26 U.S.C. § 1056 (2024)

This is the official text of 26 U.S.C. § 1056 (2024), part of Federal (US Code)’s United States Code — the codified general and permanent federal statutes of the United States, organized into more than 50 numbered titles by subject.

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Repealed. Pub. L. 108-357, title VIII, §886(b)(1)(A), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1641

Official statutory text

[§1056. Repealed. Pub. L. 108–357, title VIII, §886(b)(1)(A), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1641]

Section, added Pub. L. 94–455, title II, §212(a)(1), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1545; amended Pub. L. 99–514, title VI, §631(e)(13), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2275, related to basis limitation for player contracts transferred in connection with the sale of a franchise.

A prior section 1056 was renumbered section 1062 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of Repeal

Repeal applicable to property acquired after Oct. 22, 2004, see section 886(c)(1) of Pub. L. 108–357, set out as an Effective Date of 2004 Amendment note under section 197 of this title.

Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site

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