Sale of property to comply with conflict-of-interest requirements
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Statute Text — 26 U.S.C. §1043
If an eligible person sells any property pursuant to a certificate of divestiture, at the election of the taxpayer, gain from such sale shall be recognized only to the extent that the amount realized on such sale exceeds the cost (to the extent not previously taken into account under this subsection) of any permitted property purchased by the taxpayer during the 60-day period beginning on the date of such sale.
For purposes of this section—
The term “eligible person” means—
an officer or employee of the executive branch, or a judicial officer, of the Federal Government, but does not mean a special Government employee as defined in
section 202 of title 18
, United States Code, and
any spouse or minor or dependent child whose ownership of any property is attributable under any statute, regulation, rule, judicial canon, or executive order referred to in paragraph (2) to a person referred to in subparagraph (A).
The term “certificate of divestiture” means any written determination—
that states that divestiture of specific property is reasonably necessary to comply with any Federal conflict of interest statute, regulation, rule, judicial canon, or executive order (including
section 208 of title 18
, United States Code), or requested by a congressional committee as a condition of confirmation,
that has been issued by the President or the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, in the case of executive branch officers or employees, or by the Judicial Conference of the United States (or its designee), in the case of judicial officers, and
that identifies the specific property to be divested.
The term “permitted property” means any obligation of the United States or any diversified investment fund approved by regulations issued by the Office of Government Ethics.
The taxpayer shall be considered to have purchased any permitted property if, but for subsection (c), the unadjusted basis of such property would be its cost within the meaning of section 1012.
For purposes of this section, the trustee of a trust shall be treated as an eligible person with respect to property which is held in the trust if—
any person referred to in paragraph (1)(A) has a beneficial interest in the principal or income of the trust, or
any person referred to in paragraph (1)(B) has a beneficial interest in the principal or income of the trust and such interest is attributable under any statute, regulation, rule, judicial canon, or executive order referred to in paragraph (2) to a person referred to in paragraph (1)(A).
The term “judicial officer” means the Chief Justice of the United States, the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, and the judges of the United States courts of appeals, United States district courts, including the district courts in Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Court of International Trade, Tax Court, Court of Federal Claims, Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and any court created by Act of Congress, the judges of which are entitled to hold office during good behavior.
If gain from the sale of any property is not recognized by reason of subsection (a), such gain shall be applied to reduce (in the order acquired) the basis for determining gain or loss of any permitted property which is purchased by the taxpayer during the 60-day period described in subsection (a).
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-19- Before 2006 section 1043 provided special rules for recognition ofgain on the sale ofpropertywhich would present a conflict ofinterest to "officer[s] or employee[s] ofthe executive branch ofthe Federal Government".
Investments' 2003 Form 1065 Form 8824, Like-Kind Exchanges (and section 1043 conflict-of-interestsales) (Form 8824), with respect to the rental property (G.A.C.
The exchange was summarized on petitioners' Form 8824, Like-Kind Exchanges (and section 1043 conflict-of- interest sales), as follows: 5Petitioners received two other properties as part oftheir like-kind exchange: (1) 5111 Carolina Beach Road, Wilmington, North Carolina; and (2) 5602 Fairfield Fairy Road, Stantonsburg, North Carolina.