Partnerships Get Additional Time to Provide Complete Forms 8308

(Parker Tax Publishing January 2024)

The IRS provided penalty relief to partnerships that fail to furnish Part IV of Form 8308, Report of a Sale or Exchange of Certain Partnership Interests, to the parties to a sale or exchange of an interest in the partnership that occurred during calendar year 2023, in which any money or other property received by a transferor is attributable to unrealized receivables or inventory items (Code Sec. 751 property), by January 31, 2024. The IRS will not impose penalties under Code Sec. 6722 if the partnership timely furnishes Parts I-III of Form 8308 and furnishes a complete copy of Form 8308, including Part IV, to the transferor and transferee by the later of (1) the due date of the partnership's Form 1065 or (2) 30 days after the partnership is notified of the Code Sec. 751 exchange. Notice 2024-19.

Background

Generally, Code Sec. 6050K and Reg. Sec. 1.6050K-1 require a partnership with unrealized receivables or inventory items described in Code Sec. 751(a) (i.e., Code Sec. 751 property) to provide information to each transferor and transferee that are parties to a sale or exchange of an interest in the partnership (or portion thereof) in which any money or other property received by a transferor from a transferee in exchange for all or part of the transferor's interest in the partnership is attributable to Code Sec. 751 property (i.e., a Code Sec. 751(a) exchange).

Reg. Sec. 1.6050K-1(a)(2) provides that partnerships are required to report each Code Sec. 751(a) exchange on Form 8308, Report of a Sale or Exchange of Certain Partnership Interests. Generally, Reg. Sec. 1.6050K-1(f)(1) provides that a partnership is required to file Form 8308 as an attachment to its Form 1065, U.S. Return of Partnership Income, for the tax year of the partnership that includes the last day of the calendar year in which the Code Sec. 751(a) exchange took place. Form 8308 is due at the time for filing the partnership return, including extensions.

In addition, Reg. Sec. 1.6050K-1(c)(1) provides that each partnership that is required to file a Form 8308 must furnish a statement to the transferor and transferee by the later of (1) January 31 of the year following the calendar year in which the Code Sec. 751(a) exchange occurred, or (2) 30 days after the partnership has received notice of the exchange as specified under Code Sec. 6050K and Reg. Sec. 1.6050K-1. A partnership must use a copy of the completed Form 8308 as the required statement unless the Form 8308 contains information for more than one Code Sec. 751(a) exchange. Reg. Sec. 1.6050K-1(c)(1) provides that if the partnership does not use the Form 8308 as the required statement, the partnership must furnish a statement that includes the information required to be shown on the Form 8308 with respect to the Code Sec. 751(a) exchange to which the person to whom the statement is furnished is a party.

Code Sec. 6722 imposes a penalty for failure to furnish correct payee statements on or before the required date, and for any failure to include all of the information required to be shown on the statement or the inclusion of incorrect information. For these purposes, payee statements include statements required to be furnished to transferors and transferees under Code Sec. 6050K. Code Sec. 6724 provides an exception to the imposition of a penalty under Code Sec. 6722 if it is shown that the failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect.

In November 2020, the IRS issued final regulations in T.D. 9926 which amended Reg. Sec. 1.6050K-1(c)(2) to require a partnership to furnish to a transferor partner the information necessary for the transferor to make the transferor partner's required statement in Reg. Sec. 1.751-1(a)(3). Among other items, Reg. Sec. 1.751-1(a)(3) requires a transferor partner in a Code Sec. 751(a) exchange to submit with the transferor partner's income tax return a statement setting forth the amount of gain or loss attributable to Code Sec. 751 property.

In October 2023, the IRS released a revised version of Form 8308. Consistent with the requirements in Reg. Sec. 1.6050K-1(c)(2), new Part IV of the 2023 Form 8308 requires a partnership to report, among other items, the partnership's and the transferor partner's share of Code Sec. 751 gain and loss, collectibles gain under Code Sec. 1(h)(5), and unrecaptured Code Sec. 1250 gain under Code Sec. 1(h)(6). According to the IRS, since the issuance of the revised Form 8308, concerns have been expressed that many partnerships will be unable to furnish the information required in Part IV of the 2023 Form 8308 to transferors and transferees by the January 31, 2024, due date because, in many cases, partnerships will not have all of the information required by Part IV of the 2023 Form 8308 by January 31, 2024.

Grant of Relief

On January 11, the IRS issued Notice 2024-19, which provides penalty relief to partnerships that fail to furnish Part IV of Form 8308 by January 31, 2024, to the transferor and transferee in a Code Sec. 751(a) exchange that occurred during calendar year 2023. Specifically, the IRS will not impose penalties under Code Sec. 6722 solely for failure to furnish Form 8308 with a completed Part IV by the due date specified in Reg. Sec. 1.6050K-1(c)(1) for a partnership that:

(1) timely and correctly furnishes to the transferor and transferee a copy of Parts I, II, and III of Form 8308, or a statement that includes the same information, by the later of (i) January 31, 2024, or (ii) 30 days after the partnership is notified of the Code Sec. 751(a) exchange, and

(2) furnishes to the transferor and transferee a copy of the complete Form 8308, including Part IV, or a statement that includes the same information and any additional information required under Reg. Sec. 1.6050K-1(c), by the later of (i) the due date of the partnership's Form 1065 (including extensions), or (ii) 30 days after the partnership is notified of the Code Sec. 751(a) exchange.

The relief provided in Notice 2024-19 applies only with respect to furnishing Form 8308 to the transferor and transferee. The notice does not provide relief with respect to filing Form 8308 as an attachment to a partnership's Form 1065; as such, Notice 2024-19 does not provide relief from penalties under Code Sec. 6721 for failure to file correct information returns.

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