[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 26, Volume 12]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 26CFR1.1502-23]

[Page 366]
 
                       TITLE 26--INTERNAL REVENUE
 
    CHAPTER I--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
                               (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1_INCOME TAXES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1.1502-23  Consolidated net section 1231 gain or loss.

    (a) In general. Net section 1231 gains and losses of members arising 
during consolidated return years are not determined separately. Instead, 
the consolidated net section 1231 gain or loss is determined under this 
section for the group as a whole.
    (b) Example. The following example illustrates the provisions of 
this section:

    Example. Use of SRLY registers with net gains and net losses under 
section 1231. (i) In Year 1, T sustains a $20 net capital loss. At the 
beginning of Year 2, T becomes a member of the P group. T's capital loss 
carryover from Year 1 is subject to SRLY limits under Sec. 1.1502-
22(c). The members of the P group contribute the following to the 
consolidated taxable income for Year 2 (computed without regard to T's 
net capital loss carryover under Sec. 1.1502-22):

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                                                           P        T
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              Year 1 (SRLY)
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Ordinary..............................................  .......  .......
Capital...............................................  .......     (20)
                                 Year 2
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ordinary..............................................       10       20
Capital...............................................       70        0
Sec.  1231...........................................     (60)       30
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    (ii) Under section 1231, if the section 1231 losses for any taxable 
year exceed the section 1231 gains for such taxable year, such gains and 
losses are treated as ordinary gains or losses. Because the P group's 
section 1231 losses, $(60), exceed the section 1231 gains, $30, the P 
group's net loss is treated as an ordinary loss. T's net section 1231 
gain has the same character as the P group's consolidated net section 
1231 loss, so T's $30 of section 1231 income is treated as ordinary 
income for purposes of applying Sec. 1.1502-22(c). Under Sec. 1.1502-
22(c), the group's consolidated net capital gain determined by reference 
only to T's items is $0. None of T's capital loss carryover from Year 1 
may be taken into account in Year 2.

    (c) Recapture of ordinary loss. [Reserved]
    (d) Effective date--(1) In general. This section applies to gains 
and losses arising in the determination of consolidated net section 1231 
gain or loss for taxable years for which the due date (without 
extensions) of the consolidated return is after June 25, 1999.
    (2) Application to prior periods. See Sec. 1.1502-21(h)(3) for 
rules applicable to groups that applied the rules of this section to 
consolidated return years ending on or after January 29, 1991, and 
beginning before January 1, 1997.

[T.D. 8823, 64 FR 36115, July 2, 1999; 64 FR 41784, Aug. 2, 1999]