[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 26, Volume 11]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 26CFR1.1092(d)-1]

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                       TITLE 26--INTERNAL REVENUE
 
    CHAPTER I--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
                               (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1_INCOME TAXES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1.1092(d)-1  Definitions and special rules.

    (a) Actively traded. Actively traded personal property includes any 
personal property for which there is an established financial market.
    (b) Established financial market--(1) In general. For purposes of 
this section, an established financial market includes--
    (i) A national securities exchange that is registered under section 
6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78f);
    (ii) An interdealer quotation system sponsored by a national 
securities association registered under section 15A of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934;
    (iii) A domestic board of trade designated as a contract market by 
the Commodities Futures Trading Commission;
    (iv) A foreign securities exchange or board of trade that satisfies 
analogous regulatory requirements under the law of the jurisdiction in 
which it is organized (such as the London International Financial 
Futures Exchange, the Marche a Terme International de France, the 
International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of 
Ireland, Limited, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and the Tokyo Stock 
Exchange);
    (v) An interbank market;
    (vi) An interdealer market (as defined in paragraph (b)(2)(i) of 
this section); and
    (vii) Solely with respect to a debt instrument, a debt market (as 
defined in paragraph (b)(2)(ii) of this section).
    (2) Definitions--(i) Interdealer market. An interdealer market is 
characterized by a system of general circulation (including a computer 
listing disseminated to subscribing brokers, dealers, or traders) that 
provides a reasonable basis to determine fair market value by 
disseminating either recent price quotations (including rates, yields, 
or other pricing information) of one or more identified brokers, 
dealers, or traders or actual prices (including rates, yields, or other 
pricing information) of recent transactions. An interdealer market does 
not include a directory or listing of brokers, dealers, or traders for 
specific contracts (such as yellow sheets) that provides neither price 
quotations nor actual prices of recent transactions.
    (ii) Debt market. A debt market exists with respect to a debt 
instrument if price quotations for the instrument are readily available 
from brokers, dealers, or traders. A debt market does not exist with 
respect to a debt instrument if--
    (A) No other outstanding debt instrument of the issuer (or of any 
person who guarantees the debt instrument) is traded on an established 
financial market described in paragraph (b)(1)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), 
(v), or (vi) of this section (other traded debt);
    (B) The original stated principal amount of the issue that includes 
the debt instrument does not exceed $25 million;
    (C) The conditions and covenants relating to the issuer's 
performance with respect to the debt instrument are materially less 
restrictive than the conditions and covenants included in all of the 
issuer's other traded debt (e.g., the debt instrument is subject to an 
economically significant subordination provision whereas the issuer's 
other traded debt is senior); or
    (D) The maturity date of the debt instrument is more than 3 years 
after the latest maturity date of the issuer's other traded debt.
    (c) Notional principal contracts. For purposes of section 1092(d)--
    (1) A notional principal contract (as defined in Sec. 1.446-
3(c)(1)) constitutes personal property of a type that is actively traded 
if contracts based on the same or substantially similar specified 
indices are purchased, sold, or entered into on an established financial 
market within the meaning of paragraph (b) of this section; and
    (2) The rights and obligations of a party to a notional principal 
contract are rights and obligations with respect to personal property 
and constitute an interest in personal property.
    (d) Effective dates. Paragraph (b)(1)(vii) of this section applies 
to positions entered into on or after October 14, 1993. Paragraph (c) of 
this section

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applies to positions entered into on or after July 8, 1991.

[T.D. 8491, 58 FR 53135, Oct. 14, 1993]