46 U.S.C. § 53306 — Recognition of gain for tax purposes

Page 416 TITLE 46—SHIPPING § 53304 § 53304. Vessel ownership In this chapter, a vessel is deemed to be con- structed or acquired by a taxpayer if con- structed or acquired by a corporation when the taxpayer owns at least 95 percent of each class of stock of the corporation. (Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1588.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 53304 .......... 46 App.:1161(l). June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title V, § 511(l), as added Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 849, 54 Stat. 1108. § 53305. Eligible fund deposits A construction reserve fund may include de- posits of— (1) the proceeds from the sale of a vessel; (2) indemnities for the loss of a vessel; (3) earnings from the operation of a docu- mented vessel and from services incident to the operation; and (4) interest or other amounts accrued on de- posits in the fund. (Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1588.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 53305 .......... 46 App.:1161(b) (1st sentence words after 16th comma). June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title V, § 511(b) (1st sentence words after 16th comma), as added Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 849, 54 Stat. 1106; June 17, 1943, ch. 130, subdiv. (a), 57 Stat. 157; July 17, 1952, ch. 939, § 9, 66 Stat. 762. In paragraph (3), the words ‘‘documented vessel’’ are substituted for ‘‘vessels documented under the laws of the United States’’ because of the definition of ‘‘docu- mented vessel’’ in chapter 1 of the revised title. In paragraph (4), the words ‘‘interest or other amounts accrued on deposits in the fund’’ are sub- stituted for ‘‘receipts, in the form of interest or other- wise, with respect to amounts previously deposited’’ for clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words. § 53306. Recognition of gain for tax purposes (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘net proceeds’’ and ‘‘net indemnity’’ mean the sum of— (1) the adjusted basis of the vessel; and (2) the amount of gain the taxpayer would recognize without regard to this section. (b) RECOGNITION OF GAIN.—In computing net income under the income or excess profits tax laws of the United States, a taxpayer does not recognize a gain on the sale or the actual or con- structive total loss of a vessel if the taxpayer— (1) deposits an amount equal to the net pro- ceeds of the sale or the net indemnity for the loss in a construction reserve fund within 60 days after receiving the payment of proceeds or indemnity; and (2) elects under this section not to recognize the gain. (c) WHEN ELECTION MUST BE MADE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para- graph (2), the taxpayer must make the elec- tion referred to in subsection (b) in the tax- payer’s income tax return for the taxable year in which the gain was realized. (2) RECEIPT AFTER TAXABLE YEAR.—If the ves- sel is bought or requisitioned by the United States Government, or is lost, and the tax- payer receives payment for the vessel or in- demnity for the loss from the Government after the end of the taxable year in which it was bought, requisitioned, or lost, the tax- payer must make the election referred to in subsection (b) within 60 days after receiving the payment or indemnity, on a form pre- scribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. (d) EFFECT OF STATUTE OF LIMITATION.—If the taxpayer makes an election under subsection (c)(2), and computation or recomputation under this section is otherwise allowable but is pre- vented by a statute of limitation on the date the election is made or within 6 months thereafter, the computation or recomputation nevertheless shall be made notwithstanding the statute if the taxpayer files a claim for the computation or re- computation within 6 months after the date of making the election. (Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1588.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 53306 .......... 46 App.:1161(c). June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title V, § 511(c), as added Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 849, 54 Stat. 1106; June 17, 1943, ch. 130, subdiv. (b), 57 Stat. 157; Dec. 23, 1944, ch. 714, § 1, 58 Stat. 920; July 17, 1952, ch. 939, § 10, 66 Stat. 762. In subsection (c)(2), the words ‘‘in any taxable year beginning after December 31, 1939’’ are omitted as obso- lete. The words ‘‘prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury’’ are substituted for ‘‘prescribed by the Com- missioner of Internal Revenue with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury’’ for consistency in the re- vised title and with other titles of the United States Code. See 26 U.S.C. 7805. § 53307. Basis for determining gain or loss and for depreciating new vessels Under the income or excess profits tax laws of the United States, the basis for determining a gain or loss and for depreciation of a new vessel constructed, reconstructed, reconditioned, or ac- quired by the taxpayer, or for which purchase- money indebtedness is liquidated as provided in section 53310 of this title, with amounts from a construction reserve fund, shall be reduced by that part of the deposits in the fund expended in the construction, reconstruction, recondi- tioning, acquisition, or liquidation of purchase- money indebtedness of the new vessel that rep- resents a gain not recognized for tax purposes under section 53306 of this title. (Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1589.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 53307 .......... 46 App.:1161(d). June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title V, § 511(d), as added Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 849, 54 Stat. 1106; July 17, 1952, ch. 939, § 11, 66 Stat. 763.