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			| Notice 2006-91 | October 16, 2006 | Extension of Replacement Period for Livestock Soldon Account of Drought in Specified Counties
                  
                     
                     This notice provides guidance regarding an extension of the replacement
                        period under § 1033(e) of the Internal Revenue Code for livestock
                        sold on account of drought in specified counties.
                      
                     
                     .01 Nonrecognition of Gain on Involuntary Conversion of Livestock.
                         Section 1033(a) generally provides for nonrecognition of gain when property
                        is involuntarily converted and replaced with property that is similar or related
                        in service or use.  Section 1033(e)(1) provides that a sale or exchange of
                        livestock (other than poultry) held by a taxpayer for draft, breeding, or
                        dairy purposes in excess of the number that would be sold following the taxpayer’s
                        usual business practices is treated as an involuntary conversion if the livestock
                        is sold or exchanged solely on account of drought, flood, or other weather-related
                        conditions.
                      .02 Replacement Period.  Section 1033(a)(2)(A)
                        generally provides that gain from an involuntary conversion is recognized
                        only to the extent the amount realized on the conversion exceeds the cost
                        of replacement property purchased during the replacement period.  If a sale
                        or exchange of livestock is treated as an involuntary conversion under § 1033(e)(1)
                        and is solely on account of drought, flood, or other weather-related conditions
                        that result in the area being designated as eligible for assistance by the
                        federal government, § 1033(e)(2)(A) provides that the replacement
                        period ends four years after the close of the first taxable year in which
                        any part of the gain from the conversion is realized.  Section 1033(e)(2)(B)
                        provides that the Secretary may extend this replacement period on a regional
                        basis for such additional time as the Secretary determines appropriate if
                        the weather-related conditions that resulted in the area being designated
                        as eligible for assistance by the federal government continue for more than
                        three years.  Section 1033(e)(2) is effective for any taxable year with respect
                        to which the due date (without regard to extensions) for a taxpayer’s
                        return is after December 31, 2002.
                      
                     
                        
                           
                              SECTION 3.  EXTENSION OF REPLACEMENT PERIOD UNDER SECTION 1033(e)(2)(B).
                               Notice 2006-82, 2006-39 I.R.B. 529, provides for extensions of the replacement
                        period under § 1033(e)(2)(B).  If a sale or exchange of livestock
                        is treated as an involuntary conversion on account of drought and the taxpayer’s
                        replacement period is determined under § 1033(e)(2)(A), the replacement
                        period will be extended under § 1033(e)(2)(B) and Notice 2006-82
                        until the end of the taxpayer’s first taxable year ending after the
                        first drought-free year for the applicable region.  For this purpose, the
                        first drought-free year for the applicable region is the first 12-month period
                        that (1) ends August 31; (2) ends in or after the last year of the taxpayer’s
                        4-year replacement period determined under § 1033(e)(2)(A); and
                        (3) does not include any weekly period for which exceptional, extreme, or
                        severe drought is reported for any location in the applicable region.  The
                        applicable region is the county that experienced the drought conditions on
                        account of which the livestock was sold or exchanged and all counties that
                        are contiguous to that county.
                      A taxpayer may determine whether exceptional, extreme, or severe drought
                        is reported for any location in the applicable region by reference to U.S.
                        Drought Monitor maps that are produced on a weekly basis by the National Drought
                        Mitigation Center.  U.S. Drought Monitor maps are archived at www.drought.unl.edu/dm/archive.html.
                      In addition, Notice 2006-82 provides that the Internal Revenue Service
                        will publish in September of each year a list of counties or parishes (hereinafter
                        “counties”) for which exceptional, extreme, or severe drought
                        was reported during the preceding 12 months.  Taxpayers may use this list
                        instead of U.S. Drought Monitor maps to determine whether exceptional, extreme,
                        or severe drought has been reported for any location in the applicable region.
                      The Appendix to this notice contains the list of counties for which
                        exceptional, extreme, or severe drought was reported during the 12-month period
                        ending August 31, 2006.  Under Notice 2006-82, the 12-month period ending
                        on August 31, 2006, is not a drought-free year for an applicable region that
                        includes any county on this list.  Accordingly, for a taxpayer who qualified
                        for a four-year replacement period for livestock sold or exchanged on account
                        of drought and whose replacement period is scheduled to expire at the end
                        of 2006 (or, in the case of a fiscal year taxpayer, at the end of the taxable
                        year that includes August 31, 2006), the replacement period will be extended
                        under § 1033(e)(2) and Notice 2006-82 if the applicable region includes
                        any county on this list.  This extension will continue until the end of the
                        taxpayer’s first taxable year ending after a drought-free year for the
                        applicable region.
                      
                     
                        
                           
                              SECTION 4.  DRAFTING INFORMATION
                               The principal author of this notice is Jeffrey Marshall of the Office
                        of Associate Chief Counsel (Income Tax and Accounting).  For further information
                        regarding this notice, contact Mr. Marshall at (202) 622-7287 (not a toll-free
                        call).
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